Sheila Sparkes at Travel Counsellors

16/11/2024

🇬🇩🪩 Sparkles vs ABBA 🪩💃🇬🇩

No bones were broken or cagoule required on the making of this impromptu sequel…seated with arms inside the car at all times for safety ☢️👷🦿

11/11/2024

🦿Sparkles vs Ankle 🦿

I’m officially a ‘person of determination’ 🤦‍♀️

Two small achievements but a win is a win💪

1. My bionic ankle and I made it to the gym a few days ago…took as many to recover (look away if my poor excuse for a size 4 offends!)🤨

2. Managed to walk end-to-end of Pink Gin beach to touch the rock…albeit sideways for half of it, with a crutch and the aid of a safety net in the shape of James.

Any requests for my next trick…🧐

08/11/2024

Sparkles vs Grenada part 2

I’d like to tell you all about the east coast of Grenada, but I can’t as I didn’t leave our pool villa for three days…I’m sure you can appreciate why from the pics!

Six Senses is about disconnecting to reconnect, so that’s just what I did, only coming up for food!

Breakfast, whilst vast in its selection lacked disappointingly in the potato department for me 😁 But plenty of seeds and the multicoloured spread was a feast for the eyes….looked much like a display at the best harvest festival!

Dinner certainly hit the spot and was a fairly epic meat feast 💪

A lovely hotel with a great ice cream parlour….especially the complimentary scoop of the day! 🍨

Another good find if you’re not a people person and just want to be…

02/11/2024

🇬🇩 Sparkles vs Grenada - part 1 🇬🇩

My usual ‘end-to-end/touch the rock’ beach walk of Grand Anse wasn’t to be…I did manage one end though which felt like quite a win and got my 100 metre certificate💪😁

Mount Cinnamon was as lovely as ever with spectacular views. However the clue is in the name and a Mount it is, so I was rather a drain on their shuttle service🤦‍♀️

If you like quiet and not a fan of people, this is for you 👈

01/11/2024

🧐 Spot the difference 🧐

Today marks the 4 month anniversary of the Sparkles Splat!

I’ve upgraded my cagoule in favour of proper coverage courtesy of Six Senses (just in case) and only daring to go by our private pool for damage limitation!

ABBA is also off the playlist…🤦‍♀️

29/10/2024

The premium experience - 18AC…loads of room for activities, glad I packed the Jenga and Twister 💪

29/10/2024

My current ranking…somewhere between waste, recycling, priority and defibrillator 🧐

So here we go, hoping for a less immersive experience than St.Lucia had to offer!

I’m just gonna sit quietly and soberly in the corner and not get involved in poolside activities…

See you on the other side ✈️🇬🇩

27/10/2024

Glad we managed to save the day on this one Jenny!🦸‍♀️

22/10/2024

Another happy camper 💪😊

I found Sheila to be a great help from start to finish, she listened to what I required and tai ...

21/10/2024

🌴 Nearly 4 months on and my peg leg and I are taking our chances back in the Caribbean...

Security should be a bundle of fun what with my hair grips, underwire bra and now my terminator leg but it all adds to the adventure.

My mobility is still somewhat limited so whilst I can hobble about crutch-less (that is a U to be clear!), I will be the special one on the back of the buggy and on the cherry picker milking the situation! ♿

Joking aside, I wish more than anything to be striding it out to the gate but that's a work in progress...

So my end-to end beach walking might be off the cards this time, I'm just forever grateful to a very skilled surgeon and his team for getting me vertical so I have the opportunity to travel again! 🦸

I'll give rain dancing a swerve this time...

27/09/2024

What it is to be appreciated....

I would like to highly recommend Sheila Sparks Sheila has been booking holidays for me and my f ...

25/08/2024

Just in case you’re wondering how recovery is going…This is my first time ‘walking’ out of the house. Been weight bearing for 10 days (and there’s plenty to bare!). Managed to touch the hedge at the end of the road rather than my usual ‘beach rock’. It’s a work in progress…🦿♿️😫

21/08/2024

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The 5* Residence is located on the east coast on the find sands of Belle Mare - promising you a fabulous beach walk!

If you yearn for a touch of luxury and elegance this is the spot for you!

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10 nights
Half board
Colonial ocean view terrace room
Private resort transfers
Economy direct flights from Gatwick (23kgs included)
Depart various dates May-July '25

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Offer subject to change and availability.

06/08/2024

This was a joint effort with my very trusted colleague Sarah (despite her being instrumental with her best efforts to take me down pool side with her high jinks🤦‍♀️😄😫) so can’t take all the credit!

Shiela Sparks was amazing fully enjoyed my trip and found the travel counsellors so helpful esp ...

25/07/2024

😫 Sparkles vs Stitches 😫

I know not travel related and look away now if squeamish (even I couldn’t, hence the eye mask 😁) but many of you have asked how my St.Lucian ‘souvenir’ is recovering so here goes…

Unlike the Proclaimers…

I’ll take your 500 miles and up you with;

✅ 4500 air/road miles
✅ 2 ankle manipulations
✅ 2hr surgery
✅ 2nts at ward F8-varying board basis!
✅ 12 stitches
✅ 3 weeks in a plaster cast
✅ another 3 weeks in non-weight bearing in a boot
✅ twice daily painful physio and massage by Mr.Sparkles to achieve a 1mm movement improvement 😫

So not exactly tip-top but apparently it’s doing well…tell my face that🧐😫😆

But it’s business as usual at Sparkles Central and on ‘lay-by’ ready to help you with your holiday plans! ☎️💻✈️

15/07/2024

Was a pleasure arranging Simon & Angie’s honeymoon from my ‘recovery ward’!

Good job we talked the ‘old school’ way on the blower…teams would not have been a pretty picture!

Sheila Sparks, you have been fantastic, working with you on the planning our belated Honeymoon ...

13/07/2024

To give previous post some context…all went down hill by the second verse…
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