JollyDays Supported Holidays - Blog

Once we had checked in to our hotel near the ExCel exhibition centre, we took a train to Oxford Circus where we saw the Christmas illuminations. We visited the world-famous Hamleys toy shop where we watched demonstrations and wondered what Father Christmas may bring us this year. We walked to Piccadilly Circus where we had a pub dinner. We sang and danced and had a great night in the pub. It was time to get back on a train to our hotel as it was nearly midnight. The next day we took the train to Embankment where we went to Trafalgar Square. We saw the clocks counting down to the Olympics. From there we went to Horse Guards Parade and then onto Piccadilly Circus before lunch. It was a matinee performance of “The Wizard of Oz”, which was at the famous Palladium theatre! It was a fantastic performance and we all thoroughly enjoyed singing along. Afterwards we walked through Leicester Square to Covent Garden. The illuminations along the way were lovely. We watched the street shows before ...

We spent a great few days in Cambridge. Our hotel was very nice and after checking in we went for an afternoon walk around the city to see the lights before having an excellent meal at our hotel. The next day we went for our regular game of ten-pin bowling. It is almost a must on every JollyDays holiday. Cathryn was our highest scorer with a total of 113. Well done to her! After lunch we went to see Father Christmas in his grotto, where everybody received a present because they had been good. There were lots of great decorations around the store! Later in the day we had dinner in a lovely pub before going to the theatre for our main entertainment of the trip. We saw Cinderella, which got us all laughing and singing along with the cast. It was fantastic and we all thoroughly enjoyed the fun and frolics. It was the first performance of the season and this made it even funnier, as a few mistakes were made. We even managed to get the autograph of Prince Charming. The next morning, as the w...