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Cheery's path to fulfilment - finishing the DIY, looking after myself, appreciating the garden 🌻
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What was the app again your mum used - want to check if my mum can get to me !Sealed pot challenge 822
Jan - £176.66 :j4 -
It wasn't an app, it was the traveline website! You have to filter it to only use local buses and walking (so you can walk between buses). It was surprisingly good!5
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Fantastic xSealed pot challenge 822
Jan - £176.66 :j4 -
I was on team castle until I read your options and I would have voted seaside without a doubt. Delighted to read on and see you went with thatMade it to mortgage free but what a muddle that became
In the event the proverbial hits the fan then co-habitees are better stashing their cash than being mortgage free !!4 -
I was - and am - on 'Team seaside' all the way. Team 'Town Terrace' at a push (as long as there was plenty to see in and around the town, or a festival/show/concert on or something). The Castle does have an appeal - I can see how in some ways it's too similar to home, but can also still see the appeal to 'totally switch off' for a restorative hols. What put me off would be the travelling time for a short break. If part of a longer holiday, I'd possibly be more likely to opt for a 2 or 3 centre break, which included the castle, just for the sheer fun of it.
But the important thing is that you've booked a break away 😁I look forward to your reports on everything on your return 😁 Yes, I am unashamedly free-loading to get a 'salty sea air' fix vicariously 😂
Greying XPounds for Panes £7,305/£10,000 - start date Dec 2023
Grocery Spend August 2025 £94.78/£300
Non-food spend August 2025 £3.75/£50
Bulk Fund August 2025 £0/£107 -
Thank you, I'm glad I have the popular vote 😂😂 I hope I don't live to regret it - it's a flat, and doesn't even have a sea view 😮 But it's a very nicely appointed flat and close to the sea, so...
Anyway, it's booked now - no more second guessing!
Need to check if there's anything we should see while we're there, although our holidays are usually just cafe and pottering based, much like the rest of our lives 😂 and it looks like the weather will be good 😊
Got things we want to do before we go though. I need to get Mr C some birthday presents for a start! My mum is leaving at lunchtime today, we need to get those plants in the ground, and I'll want to strim the rest of those nettles, and mow the normal lawn before we go too.7
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