ITS LIVE

As from next Monday I should be working six at night till two in the morning for the next nine months , all paid at night rate which is good news for booking another holiday .
The weather the last few days have been sunny but with a breeze making it feel cold.

We are now looking at Greece Kefilonia for a two week break instead of going to Turkey although I think the country is safe enough to travel to regardless of past incidents .

We switched over to fibre broadband it was 10mb/s the  download speeds for tonight it was 25 mb/s a big difference hopefully our b/b issues are resolved once and for all now it as gone live .

I am working tonight six two instead of starting Monday a few extra hours all helps fund 2019 holiday need money .

PHONE SCAM

Did a two in the afternoon until half two the following morning which was unexpected today I am doing a six at night till six in the morning I  need to save money so we can holiday in 2019 the more cash the longer we can go away .
The weather here is very windy with heavy torrential downpours  totally depressing and the trees are dropping leaves on to the road making driving a little bit scary  , also the wind on the motorways is shifting  the car about we are currently are getting the tail end of hurricane Bronagh once this passes hopefully we will continue with our Indian summer .

The all nighter went ok it did drag but I did go cross site at St ,James's hospital they did not have any cover after midnight so I had to go to cover which made the night not as bad .

We have a possible two holiday destinations in mind  either Pefkos on the island of Rhodes in Greece  or Protaros in Cyprus if we go to the latter  we have to fly out of Manchester as they are no flights out of Leeds .

SATURDAY - Had a lazy day we ended up having fish and chips in the car we took knifes and forks bread and butter and tomato sauce bliss .

SUNDAY - Had a text  today from Mobiplanet thanking for subscribing to their download store and that they will be charging me £4.50 a every two weeks through my phone provider  , of course I have not subscribed to this company I called my network O2 they think that  I will have already occurred charges  really I said , which will be on my next phone bill ,  no way I told them that any added charges I have not authorised and  I will cancel my contract if they cant police the network  then I won't be paying for any scams they cant control , this company is not new and O2 know about them then why are they getting away with this , I have already cancelled the direct debits for me and my partners phone .

Best thing is when we originally got the phones through Car Phone Warehouse they put both of the contracts for two phones in my partners name so technically I am not liable for the bills she is .

Went looking for new suitcases saw a nice back pack I might buy when I get paid this coming week
Liam Helen son called round we all had Sunday dinner together he is also getting another tattoo on his arm

TURKEY

Got my Howard Schultz book Onward it was waiting for me on my return from our holiday so far I have not picked it up I will start reading it this week .
Passport organizer came , being optimistic I know but you got to believe it will happen or it definitely  won't.
I have also been looking at a case for my tech and leads so they are all together and a bit more organized than just throwing them into a plastic zip bag .

Well in one months time or there about I should be starting a seven to eight month stint of working six in the even till two in the morning will need a holiday after that .
Going back to work was hard my heart and soul was not in it the only good thing was I got a parking space which was a blessing did not really want to go out to move my car .

We have been looking at holidays in Turkey in the resort of Antalya only issue is it is very close to Syria , Istanbul is the other side of the country , one good thing is that the all inclusive hotels are far cheaper here  than in a lot of European countries also the Turkish cost of living is very cheap .
We are looking at the Rome beach resort .

FINGERS CROSSED

The broadband is shite once again , I phoned up our service provider which is  good old BT they say the same every time they are sorting it out  , but  we have wait 48hrs so the can check our speeds  why do I have to wait this long when  technology should be instant and it should not take 48hours to sort out .

I am tempted to go to fibre its priced ok for the first 18 months before it  more or less doubles in price , I  will phone them up and make the switch which I did the new connection date is 27th of September they might also send out a new router the new price is only £2.50 more per month than what I am paying now.

The weather at the moment is wet grey and cold typical English weather and it is also back to work Monday cant wait ,  mean I cant wait for pay day so we can go book a holiday for next year , then working will have a purpose might even go for two weeks if not ten days but they way I feel now a another week would be more than  fine.

SUNDAY - Was supposed to go over to Skegness to meet up with my daughter , but we was up late and the weather did not look great so we decided to stay put.
We did go to crown point in Leeds and went to M&S food bought some more pasta dishes and a chicken for dinner .
Helen's son Liam called round he did not stay for dinner he is getting over a split from is long time girlfriend Nicola if I was him I would go on Holiday a break is as good as a rest .
Down loaded the Tui app on my phone will be checking out holidays hopefully fingers crossed it is not just a dream and we can book for next year.

LESSONS LEARNED

We had a great time away travel does broaden the mind and the horizons without a doubt , so need to make sure that we some how by hook or crook that we go on holiday next year .

 I cant do anything till this months pay day but we need to make a booking and going out of season saves around £350 - £400 per person so we have to look at our options and make sure some how that we do it and get a hotel booked for 2019 , we have regretted the years that we have not traveled abroad so we have learned and aim to make amends starting now .

Being home is good we are unpacked and all the clothes are washed the passports put away we still have some sun tan lotion and after sun lotion left  hopefully for next year  .

