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Home
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Holiday
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*explanation
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Completely rural
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X*
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*But we’re semi-rural
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Completely silent
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X
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No. We
are not silent.
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Spacious & Capacious
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√*
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*But only
really the holiday home kitchen
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1400 spring orthopaedic back support bed
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X*
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*Try an ortho
airbed balanced over 2 single beds. Which punctured 1st night - no
repair kit handy.
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400 TC Egyptian cotton sheets & bedding
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X*
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*Patterned
poly-cotton - mmmm
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DiLonghi coffee maker making perfect coffee
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X *
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*cafetiere
.. hey ho
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A paid for cleaner
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X*
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*I was chief
cleaner & bottle washer … whilst I still paid my cleaner at home L
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Air-conditioning unit
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X*
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*AND it
was 41 degrees Celsius when we arrived … had to wait till supermarkets opened
– 24 hours of dying in unbearable heat (NB see Pool)
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Fans
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X*
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*see
above
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Blu-ray DVD player
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X*
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*Not the
end of the world I guess but we took blu-ray DVD’s ..
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Heated Pool with lovely pool furniture?
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/X*
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*don’t
have own pool at home. Super kind neighbour invites me to swim with her in
proper heated pool – holiday home had solar heated i.e. FREEZING; and not one
cushion on plastic loungers
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Clean pool?
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XXX
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NOT
clean. In fact algae heaven. Ugh owner had to tip extra salt & algae
bombs in … 4 days after we called. Spent most days acting as pool boys /
girls just to be able to swim without risk of disease.
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Insect repellent plug-ins?
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Not necessary
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X
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Had to go
to supermarket & buy
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Kitty cat to love & cuddle?
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X
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And I was
PAYING a cat sitter … L
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Irritating teenagers 24/7 for 16 days?
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X*
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*I only
suffer at weekends at home
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Takes 12 hours solid driving to get there?
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X
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Hmm. Summer hols. Count ticks & crosses & you get where I'm coming from. FauxSurreyHubby has promised in front of witnesses I NEVER have to do "en famille" self catering nonsense again.
Am already checking out One & Only locations...
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