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HOLIDAY IN THE LIFE 15
Taking a break somewhere different WHEN OTHER

DIETS FAIL.
Jan Bates of Freshbrook describes what her family did on their hols.'
TRY FAST, SAFE
For some holidays are an exciting The emphasis in Denmark is for about 2 minutes, but soon he CAMBRIDGE
and predictable break. For oth- on having a beautiful house and was complaining about the rides
ers like harassed parents accom- consequently, there were very he hadn't been on, rather than Call your Counsellor today.
panied by highly unpredictable few ostentatious cars around. reflecting with pleasure on the
offspring they are to be viewed What a clean and peaceful funrides he had enjoyed. Sandie (West Swindon)
with trepidation. Niggling wor- country it was and such a pleas- It was hard work, trying to 870295
ries begin to rear their ugly ant contrast to Costa del Noise. squeeze 2 weeks worth of sight- Debbie (Ferndale Road)
heads. Will the little This tranquility is seeing, sunbathing and saunas 487692
darlings behave? not cheap. The stan- into 8 days, particularly with 3 Oonagh (Wootten-Bassett)
What do we do if dard of living is ex- cross, sticky children. Sleeping is
they get sick! ceptionally high and not one of 9-month old Carstens 852795
bored /burnt /bit- we can safely say favourite pastimes, so even our sall
ten/lost/fall over- that Carlsberg is nights were not undisturbed by THE C'ThbridQe DIET
board? Despite this, 'probably the pri- the sound of tiny feet and not-so-
most of us are deter- ciest lager in the tiny lungs. Sw/ndon's First Ever
mined to 'get away world' - in Denmark The return journey was Pet Cat Show for
from it all' or rather, anyway. fabulous. A huge bottle of sea- non -pedigree &
'take it all with us' After the 110 sick pills sat on the information unregistered
somewhere else. mile journey to our desk and were dispensed, upon pedigree cats.
In June, my husband, 3 chil- apartment at Faborg, we opted to request, to passengers. The res-
dren and I embarked on a 20 hour spend the first day 'relaxing' on taurants, lounge bars and cine- Sat. / OtI? September
voyage across the north sea to the beach. mas were full.We all participated at the Croft Sports
Denmark. People-watching on foreign in the organised crazy games Centre, Old Town.
Much of our initial excite- beaches is a most amusing pas- and everyone, especially the chil- Organised by the Wiltshire &
ment was dampened by the cha- time, particularly the spot-the- dren, had a jolly time District Cat Club
otic preparations and frequent Brit game. Steve put his trunks
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front of the car. Gazing into the hand. A group of camera and
rear view mirror, I was greeted binocular wielding tourists sur-
by three grim, hot, pink faces rounded the only girl on the
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Once on the road, however The only person who paid atten-
the children's spirits lifted and tion to my exposed top half was
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