I bet Roger has about 6 months worth booked. We have 12 days in June traveling from Devon to Lincolnshire, down to Suffolk, Essex and then back home. 4 days on the south coast of Cornwall in June, then 3 1/2 weeks over August/September mostly in the Loire.

Colin

Sorry to disappoint Colin but all things being equal we've had to shorten our intended trip to Spain and Portugal by about a month as we are to become grandparents to yet another sprog in June.

This means we cannot get a return ferry from Santander and we have to drive back through France and pick up a ferry in Cherbourg,

R and A

Looking at the overall picture, congratulations. I'm sure your holiday will still be a good one as well.

Colin

I'm still trying to get Mrs eribaMotters to do a Spain or Portugal trip, must be April ish before it gets hot, but she still says NO.

Colin

Quote: cabbie37 wrote in post #6

---

At long last, I have dialed in a Spain trip for September. Something that I have had on the wish list for a while. In planning the places we will visit, I became aware of how big Spain is!

Lol...

---

Hugh, "Out of interest, what is her objection?"
I wish I could get to the bottom of it. I think she has this fear of hordes of drunken Brits and car park style campsites. The more I ask the more she locks up.She is prepared to do the city break style holidays there though, so we have some hope. I suppose we have been spoilt with France.

Colin

That's what we fear too so we try to stay away from the coastal resorts. It's not all like that. Seville is nice as is Cadiz. Up north Bergos is one of our favourite cities.

Even in Cilla's Estepona which has any amount of small Tapas bars etc we came across a number of Brits balancing on a narrow outside pavement surrounding a shopping complex, sat at a small table eating sausage, eggs and chips while dozens of cars were passing by looking for parking spaces.

R

Seville, Cordoba and Granada. All well worth a visit and while in Granada don't forget to visit Ronda ( no, not Randa from the Rhondda. To visit the Alhambra we suggest you get there very early as we found that the crowds start appearing after about 10:30am. It has a very large car park so no problems there.

A funny story about Seville, Cordoba and Granada. Later on in our trip we stayed in Aranjuez south of Madrid. While there we got chatting to a young Spanish family from Cordoba. We said that we missed that city out to which several people chipped in "What? You've missed out Cordoba?" This statment has haunted us ever since and we are often asked if we've been there. Too date, no and now we feel it's too late.

Randa

How I wish I shared your optimism and confidence in booking holidays abroad well in advance. At the moment I'm on what seems like an interminable waiting list for yet another medical procedure (day surgery but with at least a week's recuperation) so the best I can do is to say is that we hope to get across to France in June and failing that it will have to be in September, all being well.