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1976.
Exams over
Blind Faith and Hope that the future was going to be wonderful

i also escaped the weekly chore of cutting my parents lawn. It was burnt to a crisp

I have had some fabuous summers and a few rubbish ones. The one I loved the best though is when I was lucky enough to get a move of house from a 5 bedroom house to a 2 bedroom ground floor flat. I had some mobility problems and I knew they would get worse so needed to get rid of the stairs. I was also taken away by my eldest daughter which fell when I moved so the family sorted the furniture out for me and I had a lovely holiday with my granddaughter and daughter.

I grew up in Zimbabwe, got married after Uni, and we had an extended honeymoon "overseas" having never been out of Southern Africa - spent a couple of idyllic months in London exploring all the places on the Monopoly board, then bought a cheap camper van and travelled around Europe till we ran out of money! Our budget was $10 a day each, it was a wonderful summer, our first in the Northern Hemisphere!

My best summer holiday was the the one I would remember every year since - it was the last summer holiday I shared with my husband. He had decided we would stay in the UK and go to his home county of Devon. I'm now catching up on his reading, the books he enjoyed, and finding out why - they were not my choice then but I'm finding them surprisingly diverse and so interesting, they have opened up my range of literature.

Why is this still being advertised on 18th July when the closing date was 19th June?

My first holiday abroad to Spain. My husband and I travelled to the Costa Brava on a Lambretta scooter and stayed just south of Barcelona. Our single storey hotel was right on the beach and there was a natural harbour which was bliss to swim in. Apart from the sea urchins that is which hid in the crevices of the rocks one had to clamber over to get out.
The road down into the bay was too steep and narrow for cars so the village was quite unspoilt. I'd like to go back now to see if it's changed. I doubt there'll be any high rises.

Gotta be 1977, so much happenend in my life, Left school, started a new chapter at college, met my future husband. Was chosen to visit Switzerland with the Guides, the Queen's Jubilee street parties, and one long hot summer before Exam results!

The summer I left school and started my first job.

Has to be the year I left school. A summer of freedom before starting work, so many years ago now tho

My best summer was taking my grandkids on various trips ...to Zoo, cinema, seaside and enjoying their company.

My best summer was when I was at school. The summers seemed to last forever. Now I blink and they're over. Although today is a cracking day too x

A mark warner holiday on Lemnos. Everyone tried things they'd never tried before including me and it was so much better than we expected