just want to do a check list with friends, i am off to gran canaria on tues with my daughter, flight is about 4 hrs she said she is 25 and i am so lucky she wants to still go away with her mum or is it my personality, no maybe company or she wants a holiday and her pals are getting married and cant afford it,yes thats the one but who cares im getting a hol, right back to list,
had depo jag,got extra meds to take,got the neck pillow for plane,got comfy shoes,little slipper things so as not in bare feet in apartment,sun factor 50+,sun hat,cotton over shirt(long sleeves),ins for both,she has tickets etc, case nearly done, dog to kennels mon,what else do i need to take,i am really looking forward honest but, i know to stay in the shade if poss not too hard for me im not too keen on the suns heat,is this an age thing do you think or am i just nervous

Wow Dorothy, I'm sure you'll have a fantastic time!
It will be lovely for you to spend time with your daughter, just remember now too much partying now! (spoilport aren't I?)
Have a lovely holiday!

Love, Doreen xx

I know its not a long flight but my OT recommended flight socks for any journey and an aisle seat so you can get a good regular stretch. Other than that you've got it covered apart from bringing back a stuffed donkey and jar of olives!
Have fun
Sara

Have a lovely time. My 22 year old and 18 year old came to Tenerife at Easter with me!! Free holiday, but they were actually really good company!! Take a spare mobile or make sure you have one too (the 22 year old managed to lose hers!!) and spare sunglasses (my 18 year old had his taken from the side of the pool!) - but they are cheap to buy there if that happens.

I must admit I still sit in the sun (just making sure I use a high factor sun cream!!)... as I am a sun lover. We're off to a Greek Island next!! Worth buying suntan cream here (even though it is heavy) as it is very expensive over there - if you do need more use a supermarket rather than beach shop, as it's cheaper.

Anne xx

Hi Dorothy

Have a great relaxing holiday with your daughter, it sounds great.


Best Wishes

Sue
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thanks from all of you i never thought about bug bites,thats now on list along with savlon,sharon takes her phone i think it is glued to her,i am getting excited a bit now and looking forward to the slow pace,although i have the niggle of a few bars on the horizon oh well when in rome heh heh,sorry rich i'd love to fit you in but!!!!i'll think of you all when having a pinna colada,cheers peps,

"oh this year i'm off to sunny spain"

yeh doing the doco checking already,flight socks good job got time to go to the stores,olives oh in a G&T right thats it,get euros mon at p.o and im done,bye bye

Definitely take the insect repellent - apparently the mozzies are out in force in Europe this year. We`ve just come back from two weeks in Portugal, and used Autan to keep the biters at bay. Burning citronella incense sticks outside on the balcony kept them away too.

Enjoy your hols - enjoyed every minute of mine!!

Kathleen C x

hi, well back to good old blighty now and i had a really good time, the temp was 29 0/0 at night so didnt get much sleep,hotel had no air con and a fan to hire was 60e, the hotel we were in was right in party land so it was loud all night,even my daughter moaned about no sleep(she does like her sleep)that and the heat but it didnt spoil our hols,we found it expensive but we went all inclusive so it was spends only,thankfully, as we are now euro to pound and boy it was not cheap we saw a loaf of bread £3,cup coffee £3 even a cola was £ 3.50 we even had a cocktail at night 8e(£8) only ever had one and sat for over an hour with them doing the people watch thing boy i learned alot, but i have to say when on holiday you pay it, we did use taxi's alot they were 2e/3e and we got the local buses at 2/3e each way so that was good, we did go to a drag show through the tour operator that was 50e each and worth every euro it was fantastic so funny, alot of the activities were dear but worth doing as not really alot else apart from shopping,drinking and sunbathing,i did get a little heat stroke on our first day but learned to nap midday these spanish do have a good idea in the siesta thing they go indoors from 11 to around 5 and then work all night till 3am but the shopping centers dont close they are 9-6 and the whole place is locked up same as here, they are lovely all air con, we did get hassled once by 5 big african ladies tring to sell us wrist ties so that gave us a bit of a fright, they would not let our hands go so we had to pull our hands and really be firm to get away,we told the tour girls and they said just shout" police where is police" and they will leave us alone if it happened again as it is illegal to street sell but as one does we just didnt go back to that part just incase,most of the time if we said no thank you they would nod and smile and we kept walking, any way i made it unscathed and very tired, will need to rest up for a day or 2, just like to say went ryan air as cheap flights but would say they are ok for a 2/3hr flight but we were 4.15hr and it was so boring and uncomfortable and they ran out of lots of foods and drinks i was glad we always eat before boarding but we did have a hot drink and a biscuit of sorts and it cost us £5 each but you cant go that long without a drink at least the loo is free,my son flew ryan air last year and that used to be a euro,i managed not to lose anything and had a death grip on my passport in the airports my daughter was such good company,my son made us phone him every second night i felt like the child but it was nice to be looked after not looking after someone else for a change,

Hi Dorothy

So pleased you had a good time despite the high prices and persistent street traders!!

It is lovely when your family grow up and invite you to go away with them.

Hope you are taking it easy to recuperate.

Best Wishes

Sue