holiday Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/holiday/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:46:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg holiday Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/holiday/ 32 32 2696646 Sea Kayaking in the Sankt Anna Archipelago: Aspöja and the Central Islands https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago-aspoja-and-the-central-islands/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago-aspoja-and-the-central-islands/#comments Thu, 20 Aug 2026 07:52:49 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=49165 Day 4 This would be our final full day in the Sankt Anna Archipelago, so after a chilled breakfast we packed up, left the cabin behind us and wandered across to our kayak, where we replenished our fresh water supplies and slipped back into the calm waters. The wind had dropped off even more now,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago-aspoja-and-the-central-islands/feed/ 1 49165 Sea Kayaking in the Sankt Anna Archipelago: Missjö to Aspöja https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago-missjo-to-aspoja/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago-missjo-to-aspoja/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:59:21 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=49137 Day 2 It was still windy in the morning, so we had a relaxed breakfast, packed up camp and were ready to start paddling by around 9am. Rather than head south-west across more open water towards Harstena, we adjusted our plans and decided to head slowly north, taking shelter where we could from the wind...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago-missjo-to-aspoja/feed/ 1 49137 Sea Kayaking in the Sankt Anna Archipelago https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago/#respond Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:54:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=49122 After a long trip to the Sankt Anna Archipelago on the south-east coast of Sweden, we finally rocked up at the Kajak Paradisetheadquarters and collected our kit. We had booked a large double kayak and camping kit for four nights and five days and were soon sitting on the grass with one of the girls...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/sea-kayaking-in-the-sankt-anna-archipelago/feed/ 0 49122 The wrong way to Sweden https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/the-wrong-way-to-sweden/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/the-wrong-way-to-sweden/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:17:57 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=49108 Scandinavia isn’t that far from the UK as far as overseas holidays are concerned, but Anna had decided she’d quite like to have an overnight train experience on a sleeper train. Quite why she wanted this hadn’t been confirmed until we met a German guy towards the end of our holiday who said, “I guess...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2026/08/the-wrong-way-to-sweden/feed/ 1 49108 Journee Clues – Our Mystery Destination https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/02/journee-clues-our-mystery-destination/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2025/02/journee-clues-our-mystery-destination/#respond Thu, 06 Feb 2025 05:15:33 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=44860 Spoiler Alert – If you’re going on a Journee trip, tread carefully! We won’t give anything away—partly because we don’t even know where we’re going yet! But we also don’t want to ruin the surprise for anyone else. With our mystery trip fast approaching, speculation has been rising about where we’ll end up. We’ve been getting...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2024/10/going-on-a-journee/feed/ 1 43826 Jubilee Weekend https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/jubilee-weekend/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/jubilee-weekend/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2022 12:27:36 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37660 No real Jubilee celebrations for us here over the weekend but it was nice to have some time off. I took a days holiday and had 11 days off in a row thanks to weekends and bank holidays! Diving in Spain Morgan was off diving in Spain with some friends. He’s completed his Open Water...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/06/jubilee-weekend/feed/ 1 37660 Sea Kayaking in Sardinia – Our Last Day https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/04/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-our-last-day/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/04/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-our-last-day/#comments Sat, 23 Apr 2022 06:56:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37482 With the sea kayaking finished, Anna and I had an extra day in Sardinia. Breakfast was a somewhat quieter affair today as some of the party had already left. It was just Hannah, Vicky, Anna and I. The fare was the same as previous days, although the eggs seemed to have moved up a notch...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/04/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-our-last-day/feed/ 2 37482 Sea Kayaking in Sardinia – Day 3 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/04/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-day-3/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/04/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-day-3/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2022 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37479 The final day of sea kayaking already and the itinerary looked good. The weather looked nice as well as we all piled into the minibus after breakfast for the short drive to the beach of Tramariglio on the Capo Caccia Peninsula in Sardinia. The drive there was pretty spectacular as we followed the road along...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/04/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-day-3/feed/ 1 37479 Sea Kayaking in Sardinia – Day 2 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/04/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-day-2/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2022/04/sea-kayaking-in-sardinia-day-2/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2022 08:15:40 +0000 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=37476 Day two of kayaking and we had already fallen into a familiar routine. After breakfast with the others in the Agriturismo there was time to get ready and then Clark and Giovanni turned up with the mini-bus and kayaks at a leisurely10am. Today he drove us to Porto Ferro on the West Coast. Here we...

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