Tag: holiday
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AXING THE SHOW

It was all too much: those young bronzed bodies, those small swimsuits. He just had to get closer. The overhanging tree under which they sought shade provided his opportunity. He slowly shimmied up until he was almost directly above them. Just as he was beginning to admire the view his mobile phone vibrated in his…
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ON THE BEACH WITH SANDRA

This was not what he had in mind when Sandra invited him on a beach holiday. He’d thought of golden sand and her golden hair; revealing swimwear barely concealing her tanned curves; frolicking in the sea… Sandra rubbed her grimy, seaweed-covered hands on her dirty overalls and threw the trowel aside, her smile beaming. ‘Another…
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DESERT GLAMPING

Archie dug his toes into the sand, relaxing in his reclining chair. From the tepee he heard Agnes clattering about. She stumbled out. ‘You said you wanted a holiday with plenty of sun and sand.’ He didn’t open his eyes as she slumped into the chair next to him. ‘Don’t feign innocence. You knew what…
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FOR HIRE

Exhausted, dehydrated and sunburnt, they let the tide sweep them in for the final nautical mile. They slouched on their recliners and held hands. ‘We made it,’ he said, ‘I told you we could.’ ‘Four months on this contraption. Next year, let’s have a walking holiday,’ she replied. On the shore, the gathered crowd awaited…
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LIFELONG FRIENDS

Bill took Agnes’ arm and steered her to the pavement. ‘One too many prosecco?’ ‘Come on, follow the white lines home,’ Archie called back to them. ‘Remember that time you followed the wrong white line…’ ‘…all the way off the end of the boardwalk.’ Bill and Archie finished off Agnes’ story. Archie took Agnes’ arm.…