A group of colleagues bored with days off in "dreary" England now take extreme day trips abroad for less cost.<br /><br />Care home workers Louise Dunning, 59, and Tracey Dover, 52, paid just £66 for return flights to Alicante in December – spending just eight hours before jetting home for bed.<br /><br />Their EasyJet flight from Manchester Airport at 5:50am gave them enough time to explore the cafes and restaurants, walk around the town and beach, and do some shopping, before flying back at 10.30pm.<br /><br />The pair Greater Manchester realised they could escape “miserable” Britain for less money than a day trip in the UK - so booked Amsterdam, jetting off last month, taking Ruth Kudakwashe, 50.<br /><br />The trio have booked five more day trips to European destinations - Palma this month, Brussels in May, Bergamo in northern Italy in October, Paris in November, and Copenhagen for the Christmas markets in December.
