Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to announce the first of our summer competitions!

It's quite simple: send us a "virtual postcard" from anywhere you like. The only rule is that it mustn't be from a real holiday! It's all about imagination... Where would you send a postcard from? An exotic beach? A space station? The inside of a basilisk? It can be as wonderful or as crazy as you like.

Write your postcards in this thread - you've got until Thursday 24th August, then we'll declare a winner and send you a marvellous prize (which we haven't quite thought of yet...)

Good luck,

The Youngcarers.net team.

This is my virtual postcard:-   Dear all (yes this does include u yc.net!).                                           Having a wonderful time here in Authmarsh, it’s wonderful. It is made up of books and sweets. Because I love books etc. it may sound boring but it’s wonderful. The beds are made out of marshmallows and my floor is made of sherbet! It’s ok if u gets hungry! I was worried that my personal belongings wouldn’t be safe but  a chocolate mouse said that they would guard my room for me. When I went outside today, I got lost. I met a bookworm and he told me the way to go. I tripped on my way to the swimming pool because I was hot. I was ok until I fell. I broke my arm but its better now because a famous author with magical powers touched it and she has healing hands! I can’t wait to come home iam missing you all terribly, but I needed to get away! Even if it has been weird but in a good way. Hope your all ok! Iam now going to dinner with a bookmark who had a lot on his mind and he needed someone to talk to. As always I want to help people who need my advice. Take care all and I will be home shortly. Hope ur having a good summer too! All my love always (spread the love)   Lozs xoxxooxox

-Postcard thing-

People, people you will never beileve the kind of time im having. Bet your all missing me haha. This place in Ireland. I eve got to me the almightly leprecorn master who let me have all the money I could ever want (I wish)  and even gave me a four wishes. Firstly I wished that pinkaholics house would be bettter and she would be able to move back in. Then i wished i could have a american accent, also that my mum would be better and lastly that we could have a awesome summer party. My room is huge with  kingsize bed just for me aaaaaaaa. With all the food argh dont get me started, theres so much vegietrian foods, they all are herbie people here and no-one eats meat which is great. Tofu is lush the way they make it with stuffed peppers and they add sweetcorn on the side mmm. I make it all for ya when I get back. I got a great new friend called george lepriocrorny martain andrew goldminer (yes a long name) hes awesome he showed me around and let me have a tour of the masters castle. I will keep you updated because two days time im going to get a trip over country to the other side of the of rainbow and hoepfully i will get the pot of gold. Well i hope everyone is doing ok i should be back soon, Best of luck to everyone hugs for all and hope everything gets better pinkaholic.

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx(spreading it for you Loz)xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Take care Love,

Abbey aka Carer4Parents

P.S I brign you all back gifts

 

Dear all,

I am having a really fun time in Cloud Cuku Land I set off first thing on sunday morning, hitching a ride on a fairy's wing! There was little turbulance and the view was spectacular! Altogether a very enjoyable flight.

I am staying in room 13 on the 13th floor I like being up high as I can see everybody so small down below me, it gives a a great sense of power to see everyone so small and look like ants. I was later informed by the cleaner that I was just looking at ants on my window sill!

I climb down all thirteen floors by a magic bean stalk this is a very energetic excersise as you have to make sure you don't get spotted by a warty giant. However, it sets you up for the day.

The food here is Amazing! and so cheap. in fact it is free.It comes in any flavour you like. Ah I could get used to spinache and rhycotta flavoured air. No more A moment on the lips, a life time on the hips here. Its very healthy. And to drink there is sparkling mineral water, never too fizzy or too flat. Simply devine.

Today I saw the Three Sisters, well only two of the three, the third one has gone missing, she had to much fizzpopbang to drink the other night, some say she is recovering from a hangdown. I like the sound of her she sounds like she likes to party =]

Anyways Im going to miss the march of the penguins so I better wrap it up here. have fun and I will see you all soon

Take care all

Yours, Jitterbug.
 

