JollyDays Supported Holidays - Blog

 The Wonders of the Isle of Wight    Our evening were packed full of amazing entertainment from funny comedian, line-dancing classes and outstanding shows. At the Needles we had a great time making ornaments with all the different coloured sands to take back home.  We watched a lovely vase and some bespoke door knobs being crafted by the glass blowers then visited the sweet factory and watched the confectioners make some strawberry & cream sweets. We had super games of ten pin bowling, which was great fun! Everyone achieved smashing scores!  We went to  Cowes for a boat trip around the Isle and then to Portsmouth.  We saw various landmarks on our journey including the lovely Osborne house and  some of the large war ships docked in the harbour one which was still in active service.  At Godshill, w e took a lovely stroll around the model village then had our lunch sittin...

   Lake District Activity Centre    We got our water-proofs, life jackets and loaded the canoes and we set off for the canals.  We had a lot of fun working together to compete in a number of challenges set by our instructor. And in the end, we even had a little fun by splashing each other till everyone was soaking wet.  At the ‘bendy bar’ activity everyone had go and some even made it to the top of the log with little support.  The cave was dark, narrow, low, and very wet but everyone did so well to make our way through in high spirits. Our wet suits and wellies helped us avoid getting wet for the most part but during the end of the cave, we all found ourselves tackling fast flowing water that came as high as our waist.  On our last evening our instructor took us to a local pub for a drink and we had a great time playing pool. After dinner, we made our way to the yurt at the bottom of the grounds. We...

  Yorkshire Dales, TV Soap Country     At the Wensleydale Creamery we took a tour and lesson in making cheese, which proved both entertaining and informative.   Thanks to Wallace and Gromit for keeping the creamery a thriving business!   The National Railway Museum was our next stop, where we visited the royal carriages and steam trains and viewed the Japanese bullet train. We took a bus tour around the excellent city of York taking in the Roman and Viking history. Then a visit to the famous Betty’s Tea Room was a necessity! In Goathland we saw the fantastic Scripps Funeral Service and Garage. We also saw the old police cars that were used in the TV series! At the village of Holmfirth we enjoyed visiting Nora Batty house before stopping for lunch at Sid’s Cafe. Then we went on a very entertaining drive in the old Holmfirth bus allowed us to view and chat about the different locations where the series was filmed. The famous...