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Encosta Cabo Girão, Madeira

The beautiful island of Madeira has it all.

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Lodge Yard, the Yorkshire Dales

Lodge Yard is a listed 18th-century stable yard in the middle of the small town of Askrigg in The Yorkshire Dales

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Keeping it in the family

Joanne Davies and husband Sam Orton were typical city dwellers – but when the couple started a family, the limitations of London living became all too apparent.

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Pitching up in Portugal

The winter was fast approaching, the evenings drawing in. Time to consider an autumnal retreat to warmer climes with a round or four of golf added for good measure.

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Upper Norton, Shropshire

The mid 19th-century farmhouse of Upper Norton on the edge of the Shropshire Hills offers southerly views over glorious farmland.

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Walking in Brittany

Few British visitors travel to Brittany with country walking as their prime motivation.

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Swing voters on the Balearic beat

Many of HPB's "southern" sites are within a stone's throw of Europe's finest golf courses. Majorca is no exception...

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Over 180 glorious holidays

“As soon as we had taken our first week with HPB, we realised just how liberating this style of holiday was going to be for us. No more worries about the standard of the accommodation.”

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Physkos, Turkey

With little traffic and a real village atmosphere, the small resort of Turunç makes for a wonderfully secluded destination.

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Seasons come, seasons go - but Doug remains

Doug Wood has been fine-tuning the gardens at Sibton Park in Kent for 30 years or more...

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Ben A’an – a summit of surprises

For Bondholder Irene Hrynkow, springtime in Scotland proved a magical experience, particularly the ascent of Ben A’an – small in mountain terms, but no less rewarding than its more imposing brethren.

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The Scenic Route to Stigliano

The summer has been great in many ways – but the British weather has been inconsistent. That’s why this year, our thoughts are turning to where to go to grab a bit of early autumn sun.

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That was the year that was…

Bondholders John and Judith Heath enjoy holidays for all seasons, thanks to HPB

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Le Manoir du Hilguy, France

Surrounded on three sides by sea – with sandy coves, rocky headlands and windswept rolling hills – the extreme western coast of Brittany, La Cornouaille, is France’s Lands End.

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Coreggia, Italy

The sun-drenched region of Puglia – in the far southeast of Italy – is all but unknown to most holidaymakers.

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Fed up with cold days? Head to the Med!

Christmas and New Year in Britain are hard to beat. But there comes a point – usually in February – when yet another cold, dark day is just too much.

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El Balcón de Santa Ana, La Gomera, The Canary Islands

An exclusive holiday getaway overlooking the azure waters of the Atlantic

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Ospreys over Bassenthwaite

Regular visitors to HPB’s Lake District home of Braithwaite Court will doubtless be familiar with the family of ospreys which have made Bassenthwaite Lake their summer residence.

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Blore Hall, the Peak District

Standing in three acres of walled grounds, this historic HPB site is dominated by a large 14th-century red-brick house, thought to have been the original Great Hall of Blore Manor.

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A Bondholder's lament...

To the HPB complaints department: Where were you when we needed you? Now the kids keep stealing our points!

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Braithwaite Court, the Lake District

The pretty village of Braithwaite in the English Lake District is the location of HPB’s almost-eponymous Cumbrian home

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The dream takes shape

1993 investor Keith Morgan looks back to holidays enjoyed - and forward to holidays to come.

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Voies Vertes around the Manoir

As Bondholders John and Judith Heath discovered, getting on their bikes added a welcome new dimension to their holiday...

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Merlewood, the Southern Lake District

Merlewood, a Grade II-listed Victorian mansion with commanding views over Grange-over-Sands and Morecambe Bay, provides a perfect base from which to explore the southern Lake District.

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El Pueblito de Alfaix, Spain

El Pueblito de Alfaix, was developed by an award-winning local architect to resemble an authentic Andalucian village.

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Bell End Farm, North York Moors

HPB’s North York Moors home – a collection of 11 cottages set in quiet gardens with stunning views.

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Manna from Le Manoir

Le Bistro du Manoir, Hilguy's onsite restaurant, has always been popular with Bondholders.

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Off the beaten track

Bondholder Peter Clark enjoys a peripatetic adventure, around the highways and byways of unspoilt La Gomera in the Canary Islands, home to HPB's sub-tropical resort of El Balcon de Santa Ana.

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Just what the doctor ordered

The Holiday Property Bond has enabled us to spend real ‘quality time’ with our children and grandchildren, surrounded by helpful staff and with all we need to hand for a great holiday.

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A very fishy business

Tigh Mor Trossachs just got even more attractive, with the addition of 'The Lochan', HPB's very own trout lake.

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Brittany - at the eve of the year

The summer is over. The children have gone back to school. The windsurfers have packed their boards and wetsuits away for another year. Brittany’s holiday season is at an end.

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Exploring Anglesey

Bondholder Eleanor Wragg makes the most of a short stay at the Bond’s Beaumaris home…

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River Ericht, Blairgowrie, Perthshire

Since 1992, HPB has owned a number of exclusive ‘rods’ on the Ericht, enabling Bondholders to enjoy fishing under the guidance of an expert full-time ghillie.

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Planning ahead for wonderful holidays

As Bondholders, Christine and Ian Bone benefit from the Holiday Property Bond in not one but two ways.

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Do you know the Puffin Man?

Wildlife photographer Andy Davies runs various courses throughout the year for Bondholders, but a highlight must surely be the snorkelling excursion to watch puffins and other seabirds underwater.

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Enjoying the moment – and planning ahead

The Park family – Iain and Sarah, and children Rosie and Danny – have been Bondholders since 2008 but their Bond has been in the family for a good deal longer than that.

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Barnham Broom Golf and Country Club, Norfolk

HPB’s Norfolk home is within a comprehensive leisure complex overlooking the lakes and fairways of not one but two 18-hole championship golf courses.

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The greener the better

It’s fair to say that the Holiday Property Bond did not come into the world bristling with eco-credentials; 1983 was a very different time, after all.

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Turkish – and other – delights

Brian Nicholls-Lee and wife Valerie invested in the Holiday Property Bond in 1998.

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Le Mont Jubilee celebrations gain seal of approval

For one day only, France forgot all about “Vive la République!” as Bondholders celebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee at Le Mont de St Siméon, HPB’s Île de France home just east of Paris.

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HPB Activity Clubs

Last Easter HPB ran its Activity Club at El Balcón de Santa Ana, La Gomera. John Scholefield grabbed a week’s holiday with his family at our Canary Island home.

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Rocha Brava, the Algarve

Situated approximately three miles from the seaside town of Carvoeiro, in the centre of the Algarve, Rocha Brava is a large and mature holiday development.

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Definitions of style

How HPB helped landscaping consultant Frankie Shrapnel to ‘expand her gardening vocabulary’.

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Room at the inns

Bondholders Tim and Diane Beard just love the flexibility of spending a relaxing long weekend at The King’s Arms in the Yorkshire Dales or Ivy House in the Lake District.

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The eco-concious gardeners...

Jill and Stephen Wilson pass on the benefit of their experience having looked after the gardens at St Brides for several years and give some simple tips on how to become an eco-friendly gardener.

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Andalucia’s aviary

For birdwatchers the entire region offers an embarrassment of riches, the biggest and arguably the best is just a stone’s throw from HPB’s El Pueblito de Alfaix: the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park.