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Post by artisans on Apr 28, 2010 6:36:11 GMT 2
Many of us like to bring a good book on holiday, but how many of us would like to write a book? There is at least one novel in each of us - so it is said. The photo below has all the ingredients of the cover of a novel, all the clues to the content of a light-hearted holiday read. Are there any budding short-story writers out there - any volunteers for a 100 words or so based on Roda, holidays and, of course, the photo?
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Post by kaz on Apr 28, 2010 15:42:19 GMT 2
sorry julie, my brains for resting now..........just love listening to other peoples stories........but what a great start for anyone interested,plant,bike,umbrellas,ladder and board sign........Once upon a time in a quaint old village called RODA............................
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Post by artisans on Apr 28, 2010 18:30:56 GMT 2
Carry on kaz - that's a good start - don't forget that a story has a beginning, a middle and an end! Sketch those out and you are almost there - come on, keep going! Anyone else care to try? ;D By the way, it is I, Steve. Julie moved the shout box - so please tell Chris.
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Post by spanisheyes on Apr 28, 2010 19:12:52 GMT 2
Good idea this,with me not being well educated an all,last year i wrote a little piece for Rodaonlinine magazine about an experience we had before we even left home to come to Roda. Now the last time i wrote more than 20 words was when i was at school a couple of years ago so writing that little piece was a milestone for me and since then i have wrote many letters of complaint to our holiday insurance people and the Financial Ombudsman about our ordeal. And also VICTORY for the little people was won ;D Any way back on the subject of the photo this year my holiday will be a bit different for me so i might do a little piece about it.
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Post by artisans on Apr 28, 2010 20:05:27 GMT 2
Thanks Steve - we will look forward to that. It is not at all that difficult really, like Steve, you will find that once you start, the problem is stopping. How do you think we write all the articles for Roda Reports? One of my favourite quotes, as Julie will tell you, , is by Mark Twain. "I am writing you this long letter, because I haven't got time to write a short one!" Give it a try, you may be surprised. Steve
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Post by kaz on Apr 28, 2010 23:33:49 GMT 2
well, after their long flight to Corfu,via Spain and Athens, the young lovers (on their first holiday to-gether) decided to hire a car to travel around the island,after a little banter with the salesman, (a handsome Greek) they chose the cheapest rental and they were on their wayto paradise.....to cut this long story short...I will carry on to the middle part!!..finally they arrive in Roda but at the crossroads "which way shall we go the girl said"."...."straight down the middle the boy said", and they did, and came u
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Post by kaz on Apr 28, 2010 23:43:29 GMT 2
upon a pink house, which turned out to be one of the best tavernas, selling cold Mythos and Mezzae..............after they had their fill (at the dining that is) they asked about thebikeand could theyborrow it, so owner said yes, but if you need two there isone round the back,so they had bikes now and asked if theycould borrow the umrella as well,no proplem said the owner Makis, so now they were free of the car that kept braking down, and rode to the beach
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Post by kaz on Apr 28, 2010 23:53:59 GMT 2
to spend the day sun=bathing,and lying under the brollys to read my latest novel, which they bought with them,,,,,,,,,,,the owner of the little pink house come taverna, told them to come back a 4pm for a siests, which they did, but couldnt get in,so they put the ladder up against the window and climbed in, but in doin so they couldn't shut the shutters, so theysomehow
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Post by artisans on Apr 29, 2010 0:04:30 GMT 2
..... come on kaz, get to the end ..... the suspense is killing! ;D
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Post by kaz on Apr 29, 2010 0:07:45 GMT 2
fixed the menu board up against it and put the pot plant infront so it wouldn't fall)The board sign)...................the end is, they were so happy in Roda that they got married in our little church, had many children, who grw up to paint the little house blue with the ladder provided,dumped the old bikes, sold the umbrellas, used the ladder for firewood for BBq..........but the plant in the pot grew to alovelyOlive tree which they now sit underand wait for thr olives to drop(gonna make some oil see!!)and I'm sure I saw them last yr sitting under it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..........will pick-up my book of the year medal in Sept
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Post by kaz on Apr 29, 2010 0:12:18 GMT 2
phwew, thought I wasn't gonna make there chaps.....very hard going for me, becuase my editor was standing behind me..............should get a few "royals" out of that one!!!!!! Fancy a murder one next, readers
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Post by kaz on Apr 29, 2010 0:16:28 GMT 2
wish you wasn't too hasty with me and the punchline.............
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Post by kathwebber on Apr 29, 2010 10:22:01 GMT 2
Here goes, based on true events but the names have been changed to protect the victi (innocent)
Para-gliding in Roda (the official photographer’s viewpoint)
It all seemed like a good idea at the time – two of your party go para-gliding in Roda and an official photographer is required to accompany them to the platform to get “action” shots of the ‘flight’. The fact that the nominated ‘photographer’ likes nothing better than to sit in the shade and have the occasional dip in the pool is a mere triviality. So it was that on a VERY HOT August afternoon I was ‘chosen’ to accompany said ‘para-gliders’ out to the platform. This is easy (I thought), a ten minute jaunt, a couple of photographs and back to dry land. Some 90 minutes later and having watched 2 pairs of para-gliders and a bunch of rowdy young men fall off /climb back on / fall off / climb back on the banana boat it was finally the turn of our 2 para-gliding hopefuls.
Up they went and after a very quick flight and many photographs they were dropped gently into the sea next to the platform. By this time I was roasted to a crisp and they were soaking wet and I thought (as I had my cozzy on under my clothes) it would be a good idea to swim back to shore as it “wasn’t all that far” – so suitably ‘stripped off’ I jumped in the sea and I swear you could hear a cooling sizzle as my baking flesh touched the cool sea!
The three of us set off for what I thought was a doddle – it seemed like every few strokes I was asking my companions who were ahead of me “can your feet touch the bottom yet” to which they continued to reply “No”. The remainder of our party who were sitting on the beach (in the shade) watched this spectacle with increasing alarm – and at one point one of them re-enacted a scene from Baywatch and stripped off and ran in the sea to “rescue the official photographer” who wasn’t really struggling but just appeared to be due to the frequent stops and treading of water and waving of arms.
All’s well that ends well – I no longer show a vague interest in photography and whenever I walk past the building with the bike propped up and parasols leaning gently against the wall – I always look towards the sea and remember my one job as “official photographer”.
Kath Webber
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Post by pete sant on Apr 29, 2010 11:14:13 GMT 2
As the sun was rising above Acharavi, casting palm tree shadows on my newly painted wall it felt good to be alive, I'd just been cycling around the village, calling at "the village bakery" (see riddle) for some fresh crusty bread for breakfast. Before sitting down to eat I made a mental list of jobs that i still had to do today - water the plants, take the stepladder back to Alex so that he could finish painting his beer garden and ask Stacey at Pirates Bar if they wanted their sign back. As I looked up into the cloudless blue sky I saw a jet trail for the first time in months - oh yes, I thought - time to put the parasols out - the first tourists are on their way.pete.
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Post by withgreekorigin22 on Apr 29, 2010 11:26:22 GMT 2
Erm I was one of those paragliders but in my defence I didnt know my Mam was going to imitate Rebecca Adlington and try to swim to shore!
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