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Things to Do on a Great Yarmouth Holiday

Money is tight for a lot of us these days and that means that foreign holidays may need to be sacrificed. However, the good news is that you do not have to go abroad to have a fantastic holiday. In fact the tourist board is at pains to remind us of how great our country actually is. More and more people are choosing to holiday in the UK and there are so many wonderful places to see. Take Great Yarmouth for instance.

Great Yarmouth holidays are still really popular and so many families enjoy their time here every year. This wonderful seaside town offers plenty to keep the whole family entertained and there are some fabulous places to stay here. You will love your time in Great Yarmouth and if you have a young family, you can be sure they will want to return year after year. The following are just some of the things you can do and see in Great Yarmouth.

Donkey Rides on the Beach

Donkey rides on the beach is something that has been amusing children for decades. This is a wonderful activity that children love. If you are nervous about letting your child ride the donkeys then you can ask for helmets although it is usually not necessary because a trainer will walk alongside the donkey and the donkeys have been trained to do this job so are used to children.

Pleasure Beach Park

Pleasure Beach has been one of the biggest attractions of Great Yarmouth holidays since 1901 and still has some of the older rides that were around back then. In fact this amusement park has the world’s oldest wooden rollercoaster that you may want to experience. Don’t be worried about the age of the rides because they are maintained really well and offer fantastic fun for all the family. Another great thing about the Pleasure Beach Park is that it is considered to be one of the cheapest fairground parks in the country.

Merrivale Model Village

The Merrivale Model Village is definitely worth a visit. The stunning landscaped gardens are something you should see on your Great Yarmouth holidays. It has family homes, miniature shops, as well as a village square and children will absolutely love it.

Seafront Life Centre

If you want to experience the underwater in all its glory, then the Seafront Life Centre is a great place to visit. Here you will see sharks, octopus, jellyfish and many other fish. There is a play park for children to enjoy and you can even attend features where children can get up close and personal with some of the underwater creatures.

The Last Pair of Hunter Fleece Socks

They say that time marches on. You and I know how true that is. And as time continues to march, on human ideas of progress inevitably mean that some of the past gets left behind. Just think about the city where you live. Does it look like it did 20 years ago? How about 50, 100, or 200 years ago? Time and progress have a strange way of changing the landscape of both country and city alike. Villages become towns; towns become small cities; and small cities become large metropolises. That is the nature of progress. And while I mostly believe that progress is good, sometimes it can be somewhat saddening.

When I was a boy there was a small shoe shop in our town called Grimble's. Grimble's was one of only two shoe stores in town, and it's where my mother would take us every year to buy new shoes for school. I can remember exactly what the store looked like; down to the black wire-framed chairs we sat in while Mr. Grimble measured our feet. When I turned 16 we were forced by my father's work to move to a new city, but the following fall, Grimble's was fresh in my mind as I shopped for new school shoes.

It was sometime in my 30s, as I was travelling through my old home town, when I noticed the old shoe store was going out of business. I pulled into the parking lot and went inside for one last look. Apparently, a sale had been going on for a while because most of the inventory was gone. I browsed up-and-down the mostly vacant shelves when in the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of the last pair of Hunter fleece socks that would ever be sold at Grimble's.

As I went to the counter with that last pair of Hunter fleece socks, I asked if Mr. Grimble was in the store that day. Sadly, my favourite shoe store salesman had passed away several years earlier. In fact, that's why the store was closing. His sons want to keep the business going but they didn't have the financial resources. And since a developer offered them a significant amount of money for their property, they felt it only right to accept the deal so Mrs. Grimble would be taken care of.

As it turns out, a new drug store sits on the site where Mr. Grimble's shoe store once was. Progress has replaced an old memory with something new. And while that's somewhat saddening to me, scores of children who visit the drug store on the way home from school will have something to remember when they reach my age. For them, progress is good.

A Life after Teaching: Volunteering Overseas

After many years of teaching, the bell has rung for the last time and you are out of there! At first, that Alice Cooper “school’s out” feeling is enough to sustain you – your time’s your own: no hourly bell, no designated duties when all you want is a ten minute coffee break, no back-chat, demands, tempers and tears – plus none of the hassle that goes on outside of the staff room either! Seriously though, it doesn’t take long before that classroom feeling strikes again and you long to be a part of the greater good in helping and guiding a developing brain once again, even just temporarily. If working supply doesn’t appeal or is not fiscally essential, then perhaps volunteering overseas could be just the thing?

