Last week I had a much-awaited break away from London. I rarely get the chance to go on holiday these days as I don't have anyone to go with. Kay understandably wants to spend holidays with her fiance and most of my friends go away with their husbands or are too poorly to travel, so I decided, if I wanted a holiday at all, I would need to try to travel alone. If I could manage that, then I might venture further afield, I thought to myself.
The first attempt about 7 weeks ago was aborted, because the hotel I was booked into had a massive power cut which rendered them closed for business for a whole week, starting with the date of my departure. I was thwarted with an attempt to book alternative accommodation and had to abandon the idea. Then I got sick with a flare-up of my old acid reflux trouble and was only able to resume the Salisbury trip last week, but this time I chose a different hotel.
Why Salisbury? Because V, an old schoolfriend of mine, lives on the outskirts there and as I haven't seen her in over 40+ years, I decided it was high time to correct that. We kept threatening in Christmas cards to visit one another, but life just got in the way and then in 2020 Covid did, putting paid to any visits anywhere because of lockdowns. Finally this year, I decided it was now or never.
G, the husband of another schoolfriend, who sadly passed away 6 years ago, has also kept in touch and agreed to meet up too, so it was lovely to see them both. The day flew by as we caught up on those missing 40+ years. There were no awkward silences and it was as if we had met regularly.
While in Salisbury I covered a lot of ground sightseeing. I stayed in a lovely 800-year-old hotel (although it was fortunate enough to have running water, WiFi and TV facilities!) I was also lucky to be the only person on a walking tour of the town so had my own one-to-one guide. A tour of the Cathedral was also a must and the three days just zoomed past.
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| The beautiful cathedral built 1220-1258 |
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| The 800-year-old hotel |
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| The contraption in the hotel reception used for steaming the ruffs used by choristers |
3 comments:
The hotel looks gorgeous and hope this helps your confidence to do it again.
So glad you have had a positive post, long time reader and I was worried about your selection of mishaps!
A lovely break ADDY. I hope that it has given you confidence to travel to other places on your own but please remember that there are some holiday organisations that specialise in taking "singles" away. You might like that. Alone but not alone if you see what I mean.
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