{"id":7951,"date":"2017-09-19T08:00:50","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/?p=7951"},"modified":"2017-09-18T21:45:50","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T20:45:50","slug":"holiday-time-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/09\/holiday-time-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Time !"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/09\/holiday-time-3\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>It&#8217;s that time of year again when I decamp from Brigade Towers to warmer climes, squeezed in between shows. We&#8217;re off to Spain&#8217;s east coast, a little bit south of Valencia for a bit of R&#8217;n&#8217;R for a week.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Valencia_Airport_01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7952\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I cleared the order queue, so everything that arrived by lunchtime Monday has been packed and will go to the post office today. With the exception of the odd order that Phil manages to fulfil, no more orders will be processed until I get return to work on the 28th. The website will remain open, just bear that in mind when ordering. I should have access to email but will only be answering urgent messages.<\/p>\n<p>As always, I&#8217;ve left a scheduled post or two on the blog for your entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again when I decamp from Brigade Towers to warmer climes, squeezed in between shows. We&#8217;re off to Spain&#8217;s east coast, a little bit south of Valencia for a bit of R&#8217;n&#8217;R for a week. Yesterday &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2017\/09\/holiday-time-3\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates-and-general-waffle"],"views":2308,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p26BWy-24f","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11336,"url":"https:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/Blog\/2020\/06\/status-update-things-are-a-bit-slow\/","url_meta":{"origin":7951,"position":0},"title":"Status Update &#8211; Things Are a Bit Slow&#8230;","author":"Tony","date":"June 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Just time for a quick Sunday night update... 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