centerparcs 2015

we love centerparcs. we firwt went in 2008, when we shared with jax from making it up. we have been every year since – 8 years! [i have used the blog to check!] it is always wonderful. there are a number of things in its favour

• cheapness – £150 for 4 people for 4 nights
• conviviality – always share this holiday with friends, this time we shared a chalet with em, and previously we have shared with zoe and jax. other friends going this time were the deependers, who quite often join us.
• swimming – i love the rapids, i love screeching down them! the kids love swimming, DH loves the cyclone. and the lagoon is fine to chill in.
• boardgames – in between the swimming, there is boardgames and laughter and chatting.
• i hate january, and this cheers it up.

so, there we are, a perfect recipe for happiness and i particularly needed it this year as there is trouble at t’ mill with work [organisational rather than personal, but all things organisational tend to become personal] and also some great worry and sadness on a family matter that hangs over us a bit. [not to be dwelt on on the blog] . so spending time with friends and the girls, shrieking on the rapids, laughing and playing games was the perfect pick me up january tonic. i did damage my finger falling of my bike in the mud – oops! but i didn’t let it slow me down too much [it is still hurting unfortunately]. thankyou for all the friends that shared the holiday and the laughter. Em and I even managed to sneak out and have a short walk and a coffee at starbucks before being told off for prolonged absence via walkie talkie and summoned back to the chalet . amazing to be a grown up, and i liked a few moments of it – though wouldnt want it for the whole holiday . looking forwards to next year already.

A picture speaking more loudly than words, here are a few of them…