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Night & Day (14)

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  The sound of the wind was increasing in intensity; the shape being silhouetted against the net became larger and the colour of the mass was dark, darker than the night outdoors. Julian was becoming restless. In his dream state he was in a dark room with no windows, but strangely in the corner he could see a dark figure. Slowly the figure raised its arm and aimed at Julian. Julian started to panic to find a way out of the room, but could not find a door to exit.  Fear consumed him and he screamed but no sound came from him. He closed his eyes and screamed again but with no sound. He could feel the dark mass coming towards him. He wasn't going to open his eyes. The fear was too much, don't open your eyes.  It was upon him now, he could feel it above, in front and behind him. Julian's eyes slowly crept open, slowly ..............

Holidays In UK - Never Been Abroad! Shock, Horror!

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 Holidays in the UK are, I think, probably the best holidays that you can go on. The sites and sounds are just amazing and I love this island I am on! Now as the title implies, I have never been abroad on holiday. I know that may be shocking to some people and some will be saying 'how can you have gone through life without going abroad!', but to be honest with you I have never had the inclination or the want to go abroad. I have always loved staying in the UK and visiting some of our lovely and special places. I have never been good at laying around and catching the sun (I know that is not all that holidays abroad are), but just never had the interest. The furthest that I have been is Jersey! I went with a friend many years ago and really loved it. It is an amazing place, so easy to travel around (as it is so small) and everyone was really friendly. I can remember that we both ran out of money very quickly (we were young and just spent it!) and this lovely guy who ran an antiqu...