Everyone it seems has friends and relatives out to spain to stay . this doesn't happen for me. fro reasons of cost or time or other commitments it has been difficult to get friends and family out to stay. I don't know why others manage it but for me it has rarely happened. I made some good friends at GIST and have kept in close contact with as many as I can . So one day whilst stood on the roof in spain listening to my neighbour depart with his friends to the golf course , I sighed and sadly sent a text to my friends to say how nice it would be if one day we could all meet in spain. As a man they all said we will make it happen !! Well it has. it wasn't easy , with work commitments , family demands and generally being busy souls it took some organising and a excel chart to plot comings and goings but we did it. 

I waited until everyone had their flight booked then I booked mine because I had to be their when they arrived and after they left . Now you might say why didn't you all go together ? Commitments ! They all made an effort and that was the way it worked out . I flew from Southampton and keith from Gatwick . I arrived first and Keith an hour later. Following day Adrian arrived from Gatwick at one o'clock in the morning as easy jet changed the flight time

Darren was next having heroically flown in from working for 6 weeks in Seattle and with only a day home before to the chagrine of loved ones flying out to join us for 3 days . That's how complex it is
He arrived at one in the morning as well

Finally Brian who had been at the other end of the country for a week drove back and flew out arriving early the following day and so we were for a short time all together . They gave me the bst time I have had in a long time..