If I weren't here.....

I would be in Dubai were i am ment to be now on holiday that was cancelled

Hi hereshopping, come and join Juliet and I in the bluebell wood. Bring along your sketch pad, or good book - and a bar of chocolate would go down well! It will be very quiet as it looks like nearly everyone else has gone abroad

I would be in a small, no frills, motel in Gloucester, MA. It is a beautiful day, sunny and warm. My family of 5 college age sons and my husband and I are getting up and around. People are heading in and out getting the car packed and I am taking orders for packed lunches. The chaos is wonderful. I am looking forward to a day on the beach with the people I love most in the world.

I am not in the UK, so I will travel to my favourite place in Cornwall, St Ives, and watch the waves rippling in over the sand, the beautful aquamarine water becoming deeper, the fishing boats starting to float as the tides come in.Then a lovely cream tea to finish off the day.Bliss!

I would be just getting off the local bus in Costa Blanca and wandering along to the steps which take me to Altea Church and fantastic views across The Med.
On some days you can sit outside the cafes and watch Traditional Weddings taking place and admire all the older Spanish ladies wearing their traditional clothes.
I can just taste the coffee and sweet biscuits, delicious.

The now defunct Cosy Nook café who did the most delicious fresh crab sandwiches which were deep with the white meat of the crab. This place was in Port Erin where friend and I stayed and their fish and chips were to die for.

Then a flight to the Cotswolds to another little home run café to sample their fresh beef and onion sandwiches which were out of this world. It was in Bourton on the Water . Continuing our gourmet tour, a café in Clovelly, Devon to round up with the best cream tea on the planet.

I'm hungry now and haven't got any of the above ingredients but it was a lovely trip down memory lane. I'll now make do with some left-over new pots to fry with bacon and re-heated mushy peas-----what a mixture

I would love to be at an animal rescue place in Kent. Sitting outside the cafe in the sunshine, drinking tea and eating a KitKat (always has to be tea and a KitKat) Watching the chickens in the enclosure beside us pecking about and making happy chicken noises. Most of them are rescued battery hens and it delights me to see how much they are enjoying their freedom.
Or I would love to be in Jersey on our way to visiting the Zoo. We go there every time we visit the Island and our first port of call when we reach the zoo will be to see the gorillas because we love them. Lunch in the Zoo Cafe and back to seeing all the other animals.
Great thread Trisher

Oh id definitely be looking at the northern lights right now as it was next on my& my boys to do list,we went cyprus a few yrs back,then new york nearly 3yrs ago,went venice last year,so seeing northern lights was next,maybe malta after that? Now i dont think anyone will dare to go anywhere else anyway,even when we can, 'just in case' its not all erradicated& it starts up again spreading!! I know i wont.

I know Tavira well Trisha and the island. I would be on one of the many Grenadine islands in the Caribbean! Possibly Mayreau. I would be having a fresh lobster salad, washed down with a glass of champagne. I would be doing their usual botanical walk looking at the beautiful flowers around the island and then bunk down on my sun loungers with cocktail in hand to sunbathe and then watch the sunset. Strangely enough I was there yesterday too!

Hi Ellan - was the Port Erin cafe in the Isle of Man? My daughter used to live on the Isle of Man and we loved visiting her there. It's a great place for a holiday - her partner was from there so we had amazing trips out. I loved it and enjoyed every visit we had there.

Dannirae,that made me smile,when one of my daughters was small,one her teachers were 'playing' at tea shops with them& asked for "2teas& a kitkat please" & we've asked for it since whenever we've done same when we played with teasets for the grandkids.

This thread has reminded me of a couple of wonderful places. I think i would be in Florence, wandering along the river bank and browsing the stalls along there. Or in Scotland on the mull of Kintyre staying in a huge house with multiple friends and beautiful scenery - one of those rare times when a diverse group of people all got on well and had a fabulous, relaxing and enjoyable time.

Or corfu,too we went there year before last & wanted to go back again..ive loved always showing my boys the different places and getting them out in the world.sadly now i fear it wont happen for lots of people in the future.especially where it was hit worst by this virus!

Sounds like the food mixtures i usually end up with EllanVannin,im the only one in our house who will eat the 'leftovers'

I am feeding the chickens on my smallholding in Wales. I have cooked breakfast for my six kids and they are now washing up.
We are going to the beach for a swim once the chores are done . We will have a picnic of roast lamb sandwiches, a big mug of tea, then cake. We will sleep on the beach, then go for a long walk and have ice cream When we get back their will be steak pie waiting for us.

In the evening we will snuggle down round the fire with a book and a few Baileys. Finally falling into a huge soft bed.

boheminan. Thank you! I can smell them!

We are at our lovely caravan in Kent. Hubby and I would spend the day with our children and grandchildren, on the beach, walking the dog and in the park. Once everyone has gone home we will sit on our decking with a glass of wine watching the sun set ... heaven!

If I weren't here, I'd be at Manchester airport as we were supposed to be flying to Nice this evening. I'd like to be on the beach at Budleigh Salterton, just watching the tide roll in. It's my favourite place in the UK

Great thought Trisha - I would be in Carvoeiro on my sun bed in the pool - relaxing - well trying to while my lovely grandchildren are playing volley ball in the pool and trying to miss me- well that’s what they say. Then we may have prawns on the barbecue for lunch - which we had got at the local market in the morning. Then a stroll around the village - maybe a trip on the little train followed by of course an ice cream from the ice cream parlour - bliss! I wish - as we all were supposed to be there at Easter to celebrate my daughter-in-laws 40 birthday. So my son is now arranging for friends /family to have an allocated slot during the day so we can go for our daily walk or walk the dog and come outside their house - and sing happy birthday to her if all goes to plan- it would have been so much better on holiday though. Hey ho we must all keep safe instead ! Love to all you lovely ladies x

I would be wandering by the side of a beautiful cascading waterfall in Scotland in glorious company. We were badly smitten and I was trying to fight it. He wasn't prepared to. Happily he (we both) won in the end. Bliss indeed.

I'd love your bluebell wood, I'll bring blankets to sprawl out on. The Baileys sounds most welcome too - think I'll add it to the shopping list.

I would be in Amble, Northumberland with other half and my daughter staying in the house we try to rent every year. We would be watching the sea crash against the jetty and getting ready to go the Drift Cafe at Druridge Bay for brunch followed by a brisk walk along the beach.

Lovely thread.

YouTube has lots of walking tours around various places. DH and I were just reminiscing whilst watching this one.

youtu.be/R-T0lDmeIA4

Hi DanniRae, yes Port Erin was where my friend and I stayed one time on the island, in a hotel right on the front overlooking the sea. We went to the little café a lot because of their gorgeous food.
I know the IOM like the back of my hand, the same as I'm familiar with Jersey as well where I've often been over the years.

My relatives were Manx as was my mum, so visited relatives a lot before they recently passed away, one last year and the other the year before.

I would be at Holkham beach, walking along the flawless sand, watching the grasses blowing and listening to the sound of the sea. My children and grandchildren would be paddling and running around ahead, and I would be accompanied by my old dog, plodding along at my side as she has done for some fourteen years. OH would be sitting among the dunes reading and watching the birds - this is my idea of heaven, and I am now aching for this to happen. Please God we all get through and will be together again.