lee bradshaw

my favourite beer here in the UK for a number of years, over the last couple of weeks it hasn't always tasted the same and I noticed some of the bottles have changed. bad news is that they have changes brewery in the UK from Carlsberg to AB InBev - presumably the same recipe but how can it taste so different, what a shame.........

Ordered the case weeks ago and still not arrived. Notification it has been shipped was received a week ago, having used the tracker the item originates from China, item still not received so I have no idea what the quality will be if it ever does arrive!!

We’re staying at Dreams Jade Resort and Spa. The hotel staff are fantastic, extremely helpful and can’t do enough for you. The location on the beach is really good too, the beach is soft white sand and there is pockets of turquoise sea to snorkel in, we arrived 15 August 24 and the sea is really, really warm.

Rooms, really are tired and dated, we are staying with two teenage boys and the Junior Suite comes with two double beds right next to each other, we upgraded to the hotels preferred package after we saw the room as it would just not have worked for 2 weeks!

Facilities whilst reportedly high end don’t think in my opinion hit 5 star, the gym is really well equipped, but the tennis courts, basketball, pickle ball and football are all the roof which a) means the surface isn’t great and b) it’s literally scorching during the heat of the day.

Restaurants, this is really peculiar especially for a hotel claiming to be 4/5 stars. Breakfast and lunch is really good in the buffet, they have a wide range of options, but in the evening, they really fail badly. It’s claimed there is large number of restaurants, but strangely at least 2 or three including the buffet are closed on the same night, combine this with the fact two restaurants offer French and Mediterranean cuisine which isn’t to everyone’s taste and it means that the Italian and Asian is rammed with most of the guest trying to eat there creating long waiting times. Finally the restaurants all have set and quite limited menus which you access via QR code (Italian doesn’t even offer pizza), all in all this makes suiting all tastes very difficult particularly with teenage boys.

Finally, the pools do seem to be full of people drinking taking maximum advantage of the all inclusive by drinking themselves into oblivion every day.

Despite the above we are really enjoying the holiday, we mostly spend our days on the beach and in the sea which is fantastic, but please don’t book thinking it’s at the top end of the scale as it’s not. Staff definitely are 5 stars, facilities are 3.5 and dining is 3.5.

Bought a CT8, GPS trolley with 36 hole battery. The trolley switches off mid round, and after updating the software it now doesn’t find any courses and won’t connect to my iPhone. Only had it 2 weeks, complete waste of money.