{"id":3846,"date":"2010-02-21T08:09:34","date_gmt":"2010-02-21T08:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3846"},"modified":"2010-02-21T08:09:34","modified_gmt":"2010-02-21T08:09:34","slug":"living-in-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2010\/02\/living-in-a-box\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in a box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan has always wanted to go on holiday in a caravan. Don&#8217;t ask me why he has this ambition, he&#8217;s nearly 5 and I have no idea why he does half the things he does!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3855\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/box2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3855\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-3855\" title=\"box2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/box2-120x79.jpg\" alt=\"Me in a box!\" width=\"120\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/box2-120x79.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/box2-400x264.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/box2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me in a box<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For example he spends lots of his time running around thinking he&#8217;s a Power Ranger, obviously he&#8217;s not, he just thinks he is! If I did that people would think I was mad. He can also spend hours on end sat in a cardboard box talking to himself. Again, even if I wanted to do that I couldn&#8217;t get away with it without people thinking there was something wrong. Although, come to think of it I am currently sat in my little office blogging, which isn&#8217;t far from sitting in a cardboard box talking to myself!<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, we haven&#8217;t had a proper holiday this year and whilst my parents were here at the weekend they wanted me to book a holiday online for them. It was a caravan holiday in South Wales at <a title=\"Trecco Bay Beach Guide\" href=\"http:\/\/www.forces-of-nature.co.uk\/dbdriven\/beachguide\/beachguide.php\/location\/38\/Trecco%20Bay%20%28Porthcawl%29\">Trecco Bay<\/a>, booked through some vouchers in the newspaper that looked pretty good value for money. Not wanting to be outdone I decided to book one for ourselves as well.<\/p>\n<p>4 nights in a caravan at Trecco Bay. The cost of which with service charges came to \u00a364, plus an additional \u00a325 for the use of the pool and leisure complex on the park. Not too bad really and it should keep Morgan happy as he finally gets to stay in a caravan.<\/p>\n<p>There is plenty to do in that part of thew world as well. Windsurfing, Surfing and Mountain-Biking, Swimming Pools, Theme parks and &#8216;Techni-Quest; for the family and some nice bits of scenery and walks along the coast too. Not a very exotic holiday but it&#8217;ll be nice to get a way for a few days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Morgan has always wanted to go on holiday in a caravan. Don&#8217;t ask me why he has this ambition, he&#8217;s nearly 5 and I have no idea why he does half the things he does! 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