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Article: Travel Style: Escape to the country; Three days in rural Essex with ponies and labradors proved a far more successful and relaxing family holiday than a fortnight in Florida for Carole Ann Rice and her brood.
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- March 13, 2002
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Byline: Carole Ann Rice
Maybe it was an outer body experience or perhaps we had entered the shadowy depths of the Twilight Zone. But you tell me how could it be that a three-day break in Essex could be more relaxing, energising and entertaining than a fortnight on the Gulf coast of Florida?
There is, of course, the children factor to be taken into this quixotic equation for the truncated travel times, the cool weather and the unbidden joy of running amok in an idyllic rural setting, have much appeal for the under-fives.
No need for balmy sunset ...