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Holiday blues

Making my way through the plane, before an instant heat hit my face, it was certainly a moment that I had been waiting for.

Regularly going on staycations in England with my partner John, 54, and his parents John, 72, and Jean, 73, we thought it would make a nice change to visit somewhere more exotic instead this time around.

So, Marrakesh was our chosen destination.

Touching down on Friday 29 November last year, I had one, exciting thought…

Time to relax and enjoy this holiday!

Filling my boots with delicious food and plenty of drinks over the span of the weekend, as well as organising excursions for the following week, the holiday was proving to be everything that I had wanted.

Only, as we headed down for breakfast on the Monday morning, there was a pain in my chest that I couldn’t shake.

Not feeling very hungry, I tried my best to finish my poached eggs on toast, but

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