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Rhodes: scuba, statues and sunshine holidays.
Shaped like a spear head, Rhodes offers a holiday full of history, culture and plain good fun – the Greek island has all the cut and thrust of the Med’s finest holiday destinations. Only 11 miles west of Turkey, Rhodes is the largest of the Dodecanese Islands and is situated between the Greek mainland and Cyprus. Due to its…
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England take a football lesson in draw against Italy.
Being a loyal England fan I watched the Euro 2012 quarter final between England and Italy on Sunday evening. It was inevitable, of course, that we would get beaten on penalties. To their credit England defended well and were well organised but that’s about the only good thing I can say about the England performance.…
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Cycling the Monsal Trail
A few weeks ago I visited the Monsal Trail in The Peak District. It’s near Buxton and Bakewell and is well worth a visit if you are a cyclist or walker. The Trail is part of the old railway line that ran between London and Manchester. It was completed by Midland Railways in 1863 when…
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Don’t call expensive 0871 numbers!
It’s nice when we get customers telling us how good our service is. We booked a customer this morning on a holiday to Corfu and she called this afternoon with a question. She told us that she had called another travel agent with an 0871 telephone number and had been kept waiting 20 minutes and…
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Euro 2012 countries quirky facts
BBC Radio Leeds called us yesterday and asked us if we would contribute to their mid morning show. They wanted interesting facts and stories about any of the Euro 2012 football tournament countries and they said they would call back in 30 minutes so that we could be “live” on air. We are regular contributors…
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Diving and other, not so nice, encounters in Egypt
Becky Hayes, our Travel TV presenter, has recently returned from a holiday to Egypt and here she describes her diving experiences and an encounter with the locals that she did not expect! Read on ……. I’ve been looking at going to Egypt for the past few years but for many reasons have put off going and chosen somewhere…
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Why do societies fail ? Nothing lasts forever.
If you think about it, nothings lasts forever ! I know it might be an obvious statement but does this law of physics apply to the way human beings live their lives? And if so what causes this? The Universe is about 14.6 billion years old and was created after the Big Bang but what…
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Cycling the Leeds/Liverpool towpath
I love riding my bike along the canal tow path, especially when the weather is warm. Yesterday I did a bike ride and this morning I was up early and riding my bike by 09.00am. The weather was sunny and it was nice and cool. Perfect for riding. These are some pictures I took on…
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Jamaica here we come !
We love Jamaica here at Global Holidays. Great beaches, friendly people who can dance really well ! and good quality hotels with good food. What more do you want from a holiday ? Oh yes…the weather is great too especially in winter. So, the good news is that Virgin Atlantic will be introducing an extra…