Winter Holiday

We always go to the airport the day before we fly, having been nearly missed a flight due to a motorway traffic jam.

We flew from Gatwick via St. Lucia in Premium Economy. We were only on the ground in St. Lucia for about 45 minutes and didn’t leave the plane. The crew opened the door, letting the sunshine flood into the cabin, whilst we waited for the refuelling to finish. Quite a few people left the plane and others came on board. It wasn’t long before we took off and landed in Grenada.

Collecting our luggage, we found our private taxi easily. Before too long, we were at the hotel, being greeted by several very friendly staff. We were handed a welcome drink each and then taken to our accommodation.

I had booked a standard room (not that a standard room in this hotel is exactly ‘standard, as I did a site tour’). We were upgraded to a lovely superior room, with its own pool, surrounded with a white fence and very private.

The gate (door) to our accommodation had a bell and an intercom. We were soon surprised to find that every evening around 5pm we received a message on the intercom, delivering a small snack, different every time.

We went to the main restaurant for breakfast and our evening meal, lunch was in the more casual restaurant.

Once a week, there was a barbecue, eating in the casual place.

The weather was quite mixed. We were amazed to find that there were several people who spend their holidays following the English Cricket Team. The team were due to play in Grenada on a Monday and Wednesday. On the Monday, it rained most of the day and the wind was very strong. Unfortunately for the cricket fans, play was called off, but Wednesday’s weather fared better. We were very lazy on the Monday, spent most of the day reading and dozing, under the cover of our canopy.

We didn’t sample the pool for a few days, as my husband said it was too cold, but when I tried it, it wasn’t as bad as I expected. We had also been in the sea. It was overcast but we somehow managed to get sunburnt anyway. This was on the Great Anse beach.

The owner of the hotel, who has been knighted by the Queen, for services to tourism in Grenada, treats the hotel guests to a visit to his home or he provides cocktails in the hotel. This is on alternate weeks, we were lucky enough to go to his seaside home and watched the sun go down.

We did a couple of excursions, one on board a boat, which was very pleasant. We also had a taxi to ourselves for a trip round the island. We went to Etang National Park and then were taken to a relatively deserted beach, we could see about 3 or 4 people wandering around, shame we couldn’t stay there for long!

Good evening entertainment, sometimes a local group would be playing or on other occasions, it would be a band with a modern touch.

We returned in Upper Class. Our flight on the way home was delayed for about 2 hours, again via St. Lucia. It was an interesting flight, but that is quite a different story!

A few days after we returned home, we saw on the News that Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall visited Grenada and visited our hotel as part of their tour.

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