{"id":23681,"date":"2016-08-23T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T06:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-year-of-no-spending-ive-been-on-one-of-the-best-holidays-ever\/"},"modified":"2016-08-23T13:09:59","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T06:09:59","slug":"my-year-of-no-spending-ive-been-on-one-of-the-best-holidays-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/my-year-of-no-spending-ive-been-on-one-of-the-best-holidays-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"My year of no spending: I've been on one of the best holidays ever"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI spent six days cycling around the Norfolk coast with my husband. It was such a change from my usual trips, where I\u2019d get on a flight to drink beer in another city In the past nine months my bicycle has become my most important possession, taking me to work but also enabling me to get away from home in my spare time. As part of my no spend challenge I cut my travel budget to zero. As I usually rode to work I didn\u2019t think tacking on a few extra miles each week would make much difference, but I hadn\u2019t factored in the extra miles I would have to do to be part of events and to spend time with friends and family. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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