Part 1. Just back from a cheeky 4 night break in Spain. Benidorm. Benidorm?! I hear you say...yes, you heard right and it was great. I booked this last minute through Gnome and Away Travel  and we got a pretty good deal at just over £900 for 4 off us. We literally had 24 hours to pack and get sorted - never a problem for me, I am a bit of an expert at travelling light, we recently did 5 days in Switzerland with just an under seat bag, so Spain with checked in luggage would be

This was a bucket list thing and I saved all year for it, so it wasn't cheap. I will go through what me and my best friend did. This was all arranged for us by Gnome and Away Travel - they can sort the whole thing out for you - flights, transfers, trains the lot. I am aware that I could have arranged all the pieces myself, but I didn't want the hassle, and wanted it so we could just go and not worry about this and that! We started by flying from Heathrow to Helsinki - arrivi

In November ( and December) I travelled to Finnish Lapland, with a large group of Gnome and Away Travel  customers with our supplier Transun. I flew from Gatwick. The flight takes roughly three hours, with a two hour time difference arriving in Finland. As such, when we arrived in Enontekio it was already dark. Travelling in Mid-December, you won’t see more than a few hours of daylight. Plus, it is obviously cold. When I was there, it was -3, but a few days later it dropped