Holidays can be such a nightmare. It is unbelievable how many things have to be organised and sorted out.  Recently I have been toying with the idea of taking a holiday to Lanzarote.    Trying to find a nice villa in an area I want to stay in has been a job and a half. Then once I had chosen my villa, trying to co-ordinate flights for the right time was a bit of a job. I’m sure I am not alone in thinking that flight prices have shot up considerably  The price advertised isn’t always the final figure you end up paying, then you have to add on luggage charges, meals, seats together and whatever else they throw at you.

Finally I managed to co-ordinate both the villa and flights and was literally about to pick up the phone and make the reservations, when I received a call from my husband saying he wasn’t allowed to take the time off work.   I give up, no truly I have given up and have decided that I am going to take the stress out of it all and take a look at UK family holidays.    I can go wherever I like, when I like and it really doesn’t matter about when we go.

My daughter is so excited and she thinks it’s going to be fantastic.   She has already started looking at things we can all do and the UK Activity Holidays websites have been pulled up on the computer.  She has already found a few locations in Wales that she thinks we would all like.  I can’t believe there is such a wide choice of activities to have a go at.  She can try her hand at a spot of surfing, maybe have a go at absailing and if she fancies even try climbing.  Unfortunately it would seem that my week of sunbathing is well out of the window and I am going to be rather busy.

By the sounds of it in fact, I will be so busy that I am going to have to think about having a look at UK short breaks on my return. Well I’m not used to much more exercise than tipping my gin and tonic glass up and down and popping into the pool for an occassional dip.