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What a shame hope you get some recompense. I wonder if your poppies have opened? mine any day now.

hi Drc, thanx will see if we manage to get anything back,, my poppies have some buds so thats something good and my lupins have grown huge while away to, im going to have to divided my plants next year for sure ;o))

Shame about the hotel as it looks a lovely place to be. With the weather being so nice here now you can get back to your garden and enjoy the summer

thanx pipsqueak, yes it was a lovely place but we were just in the wrong place lol, im looking forward to getting back in my garden to ;o))

sad you had a poor hol. but glad you got home safely.

I have often noticed when we are away and not watering the plants seem to have grown a lot.

Sorry that you had a bad time Sandra. I was wondering if you managed to get away OK with all the disruptions. Such a disappointment for you and Baz after you have been looking forward to your holiday. Glad you got home OK.

thankyou sea ;o)
its strange really Drc how fast they have grown in a week and like you say either no water or very little in my case lol

cheers richard we at least had a rest and eachother, not often we get time alone , so that was lovely, cant believe i had the lawn cut in my first hour back haha

omg wot u like ,did u lose weight not being able to eat anything lol . pretty pics tho . u can come an mo my grass if like haha

lol cristina, i just had to cut it, it looked awfull and untidy haha, think we both lost weight on hols ;o)) off to bed now im so tired after traveling all day, nite all, catch up tomoz x

Sorry about your holiday hotel not living up to it's 5* rating I hope all goes well with your complaints procedure, lovely flower/plants pics :o)

Nice pix Sandra! but POOR YOU!! I'm not a big traveller myself... don't think I'll ever go to Turkey frankly...

I'm sorry to hear your holiday wasn't all you expected Sandra. I hope you can get some compensation. It looks such a lovely place too.
Thanks for showing some photos of cacti. I love those with pads .

sorry to hear about your holiday.....so anoying after all that saving and planning...but i love the cacti pics....nice to have you back...:-)

thankyou neelan will call them today and see what happens, may have to put it down to experience , glad you enjoyed the pics though ;o))
thanx pip, think your better off here in your own home and garden ;o))
thankyou hywel it had some beautifull places, we saw on our way to and from the airport, guess we were unlucky not being before didnt know where to stay, glad you like the cacti i brought you back lol ;o))
cheers sandra i thought you would like the cacti also, they were spectactular, sooo big and lovely flowers on them to ;o))

Well, it's lovely to have you back home, San, but am so sorry that your holiday was one problem after another my friend, what a disappointment for you both! :~(( Have you had your new tree delivered yet, or is it later this week?

hi flori nice to see you and im ok now home and we did enjoy some parts of the holiday inbetween bad bits hahah, im going to call today about delievery of my tree, they said they would send it right away when i was home, so watch this space lol, got to go now, taking hubbys car to have work done and some shopping in preston while there, catch you later flori, have a great day ;o))) xx

hi Sandra and welcome back,
that is a shame about the hotel , these things are sent to try us but seems you made the best of it, good on you. the photos look lovely.xx

Sorry to hear about your holiday Sandra, but there is no place like home and our gardens :))

Sorry, San, that your Holiday to Turkey was a bit of a let down...lets hope
you had the rest, that we all need once a year?...we had a bit of bother when
we booked, on line to go to portugal, a long story, so i will not bore you,,
I hope you get back, what is due to you?..you deserve it after all..nice to see
you back `Welcome home...: ~)))

I forget to thank you, for those lovely pics..you cannot fault the sights
just gorgeous!! loved the fish, how great you got to feed them...no
wonder they are so large LOL

Sorry to hear your week away wasn't too good, you must complain to the travel company asap., we've been there, done that, so to speak ! For a 5 star hotel not to provide good food or hot water is appalling for the guests. Still, your home safely to lovely warm weather here. : o ) ) )

Oh,dear,San.so sorry it turned out so bad,especially as it was supposed to be a 5*.I know their ratings abroad aren't sometimes the standards we get here,but it
shouldn't have been so bad.We haven't been to Turkey,but have thought about it,but always changed our minds.I guess you were just unlucky.Anyway,glad you are happy to be home,but so ironic,that it has been so good here.At least you had a nice time on your own...

Oh San ! beautiful photos but what a shame about the hotel , Welcome back :o)))

sorry you didnt hav ea very good holiday sandra.... nice pics though...

Thought it had been a bit quite last week, That explains it. Hope you had a wonderful time. Thanks for sharing with us.

Hi Sandra sorry you did not enjoy your holiday, bet you glad you had that nice holiday in January, but not being mean but nice to have you back, although the week as flown, as for the weather it as been fantastic, heard its suppose to be coming back again this weekend , hope it does x

lol TOG, cheeky monkey haaha ;o))
thanx everyone for your kind comments on the pics and our not so good holidays, im so glad to be doing my garden and its just about straight now, weeded, watered and looking fresh again, bourght myself some new hanging baskets today ,so will get some new plants tomoz and plant them up, thats my treat to make up for my hols haha, baz just followed me round preston today carrying my bags ;o)) xx

oops sorry carol missed you there , we crossed, thankyou and nice to see you, will be in touch about our fish shopping at weekend ok ;o)) x ps i sent you a msg yesterday carol

OK look forward to hearing from you. :o)))

Its a real bummer when this kind of thing happens .Hope you get it sorted...

