JollyDays Supported Holidays - Blog

  Christmas Celebrations  Feeling jolly and in the festive spirit we made our way to  Corton Coastal Village for our Christmas holiday. It was  beautifully  decorated with twinkly lights and plenty of Christmas decorations.  Look who we spotted coming down the chimney on Christmas morning!  Luckily for us Santa had enough time to come and say hello to us and we all received some lovely presents.  The sun was shinning and we enjoyed a stroll around the grounds making room for our Christmas Day feast of Roast Turkey and all the trimmings.  We were certainly in the festive mood wearing our brilliant Christmas jumpers and accessories. We watched The Queen's Speech and took part in the Christmas quiz, scoring an amazing 35/40.... and were crowned winners! Go Team JollyDays!  The evening entertainment always had our toes tapping and we sung our hearts out to well known hits. We laughed out loud to the hilarious comedian and were blown away by ...

  Christmas Pantomime  It wouldn't be Christmas without a Pantomime and as always, Dame Trott’s Panto Palaver had us in hysterics. The storyline was ingenious as the panto baddie tried to ruin all the well-known fairy tales. But in true panto style, good overcame evil and normality was restored! We visited the Botanical Gardens,  enjoying the beautiful gardens looking at the different plants and trees. The City of Cambridge is full of old historical buildings and collages and we loved exploring the cobbled streets. There were lots of little shops, selling an array of gifts and souvenirs for us to browse amongst. We stopped lunch at a famous cafe called Fitzbillies for delicious homemade scones and cake. How fancy!  A  lovely  evening meal was had wearing our fabulous Christmas jumpers,  pulling crackers and sharing the silly cracker jokes. Our very own little Christmas party!  We were fas...

Oxford- The Harry Potter Tour It was dream come true for our group of Harry Potter fans. Excited was an understatement as we made our way to The Warner Bro's Studio. We were greeted by a Norman, a massive dragon before our  tour kicked off by watching a film which included some of the original cast members and we learnt how the films were made.   We saw so many of the amazing props and costumes used in the films, including the flying Ford Anglia that came to Harry and Ron's rescue.  We walked down Diagon Alley to check out all of the magical shops where Harry and his friends bought all their wizardly wares before it was our turn to  perform our own magic and fly on the broomstick.  After making it out of The Forbidden Forest we took a stroll through Gringotts Bank, passing under the baleful glares of the Goblins behind their desks.  Next, we headed to platform 9 & ¾ where the magnificent Hogwarts Express was waiting for us to bo...