JollyDays Supported Holidays - Blog

We all met up and headed for Cambridge and our hotel, one of the finest four-star hotels in Cambridge, in picturesque 200 acre grounds. After checking into our rooms we had lunch in the lounge before driving into Cambridge. We took a walk into the city and stopped at a very nice restaurant for dinner. After returning to our hotel we had a drink in the bar before bed. We explored the historic city of Cambridge, walking around and admiring many of the University Colleges, especially King’s College and Trinity College, which are really quite spectacular buildings. To add to the experience we even stopped for lunch in the Cambridge Union. One morning after breakfast we went ten-pin bowling. The whole group joined in and top honours went to Peter who made the best score of the day. We went to the Cambridge Arts Theatre where we saw the fantastic production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Everyone enjoyed the performance and we all joined in with the singing and dancing ... Oh yes we did!!! ...

On our way to the Isle of Wight we stopped at a nice country pub in Brockenhurst for our lunch. Once at our destination we unpacked and relaxed before dinner. The evening’s entertainment was as usual very good and we danced to the resident band and also enjoyed the guest comedian, who was very funny. Disco dancing was the finish to a good first evening! We enjoyed a full English breakfast to set us up for the day ahead. There was much festive fun with a Christmas quiz, “snowman drive” and then we participated in “Christmas bauble boccia”. Linda was extremely good and not only got into the final, but actually won.....well done Linda! Other games that we enjoyed were “ho ho hoy bingo” and the “Christmas number ones teaser”. After all the fun and frolics we did a little shopping for souvenirs for those that required a little shopping therapy. Christmas hats were bought so that we could get into the spirit of things! After lunch we went to the games room where we played table tennis, sno...

Once we were all on board the JollyDays minibus we took the ferry over the Channel before driving on through France to the historic city of Bruges in Belgium. We arrived at our hotel and settled in, unpacking and chatting with the very welcoming owners. We then got ready for the evening and went for a stroll around the town, which took us through the Christmas Market. We found a nice restaurant for dinner, which everyone enjoyed. After a full breakfast we ventured out to explore the local area in daytime. We looked round the shops, especially interesting were the chocolate and lace vendors. At lunch we sampled the world famous pancakes and waffles! We took a horse and carriage ride around the town – seeing the sights in style! It was also great to hear about the history of the city, known as ‘The Venice of the North’. We wandered around the Christmas Market before heading back to the hotel. We had a great an evening, a lovely meal, sing song and laughing all the way. Even the restaur...