Good timing. We’ve arrived back at The Cottage just in time for a North Wales heatwave! As usual, we arrived home feeing like we needed a holiday to recover from the holiday. Happily, conditions were perfect for some Easter bank holiday Cottage garden appreciation. Temperatures have been warm right from sunrise, with the outside temperature… Read more

To make the most of our final day on the island, we were up with the sun and down on the beach before anyone in Cala Llonga had stirred. Well, after a quick stop in the hotel lounge for an early ‘light breakfast’. The beach was deserted and the water flat calm as we waded… Read more

It’s been a fun, if somewhat unfamiliar, experience to have nothing to do, organise or even really think about during our day to day living here in Ibiza. All food and drink has been on tap pretty much 24hours a day and the beach is a matter of metres away. After a few days of… Read more

From our high viewpoint yesterday afternoon we identified a good looking beach that seemed to be a short hike from the hotel. After another suitably leisurely start, we packed our swimmers and set out on foot. At the cliff top above the beautiful bay of Sol d’en Serra there was a great swing… And a… Read more

Thirteen years after a bright but very cold wedding on the island of Anglesey, we’ve gone to celebrate our anniversary on the slightly warmer Spanish island of Ibiza. The journey there was an eventful one. A delayed flight put things back a bit and gave the majority of the passengers time to sink a few… Read more