June
Best friends,
32-year-old Kenny Barnhill and 29 years old Chloe Bulman, had moved in together
and were saving hard to fund their dream holiday in Greece where they were
hoping to find their soulmates.
Alas when they
were ready to book, they found they had insufficient funds for a Grecian
holiday so had to settle for two weeks in Sharpington.
They would have
liked to stay at the Seaview Hotel for the two weeks, but they needed to strike
a balance between comfortable accommodation and adequate spending money, so
they decided on sharing a family Chalet on the Whitecliff Hill Caravan Park.
It was on the
first of June when the successful candidates started their new positions at the
St Adelaide’s Reflection and Healing Retreat.
It was also in
the first week of June, with their bags packed, Kenny and Chloe splashed out on
a taxi to Pipershaven and from there they took the train to Sharpington.
As they walked
into their chalet, they had travelled for a total of 4 hours door to door, but
they enjoyed every minute and thought it would all be worth it when they met
the person of their dreams.
The Chalet was
very comfortable, and they quickly unpacked and on that afternoon, there was an
informal get together of new arrivals, a kind of orientation meeting covering
all the do’s and don’ts and a member of staff handed out information on places
of interest, transport timetables, day trips and local entertainment.
However, the
two of them were less interested in the information than they were in their
fellow guests as they were looking for romance on their holiday.
But as they
scanned each and every face in the assembly they noticed there appeared to be
no singles present.
Although Kenny
and Chloe both noticed independently, they chose to keep it to themselves.
However, over
the next 24 hours they both came to the conclusion that they had come to the
wrong resort for romance because the visitors were all, without exception,
already paired up.
Over an Al
fresco breakfast next morning on the seafront, as they sat in the fresh morning
air at a promenade café it was Chloe who broached the subject.
“Have you
noticed they’re all couples?” she said.
“Yes” he
replied.
“We’re not
going to find them here, are we?” she asked and by “Them” she meant their
soulmates, their perfect other halves, Mr. or Miss Right.
“I’m afraid not”
he agreed.
“So, what now?”
Chloe asked glumly.
“Now we just
have fun” Kenny said.
So, they
resigned themselves to the fact that they were not going to find who they were
looking for and decided they should just enjoy every minute of their holiday
instead.
Their search
for love over, they spent a lot of time on the beach or in the water, or on a
boat or in bars and arcades, and they filled every possible moment.
Walking the
beach together, playing in the waves, swimming in the Lido, playing crazy golf
and having fun, before finding a quiet sheltered spot or the pier to siesta
under.
They took day
trips to see the seals and took coach trips to several of the local places of
interest.
Evening
entertainments included cocktails at what had become their favourite bar,
enjoying jazz at the Tainted Angel, dining at The Angels Tears or L'uccello
canto, nightcaps at the Sandcastle Arms, dancing at the Palladium Ballroom,
entertainment at the Bluebird theatre, and Beach BBQ’s
But most of all
they spent their time during the day was in or near the water.
As the holiday
drifted amiably into the second week, any casual onlookers could have been
forgiven for thinking that Kenny and Chloe were a couple, they behaved like a
couple and a happily married couple at that.
Every evening
the pair dined together, and they were happy in each other’s company but
unknown to everyone they slept alone.
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