A friend at work ended a really bad holiday in Gambia lying on a beach asleep, when she woke up there was dead body washed up next to them ..!!

oh my god mushy,, how awfull for for your friend ;o((

Oh Sandra this is poor no excuse for it in 5 star hotels if they cant do it then cant change suddenly to one or no stars talk about Turkish Fawlty towers ..

You manage to find the only veggie chef mind the meat eaters probably all over here selling us dodgy kebabs .. still you came home to find town buzzing with excitement Blackpool back in top division .Might only be for a year but hey great news ..

lol deffernatly faukty towers ray haha, but its the first time its happened to us, i will tell the travel place though,
i loved listening to the wailing from the mosques though, very spiritual,, mind some said they must have eaten at our hotel, wailing in pain lol
yes there was a parade when we were coming home, blackpool was very busy that day, im made up for them, but like you say could be short lived, but let them enjoy their fame for once ;o))

Sounds awful! Good job you were only there for a week then Sandra.
I'm not much of a one for holidays, much prefer to be out in the garden......trouble is I still have to do the housework and the cooking! :o(((

yes the best bit was having time together without any kids and hastles , i think i enjoy being in the garden to lily if we could get a chef and cleaner for two weeks and have sunshine, what a holiday that would be ;o))

Oh No! Oh No! and once more....OH NO!!! So sorry San....thank goodness you're home safe and well. Blimey, if there's one thing about holidays in my experience is they make you appreciate your home!! NO HOT WATER? Crikey!! Glad you're back, I missed you!! x

aww thanx karen, yes was lovely to have a hot bath and some real food, oh and see our lovely green fields and hills when we came into land, nowhere beats the uk for that scene ;o)) x

Blimey....sounds a terrible place San...lets hope you can get it sorted and some money back.....pleased you're home...:o)

im going to call tomorrow janey and see what they say, thankyou so much ;o)) x

I hope you get some satisfaction San....I mean, honestly!

if not i just put it down to experience karen, not had a bad one untill this, so lucky i guess compared to others, but i will make it known about the hotel, cheers

So sorry to hear your hols wasn't great. On a positive note, great to have you back on GOY as we all missed you.
I've sent you a PM.

thanx steve, nice to be back to ;o))

If part of package deal registered with ABTA or booked through credit card you should have some recourse to compensation Sandra.

thanx ray will check it out and see what happens

Good to have you back, sorry to hear your holiday was a disaster, do hope you get some compensation you certainly deserve it. It looked such a beautiful place (going by your pictures).

Hi Sandra, now I see what you mean about not enjoying your holiday that much:-( Reminds me of my family holiday last year in Tenby....ok not quite so exotic lol, but same sort of problems. I did get a few hundred pounds back from Haven though after a hard fight, so stick to your guns San. What really matters is who you are holidaying with as you say , and it does look a lovely place...see, just like Tenby:-) Your photos are lovely, especially that large yellow flower, I wonder what it is? Great to have you back:-)

nice you got sum new baskets hun that shud cheer u up xxx wether rubbish to day 4 being out there tho . but keep having a wonder lol inbtween client lol do u go to southport flower show , was thinking bt going this year ,taton show was not that gud wen we went . do u no wen its on , carnt b that far from you !

thanx dotty it did have some beautifull places , im writing it all in a letter as told by the travel company i booked with, then just wait for a reply ;o)
cheers bornagain sorry you had a bad hols in tenby and i will be seeking something back from them, the yellow flowers were stunning but i dont know what they were, it was more like a tree than plant ;o))
hi cristina ive done my baskets and pots today even though there was light rain, my son dug another small border from the grass for me as i got another shrub lol, hubby said i would start digging up the lawn next,as for southport think its july or august im going with clarice off here, she lives a 5min drive from me so looking forward to that, will let you know when i get dates ;o)) it will be the sunday when i go cause of work

We enjoyed our holiday in Tenby, just because it was lovely especially for the children and because we all enjoy each others company, but the site we were on was dire ditto caravan. Your travel agent should bear a lot of the responsibility to get you compensation Sandra, otherwise what is the point of booking through an agent? Looking forward to seeing your garden pics now:-)

glad you still enjoyed your hols and your right whats the point if they dont do their job properly,, ;o))

o thats brill look 4 ward to that then x

I 'liked' your blog San because the photo's are lovely, but sorry to hear about the rest of it. You must feel like you were ripped off?

thanx dotty, yes i do and have called travel firm and have to put it in writing now to them, so have to do that tomoz,

Oh Sandra sorry to read this, we so look forward to our holidays don`t we,bet you`re glad you hadn`t booked 2wks, as you said it was nice spending time with Baz and your photo`s are lovely.
My neighbour goes to Turkey loads and loves it so I guess you were just unlucky.....

thanx sue yes i think we were unlucky, ive writen a letter but damn printer playing up now, so baz going to print it at work so i can send it off, is nothing simple lol, glad you enjoyed the pics sue ;o))

oh dear Sandra..glad i waited for your report before we booked,Turkey is supposed to be like Marmite you either love it or hate it ..i dont like it..but as i told you a pal of mine lives there & loves it.. another pal is going for her daughters wedding next week so i will see how she goes on ,your hol sounds like the nightmare we had in Malta in november..could you not have swapped hotels..sorry you didnt enjoy it, this is why im so fussy as we have had a few bad deals i hope you get some compensation you should do ...:0))

thanx joan, we thought about changing hotel, but thought we may end up somewhere with different problems, at least this one looked good and was clean, so just made the most of it, i will send letter to holiday company tomoz