Laos holidays articles
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How I turned my holiday drama into a potential chart hit
A Sunderland composer has come up with his contender for a holiday hit - 50 years after he had his own Spanish adventure. Derek Buckham has looked back on the year that he and four other young Wearsiders rented a Spanish villa. His reflections come at the same time as he released his latest song on social media, called Have A Holiday. Five decades ago, five Sunderland lads didn’t have enough money to fly to Spain despite having booked a villa there. So they took a car on the 1,150 mile journey...
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'Gateway to the Med' holiday destination where Brits are welcome
The stunning peninsula is served by direct flights from Bristol and has a unique mix of British and Mediterranean culture
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Europe’s best beach holidays: Pesaro, Italy
Pizzas, aperitivos and a big sandy beach add to the offbeat charm of this Adriatic resort townI hadn’t heard of Pesaro before my ex-flatmate sent me there in summer 2018. I was writing a book at the time, and Giulia reckoned the best place for me to do such work was in her grandad’s old flat, a modest unit in a block put up in 1946, during the short reign of Umberto II. It had lain empty since her nonno – Dottor Spinicci – died of liver failure, having failed to take his own medicine.The flat’s...