Claire's Poetry Hub

Sunday 21 st September We eased into the morning after having breakfast. As part of the general relaxed feeling, we decided to go for a swim at the on-site swimming pool. When we got down to the pool area though we realised there was a minor setback. We couldn’t use the bathroom towels from the apartment as part of the owner’s rules. We hadn’t brought towels with us either (take up too much space in the bag!). We did check with the friendly male concierge if we could hire tow

Friday 19 th -Saturday 20 th September James and I had done an “all-nighter” for this year’s holiday travel to Gatwick Airport. This was mainly driven by cost – to get a taxi from Basingstoke to Gatwick is around £92. Ouch on the wallet! So we took connecting trains, via Clapham Junction, and arrived at Gatwick Airport around midnight. As anyone who’s travelled to that airport at night may know, there’s nothing much open in the early hours. We were flying to Faro in Portugal

Open the window wider on waking, catch a blackbird’s early morning chant. His melodious chimes scattered with his neighbour, the lively...

I’ve completed a new round-up of restaurants for your reading pleasure. These three eateries caught my attention over the summer months...