Meself and the Girl Gang have the 20kg bags packed, the backpacks and the extra-large handbags ready, the paperwork is signed, sealed and will be delivered on Friday, 8th November 2024, to the nice weighing-scale-blind people at the Aer Lingus check-in Desk in Dublin Airport for our ??-week trip to ??!
The two lads are taking advantage of my absence to catch up on a few other projects they are working on and have a bit of a break, too, but it'll be damp, cold and wet where their going 'cause they'll be staying in Dublin!
And it's gonna be warm, sunny and dry where we're going, and we'll have nuthin' to be doin' and all day to be doin' it - no work in the home or outside of it, just shopping, eating out, shopping, sight-seeing, night life, shopping...!
No children, grandchildren, other family members, neighbours or other friends dropping in.
Our travel-agent girlfriend will, with two days notice, change our flight home to suit us, as we'll more than likely extend our holiday by at least a week... "And don't worry," says she, "if yis are a wee bit overweight on the return journey - I'll have that fixed for y'all, too.."
Far as we could tell, she was talking about the luggage...(??!)
So there ya have it - my tale of woe. But we should be alright, once the Factor 50 does its job!
And I'll be posting a few words and pics on X/Twitter and Facebook, and maybe even one or two of the five of us together on one of our outings, if we can get anyone mad enough to try and get us to stand
WINTER IN THE ALGARVE (...or thereabouts!)
This State can be a tiring place,
The wind blows, and it pours with rain,
Some years it can get very cold,
And we see snow and ice again.
People can get very stressed,
Life does not feel like fun,
That's why we're all hoping to get,
A dose of Winter Sun.
There's nothing quite like it,
For getting you going again,
A couple of weeks in Madeira,
Or a trip to the Caribbean...
(Mr Bill Wright, slightly edited!)
Thanks for the visit, and for reading - see y'all back here sometime in November 2024!
Sharon and the team.
