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The holiday actually started a day early (sort of). Because of the petrol shortage, caused by protests against the high cost of petrol (in 2009 we dream of having the price of petrol as it was then!) there was the thought that we may not be able to get transport to Gatwick on the day of the flight so we booked a room at the Travel Inn for the night before and travelled down by taxi. 5.30 am bus from the Hotel to the North Terminal.

Stayed at the Menorca-Club Aguamarina Hotel. First impressions were pretty good but that diidn't last! Lots of noisy, inconsiderate people through the night and, when we sun bathed (the grass had been watered but so had the loungers), noisy aerobics classes, child groups etc. Not the place for a quiet holiday. Even on the day trip to Mahon there were only 20 on the coach but 2 were grizzley kids who did not add to our pleasure (in fact, after one stop we were due back at the coach at 12.45, this family got back at 1.00 - no apology of course).

There are some nice places on the island (we particularly liked Mahon) but we were warned after we booked that this is a "family friendly" place. Not for us!