A few lessons learned should have took a usb plug socket for charging the phones , Helen should have took extra tablets she took enough for only for seven days when she need eight days .
Need a lighter back back as well as the Super dry rucksack I bought .Extra sun tan lotion just in case we stayed in the sun longer . Passport boarding pass wallet a tech bag or wrap .shaving oil in stead of a pressurized canister .decent wash bag . Lockable luggage strap the snap on ones came off although we did get them back .We should have bought sun bathing mats to go on top of the sun loungers lying on your front was not that comfortable also one of those neck cushions which you also can put in a bag and use as a regular cushion .Should also have to a mini cube speaker .

We are going to the coast this Sunday and of course I am back at work Monday after two weeks of is not going to be easy.

HOME

Every night we would leave one of the door swipe keys in the light socket on the wall near to the for as you walked in with out inserting it no electric then we would leave the air con on and go out coming home the room was super cool  we would leave the curtains open and I would always wake up early , we also had a big set of glass doors leading out to the veranda and we sleep with the curtains pulled all the way back  we was on the third floor and no one could see in , the first view on morning made you want to get up , I use to put the towels on the sun beds for the four of us my sister Anne did the first few mornings then I took over .

I would lay the towels out then go for a stroll to the marina trying to take some worth well photos the only camera used was on my Samsung s8 which to be honest did a great job , what follows are a few photos from these walks which I like the most .

Guessing some of these yachts must cost hundreds of thousands to buy apparently the bigger yachts are in Ibiza town were they also cost a lot more cash I would love one who wouldn't.

The flight home went pretty good check in was not that long boarding went some and take off also fine , really sad to be leaving such a beautiful island I never really scratched the surface .Will miss so much I already want to travel somewhere else , next time I get any serious money it will go on travelling , big thanks to Alan my sisters husband and to Anne my sister and my daughter Tuesday who all made this possible .

Such a simple idea paint a tree white don't think it will work in the U.K guess you need blue skies golden sand and turquoise seas and magnificent sunrises and sunsets .

HIPPY CHICK

We landed safely at Ibiza airport as always after getting off and air conditioned plane the heat hit you when the doors opened . Leaving England we had jeans on it was 6.00 am when we flew it was not that warm .
Our  Hotel room had a balcony and  a sea view , with two big beds with white sheets which  put together to form a giant size bed another plus memory foam mattresses  and another big plus  air conditioning unit that worked to keep the room cool .
The bathroom with bidet bath and shower toilet with soap and lotions that was replenished every day.

The clouds came and went it was still hot with out being uncomfortable on the sun loungers the heat felt intense and it was easy to sweat even with a sea breeze you felt the warmth , the pool was a blessing . and quite empty most of the day some times we had the pool to ourselves and the Jacuzzis .

The first night we went by taxi to the Hippy market a few miles away loads of stalls selling hand made bags and clothes bracelets and art it was a great first night . Load son talented people the leather bags cost  mega bucks upwards of £200 .

UPDATE LATER .

Had a shower just after midnight and a extra large strong coffee not sure when we will get to bed over the last few days I have lost sleep it will catch up with me doubt I will sleep on the plane We will drive to my sisters house and get there for three A.M , we need to get to Leeds and Bradford airport to check in at four , our flight is  at six then to Ibiza for eight thirty. if this blog ends with this post , I am either doing life in a Spanish jail I have been kidnapped  or abducted by aliens either way its been a blast.
Of course none of the above happened we flew out to Ibiza as planned we did not go to bed and made are flight on time and landed in Ibiza we got to the hotel safely will do a update later  , we had a great time and took lots of photos .

A STIFF PINK ONE

Well will be jetting  of Monday at six in the morning to Ibiza we need to pack and drop both of the dogs off .Need to pack my suitcase and my hand luggage think I will take my Samsung tablet need to put films and some books on and some music .
Bought a polo shirt and a Miami printed  t-shirt  with palm trees seemed a good idea at the time getting into the holiday spirit  I have enough shorts and t-shirts and socks for a fortnight  never mind a week .
We have two suitcases and we will split our  clothes between the two ,  that way one goes missing and we both have something to wear .
stocked  up on cat food the cats won't go hungry whilst we are away be the first time w have left any of the animals whilst we have gone longer than a few hours , cant wait to see their reactions on our return .
All packed hand luggage is done my suitcase is 8 kg under weight which is good if I buy anything should still be well under Helen is only taking a small hand bag as hand luggage weight allowance is 5 kg.

Hope the flight is good and we land and transfer on time we get to our hotel and get unpacked and get out the first day is going to be tiring working until two in the morning will help my body clock hopefully we won't be to tired out .

All electrical items are charged or getting charge got an external power pack the tablet , wireless  headphones and cell phone should all be on 100% don't know whether to take my iPod classic and amp  or leave them at home got the full season of Jack Ryan to watch season three of "Mr Robot " which if I admit is hard going and season one of "Start up" I also have three episodes to "Orangutan Jungle School" to watch , I also updated the music on my phone and added some books .

SUNDAY  - Pip is with my daughter we dropped her off yesterday , Bailey we took to the kennels I don't think he was that happy Helen was emotional to leave him it has to be done .
Went over to Acaster Malbis to see Helen's parents before flying Monday morning  ,we went to the Ship Inn Helen had a pink gin and lemonade or a stiff pink one as I call them .