Queen Elizabeth 11 the longest reigning British monarch February 6th 1952 ‘till the present day. Queen Elizabeth 11 is our longest serving monarch, surpassing the reign of Queen Victoria (63 years, 7 moths and two days). The shortest reign in history is Lady Jane Grey-9 days! The Queen has witnessed some amazing changes during her reign including the 1st man on the moon, the fall of the Berlin Wall, 12 British prime ministers and a World Cup victory. When the...Read more

We often hear from retired Boomers that they wondered how they ever had time to work! With the myriad of choices available to us are you part of the increasing group of ‘Retired & busy’? We’d love to hear from you on how you spend those precious ‘me time’ moments-it may be a good book, gardening or perhaps a bike ride?

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For the style conscious traveler amongst us. This colourful, lightweight 4 way travel plug has you charged up in over 150 countries. Hard to lose too? As seen in the Conran Shop or from bearandbear.com

easyJet, Bristol’s largest and the UK’s leading airline, has specially repainted one of its aircraft to celebrate the achievements of one of its Bristol-based cabin crew. James Baron, 28, from Longwell Green in Bristol was awarded with easyJet’s coveted ‘Spirit of easyJet’ award – an annual award presented to just one of 10,000 employees across Europe for going above and beyond and providing exceptional customer service. As part of the recognition, the airline repainted one of its Airbus A319 aircraft...Read more

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Bed & Breakfast choices for the internet age Gone are the days when we’d settle for a craggy old B&B with dingy fabrics and dark rooms, (though I remember visiting some fabulous B&Bs in the 70’s –Camber Sands springs to mind) nowadays thanks to the net we seem to be inundated with choice. The exciting prospect is we can expand the B&B choice not only to UK destinations but pretty much anywhere in the world, we explored a few of...Read more

Did you see in the press this weekend all the acronyms used by teenagers to keep their messages secret from prying (concerned) parents, a few examples: 143 - I love you ADR - Address AEAP - As Early As Possible ALAP - As Late As Possible ASL - Age/Sex/Location CD9 - Code 9 - it means parents are around C-P - Sleepy F2F - Face-to-Face GYPO - Get Your Pants Off HAK - Hugs And Kisses ILU - I Love...Read more