So, two weekends ago, I went on a last minute holiday to Tenerife with Ali and her kids! Whilst on the phone sorting me going down in August to look after the kids for a couple of days whilst Ali was at work, I’d said to her that she sounded pretty tired having been working and looking after them during the school holidays (even with them going to holiday clubs!), so we hatched a plan to away somewhere for a few days at the end of the school holidays, meaning I could help look after the kids for a bit whilst Ali could potentially get a bit of time to relax.
After seeing what was available in the UK, there wasn’t that much available that wasn’t crazily expensive, and obviously you’ve got the gamble of how good the weather will be, so we ended up booking a 4 night stay in Tenerife, getting back home the afternoon before the kids would have to return to school!
I travelled down to Bristol day on Thursday by coach – it’s a bit of journey doing it this way because I have to get in to Manchester to get the Bristol coach, but it’s quite a bit cheaper than the train! We had a really early start on the Friday morning – we took the bus from Temple Meads just before 5am, since our flight from Bristol Airport was at 7.30am.
Since we’d booked the holiday so recently, we were only allocated seats when we checked in at the airport, and we were right at the front of the plane, with three seats on the front row that’s opposite the door, which means you get loads of legroom! I sat with the kids there, whilst Ali was across the aisle and was able to have a relaxing flight!
Arriving for our brief holiday!
We got to Tenerife by about noon, and then took our coach transfer to the Hotel Hovima Jardín Caleta in Costa Adeje. We got there early afternoon, a few hours before our room was ready, and thankfully we were able to store our cases and get changed in a spare room they let us use, so I changed out of my jeans, and the kids put on swimming stuff so they could play in the pool.
Hotel Hovima Jardín Caleta.
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