JollyDays Supported Holidays - Blog

The Home of Abba, Stockholm   The perfect start to our holiday- drinks in the sunshine with beautiful surroundings.  We headed into Stockholm city centre where at the water's edge we sat in a cafe overlooking the small boats travelling up and down the calm waters. We sat and refreshed ourselves with cold drinks and ice creams soaking up the atmosphere of the busy city. The morning was spent at the Wassa Museum, where the famous warship is housed. This ship capsized and sank on its maiden voyage in 1628, it remained on the seabed just outside the harbour for 333 years until it was salvaged and raised in 1960's and preserved. It's an awesome ship to view as it is the world’s best preserved 17th century ship and we marvelled at its ornate wooden carved sculptures that ordain the entire structure.  Down at at waters edge we sat overlooking the harbour  before we boarded a sightseeing boat which took us across the harbour to one of the Queen's palaces. The boat was pilote...

  Norfolk - Boats, Trains & Seaside  The perfect start to the holiday! Introductions were made to the amazing volunteers who were on hand to help us with all our fun activities that we had planned. We boarded our leisure cruiser at Ludham Bridge for a relaxing journey along the Broads. During this exceptionally wonderful experience we practiced our royal wave to all other vessels we passed. We were treated to the amazing sight of The Albany, one of the five remaining wherry vessels which were the original form of transporting goods on the broads.  An ice cream stop was a must and we found just the place in a quaint little village called Thurne. We all managed to buy some great gifts and postcards, too.  Our next stop was at Holt Stream Railway which felt like stepping back in time. This old fashioned station had its own museum, original carriages and a 1932 dumper truck!  We took our seats and made ourselves comfy as steam puffed out of the engine and t...