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ADVENTUROUS Jenni Stevenson from Dorchester resigned from her job as a senior prison officer and has jetted off on a holiday of a lifetime. She is taking advantage of budget airline Ryanair's
offer to fly for £1 and she is taking 10 flights and visiting six countries over the next few weeks.
Starting from Bournemouth, the itinerary takes in Dublin, Cork, Glasgow, Paris, Madrid, Marseille, Fez in Morocco, Barcelona and Pisa.
Mrs Stevenson, who is travelling light with just one bag, plans to stay a few days in each city and sleep on camping sites.
This is her story.


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Posted at 12:04pm Wednesday 17th September 2008

What a Corker

The thing about travelling, more precisely the thing about travelling if you are a confirmed carb junkie like little old me is that carbs can quickly begin to make up 80% of your diet, the remaining 20% obviously being chocolate. So in a bid to fight off scurvy I grab a deee lishus fruit smoothie at Dublin airport.

Posted at 2:48pm Thursday 11th September 2008

A little yeast goes a long way

No, this blog is not about the link between thrush and sleeping in an unaired sleeping bag, it's about my initiation into the other religion in Ireland other than Catholisillysism. Stout drinking.

Posted at 3:34pm Wednesday 10th September 2008

Does that include taxes?

When I tell people about my trip and that I paid just £1.00 including tax for my flights they say "Yes but then you've got tax on top ", "no that includes tax" I say, "Oh that includes tax" the penny drops. "Yes, that includes tax" I say ... again.

Posted at 3:32pm Wednesday 10th September 2008

Pre-departure: The last exfoliation!

This morning I realised I was exfoliating my face for what would be the last time in over five weeks. This may not seem very momentous to you if you are of the stubbly chin persuasion, but I am a long standing and fully paid up member of the "use lots of expensive creams that you know can't possibly deliver what they claim but do it anyway just in case club."

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