Sisters are doing it in Jersey
My sister and I have birthdays four days apart so decided to celebrate with a three day spa break in Jersey . With a population just short of 100,000, and measuring 5 miles long by 9 miles wide, Jersey is the largest of the channel islands. It sits in the Bay of St Malo 19 miles off the French coast and 85 off the English coast. Praise God for valet parking where I just drove to departures and had someone meet me to take the car. Faffing about with parking and then making your way to the terminal at 6am is not the one! Departed Gatwick at 7am and landed in Jersey 45 minutes later. Straight out of the airport and onto the number 15 bus which runs to St Helier . I boarded the bus and asked the driver if he could tell us when we got to Grand Jersey Hotel . Here’s how the conversation went: Driver: The Grand Jersey, that’s a very posh hotel indeed. You must be a millionaire. Me: Billionaire mate, get it right. Driver: Well, I know if I had millions to spend I wouldn’t come to...