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18 Moments Of 2022

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Well it’s that time of year for looking back – and 2022 has certainly been a fun year, even if I didn’t quite achieve as much as I like to demand of myself. As normal, most of these moments are positive, but a few are negative – this is “moments” as opposed to “highlights”, as I don’t want to forget the challenges and difficulties of the world. Not particularly in order, but definitely the best moments at the end. Let’s start with an achievement, shall we? 18. Promotion! Possibly a bit of a cheat including this as I knew in … Continued

James Went To Zadar

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My sister recently announced that she had 3 holiday days left to take at work and wanted to go somewhere – I said I’m up for a holiday and we ended up booking a trip to Zadar. We had quite tight time schedules so wherever we were going to go was going to be a flying visit – after some research I had a shortlist of Naples, Bilbao and Zadar – all places we could fly to on the Tuesday after work and return on the Friday. But Zadar was the clear winner – who can resist £68 return flights, … Continued

James Went To Croatia – Last Year

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All this extra time I have thanks to my new job and getting home at the more human hour of around 6pm (or so) has led me to think that maybe I should try to catch up with things on my to-do list.Some things have been on there for nearly a year, such as writing a blog post about my holiday to Croatia last year. I’m not sure that I would have been able to remember much in the way of details had I written the blog when I got back home, let alone nearly a year later.  It was … Continued

Croatia Cost Analysis

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aerial view of a city and island

As you may know I was planning to go to Sonus festival in Croatia, which has quite an amazing line-up. I’ve already paid £250 on non-refundable Bastardair flights and £130 on the festival ticket which is potentially saleable. I am trying to decide if I can afford the rest of the cost.  So… Return train to Stansted £46.20.Airport to resort – there is one boat at 5pm which costs around £15.  If I miss it then a taxi is £140.  Bus service on the way back is £18.Accomodation £408Drinks, Food, ‘etc’ £500 minimumTaxis around resort (hotel is 25km away from … Continued