How Planning A Holiday Helps Overcome Those Winter Blues?
Undoubtedly, one of the few things which can maintain your spirits during the winter
months is the idea of heading off on vacation and unwinding under a clear blue sky being gently warmed by the sun.
These types of thought processes help you get through the dreary winter months and during this time my wife will spend hours on the internet searching out old favourites and new places to explore.
My part in this research is to act as a sounding board and I have long suspected that my views are only for confirmation purposes, as I am prodded in a given direction. I have on occasions ventured an original suggestion usually only to be told that this has already come under the radar and was rejected mostly for my benefit. The reasons for which are not usually explained.
To be honest, I am quite happy with this situation and will only take an active part when it comes to deciding which airport we are travelling from and at what time. I have spent far too many holidays setting off at two in the morning and driving 4 hours to Gatwick or Heathrow while my co-pilot remains in the land of nod.
Under these conditions I usually arrive at the destination quite ratty from sleep deprivation but because we are on holiday try my best to stay up as long as possible on the first night which just makes matters worse and only lengthens the recovery period.
In a nutshell, I am more than happy to go anywhere as long as it is from Birmingham or East Midlands airports or if I really must travel to a London or Manchester, stay at a hotel close to the airport with only a short journey the following morning.
I am advised we are going to Dahab in Egypt in early February from Birmingham airport which means there are smiles all round and we now have something to look forward to once we get through Christmas and the New Year which takes your mind off the weather.
Having booked this on Monday, we awoke to the shocking news that the beaches at Sharm about 80 kilometres down the coast have been closed because one elderly lady had been killed and four others had been badly wounded following a shark attack no less.
Without meaning to be glib I have asked for self preservation to be added to our holiday criteria.