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I bet some of you read that title and are wondering if you've landed in the right place. I can hear you now ‘Michelle’s 43, right? Not 73. Why she is she writing about coach trips?’ But I love a day out by coach, it is such fun to be amongst a big group of friends and be heading somewhere all together, without having to drive and worry about traffic. Do you not find that the journey always feels quicker on a coach?
I've loved going out on a coach day trip since I
was a kid. The company my Nan worked for were very keen to be family friendly
and each year as well as Christmas and Easter parties they organised a few
family trips to the seaside or local attractions by coach and all for free. I
was chatting to my brother the other day and we were reminiscing about the
trips to Littlehampton where we would enjoy fish and chips, a few goes on the
funfair rides, a dig with our bucket and spade and of course something beachy
to take home. I used to buy real shells or maybe a shell full of those candy
sweets that looked like pebbles. It was the stuff that childhood memories are
made of.
I'm pleased to be doing the same with my
children too. You might know that I live as part of a Christian community and
there are probably around 100 of us nowadays at the conference centre where I
live. A few times a year we close the centre and have community day where we
all spend time together and deepen our relationships. Very often these involve
days out and we've had recent coach trips to Dover Castle, Portsmouth Historic
Dockyard and Windsor Castle. I've been able to get to know people on a level
that a day at work or a shared dinner just doesn't provide by sitting next to
them on a coach for 2 or 3 hours chatting.