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Saltdean Townswomen’s Guild Article
Saltdean Townswomen’s Guild , One Woman’s thoughts on holidays! Written by Diane
One woman’s thoughts on holidays!
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Do you like taking holiday’s or do you find the whole thing far too stressful?
When we have young families, the preparations seem out of proportion to the event and in many cases, for me anyway, I would have preferred to stay at home and just have day trips! Men of course have an entirely different idea about it, or mine did anyway.
But as time goes by, the annual, and then in retirement even several holidays a year take on a new meaning. Once it was to chill and relax, maybe on a beach in the sun but eventually beaches have little call, and it is the cities with their amazing buildings that thrill and enthuse.
This has been the second year that travel has been difficult if not impossible for many, so we have looked more at our own country, this is no bad thing as we live in such an amazing place, and it is time that we learned to appreciate it.
It is also a time to reflect on our carbon footprint and do we really need to go abroad, with all the added pollution air travel entails, not to mention the covid test and possible quarantine on our return. If we had consistently good weather, people from around the world would flock here to see the British Isles; from Scotland to the Isles of Scilly, the Lake District, Yorkshire, and Cornwall and more. The countryside, ancient monuments, grand houses, and estates, are all well worth a visit.
We are so lucky, and we don’t have the devastating hurricanes, forest fires and tsunamis that occur in other places around the globe.
We in the Townswomen’s Guild are working to help the sustainability of our planet and doing our best to save resources, reduce air travel and generally decrease our carbon footprint.
We don’t want to upset the climate anymore and I am sure you don’t, so come and join us and help to keep our enthusiasm in top gear and create some fresh ideas, and we can all share tales of holidays to new and local places that before the pandemic we didn't know existed, or if we did, we never found the time to visit!
Contact Audrey (01273 303596), Elaine (01273 302375) or Diane (01273 640895) for more details and become part of the camaraderie and friendship that goes with being a member. Read more about TG on the Internet at www.the-tg.com.