Education is a big international issue and most volunteer organisations welcome educational professionals of any age to take part in being a volunteer overseas.
Whatever your qualification subject, many of the teaching volunteer projects may include teaching English, as a widely spoken second language, to many overseas areas. If you subject is not English, many volunteer organisations offer free courses to be undertaken before embarking overseas for your project, to cover the rudiments of teaching English as a foreign language (often known as TEFL course). This then adds to your teaching toolkit of knowledge and experience for when you get back!
Of course, you are not just limited to teaching languages: science, maths and humanities teachers may find themselves snapped up for environmental, ecology, conservation or construction projects, whilst PE teachers can make active contributions to community and health projects, and teachers of creative subjects can make a real contribution by volunteering to share the joy of their subject in a charity-run orphanage education projects, for example. Seriously, there are projects out there that a whole range of subject qualifications, knowledge and skills could well be extremely useful for.
Additionally, having a teaching qualification also demonstrates your wider skills in being able to communicate, organise and administer to (and for) groups of people. This makes you a very valuable person for many volunteer projects, not just those exclusively requiring teachers.
Finding the right project can be quite easy to facilitate. Often, overseas volunteer companies or charities requiring volunteers for projects will approach teaching unions or teaching professional bodies, who then pass on the information to their members. Even after early retirement or redundancy from teaching, it is possible to retain some professional memberships and it is certainly advisable to do so for many reasons, including this one!

It’s easy to remove the teacher from the classroom but not so easy to take the teacher out of the person, so if you think that there’s plenty of energy left in you after your classroom teaching, do consider teaching through volunteering overseas – you won’t have had a classroom experience like it before!

Animal - The New Player in Wetsuits

Animal Clothing made its debut in the wetsuit category with the launch of the Assassin line in the autumn of 2009. This new venture was a combined effort between Animal and an external research and development company which brought together the experience, knowledge, and combined resources of both. The success of the Assassin was followed up with the release of the Antidote, Animator, and Amp lines in 2010.

Animal wetsuits are designed with the highest level of commitment to those hearty men and women who play in the cold water environment of the U.K. Cold water surfing and windsurfing is an entirely different environment than warm water and the U.K.'s "less than cover shot" conditions, as the Animal web site describes them, require quality wetsuits that will protect without interfering with the user's enjoyment of the sport.

The Assassin wetsuit is constructed of A-Flex Pro dynamic stretch neoprene with Toastex hollow fibre insulation. The suit features a Liquidised seam system, Thermacore Tri Ply chest panel, OFZ entry system, A.K knee pads, and seal skin neck. The Assassin comes in a variety of colours and thicknesses and is available in both front and back-zip models.

Made with the same materials and styling as the Assassin, the Antidote line includes a back zip model and a rash vest. The pullover rash vest helps prevent wetsuit rash and skin damage from UV rays, while providing the least amount of discomfort and restriction. The Antidote rash vest is made from high quality 8 oz. Spandex and constructed with flatlock stitching to ensure flexibility and durability.

Animal's two low-end wetsuit lines are the Animator and Amp series which offer the same comfort as their high-end counterparts. The Animator includes the option of either standard A-Flex or A-Flex Pro neoprene and comes with a 37.cal back zip. The Amp series wetsuits are designed for entry level athletes, including children, and are available in back zip and shortie models.

The performance of any wetsuit depends entirely on the materials from which it is constructed and Animal prides itself on using the very best. With a commitment to staying on the cutting edge of wetsuit technology, Animal continually develops solid relationships with the best researchers and manufacturers in the world. Their wetsuits compare more than favourably to the competition from a technical standpoint, but the in-house design team lifts them above the rest with style and comfort that ranks among the best in the business.

As Animal puts it, "No compromises, no short cuts. Just technically solid, superior styled, stunningly crafted wetsuits."

Being Active in Cyprus

If you like an active holiday, Cyprus has to be the ideal place to visit. But as the third largest island in the Mediterranean, you will need the independence of your own transport to take advantage of the amazing facilities on offer all around the island. Car hire in Cyprus will help you plan your trip to take maximum advantage of all this lovely island has to offer.

Depending on the time of year of your visit, there is a wide range of sports available from winter sports and skiing from January to March/April in the Troodos Mountains, with the highest point being Mount Olympus, which runs four ski lifts; to snorkelling and scuba diving around the rocky coves of Cape Greco in summer.

If you plan to take your family to Cyprus, then car hire is a must. The children will love the Waterworld Centre and Go Karting in Agia Napa as well as Fig Tree Bay and Flamingo Bay in the family resorts of Protaras and Pernera. For the more adventurous, Agia Napa also offers bungee jumping while rock climbing is available at Episkopi. Paragliding is offered all around the island, while kiteboarding is the latest craze to hit Polis. In the Latchi area, you can try horseback riding or the more sedate sport of fishing.

Drive to Paphos in your hire care and then swap it for a mountain bike if a bicycle tour of the Paphos forest appeals to the family; or the more water-orientated can hire sailing boats there. Alternatively, you can take a relaxing boat trip around the Akamas Peninsula and take in the spectacular views, and the baths of Aphrodite.

With car hire Cyprus, you could drive to the north’s remote Karpaz Peninsula and stretch your legs with a walking tour of the Kyrenia Mountain trail. In fact Cyprus has many nature trails and in spring, bird watching is a favourite pastime when all the migratory birds return to the island. If you are on the island in the spring, you may catch some of the lively pre-Lenten carnivals.