Yes we both needed a break and the last week in November was free. The only question was where…

Well to do a blog site justice it should have been canoeing down the Nile or trekking in the Andes. I’m sure that would be great but we’re both knackered, we only have a week and we’re skint !

…so Lanzarote it is then – one week of all inclusive winter sun ? Not exactly an adventure worthy of Bear Grills but it’s going to be a test of this blog site anyway…

So the holiday starts with a pint in the Cock & Bull and a takeaway from the good men of Fizza Spice…

For beer connoisseurs this is a pint of Coniston Bluebird, voted Champion Beer of Britain in 1988.  For southerners this pint of fine ale cost £2.70…