 

Ok, just finished packing to go to Cloud 9.  Its just me going on this special holiday im off to Cloud 9. I arrived at the airport and again it was rather busy and crowded, found where i had to book in and then went to duty free.  Angels in big sparkly gowns with beautiful wings greeted me and carried my bag!! i popped in a few shops and the angels followed tending to my every need. I have even got a card they gave me to pay for everything, they said its their treat!! yahoo!!  Boarded the airplane and we set off, past cloud 1,2,3,4 and then eventualy i pressed the buzzer for the plane to stop at number 9.  Stepped off the plane and the cloud was so fluffy and pure white, it was like being on the biggest ever bouncy castle!! my angels were in towe too carrying my bags!  I soon settled found my hotel called the Fluffy Inn, and it sure lived up to its name! pearly white bed that was so soft and it was made out of clouds.  it was massive and perfect!! After a few days of chillin i went to visit cloud 10, this was a massive shopping centre with lots of shops, sweets shops, gift shops and show shops! my angels were with me to carry my bags and pay for everything i wanted!  still getting used to this cloud malarky!!  and if u go near the edge its a long way down to earth!  went shopping and brought lots of shoes, they were really high shoes as im walking on clouds they dont hurt your feet!! brought the bag to match too!! well we all go tried and got the horse and angel back to our hotel.  Later on the chief angel rang the bell its time for cloud volleyball, instead of a ball we used a star and instead of the horrible hard ground we landed on fluffy clouds! it was a close match but of course we won!! well its nearly the end of my holiday at cloud 9. Its been a dream being here on holiday.  My two angels have looked after me so well,and i have eaten all the chocolate and cakes i want too!! oh one more thing, the cloud beach was fab!! no sand between your toes but cloud instead!! and its better than sand as u can build higher cloud castles!!  Its been great to get away from it all!! just about got the plane down back to earth, rather crowded yet again, my angels said goodbye to me and gave me all of my bags.  I was about to say bye back to them and they had dissappeared, they left me a note saying that they were my guardian angels and will help me to look after my mum. 

everythime i look at the sky i see cloud 9 and it makes me smile!

 i had a great holiday and have finally found my guardian angels, im back and full of energy so watch out mum il keep you on your toes!!

 

love Helen xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

My summer postcard,

Heya every1 i am currently in Ozamania, a wonderful world thats perfect. I arrived here by teleport- i went into this lovely sweet shop and chose my desternation by my favorite sweet- Rubarb n Custard, then i went to pay for it and the man behind the till who i later found out was king of the universe aka Bob said 'You look like you need a holiday'. I replyed saying 'yeah i proberbly do.' I went and had a drink with bob in the back room n he asked me what i want out of the holiday, i told him i wanted nothing. Apparently that was the key- to want nothing ment that i got everything that my dreams wanted.

He took me into a captual n i got really scared but he pressed one button with my rubarb and custard sweet and we had arrived- in OZAMANIA. It was simply fantastic, i got out of the caputal and the wether was perfect- raining with the sun shining- n i know that isnt perfect for you lot but it is for me. Before bob left me to get on with my holiday he told me just what i needed to know- 'Time has stood still and things when you get home will be fine'. I feel relaxed for the first time in such a long time.

Ozamania is beautiful- i'll try and explain it- their is a circular shape hotel and it is the only thing in the sky line and has tinted glass all the way arround it- none of the veiws of this fantastic place are blocked, the one side of the hotel is a beach with sand which isnt hot from the sun and you can walk along it without burning your feet, and the sea is a clear blue and if you want to surf waves apear to surf on however the waves are only as difficult as you can manage. behond the sea there is a perfect moutainious horizon. The other side of the hotel was constantly changing to suit what i wanted to see.

In side the hotel was everything i could have ever wanted- including my freinds, i met Jitterbug, C4P, Loz, Claudia, Cat, Lmmc and many many more from her the one day and then i have had visits by the people i have wanted to visit and only the people i have wanted. I have been to the cinema today but it was great cuz you know when you watch a movie and want to know what happens next well in this cinema you finally could, n just like sky + u could pause it when ever you need the toilet.

I have my own personal shopper and she is guess this The QUEEN, its great i have the queen of england as my personal shopper- n i must tell u she knows how to shop- fashion fashion fashion. Its fantastic! i have a crazy credit card and it all bills to this bloke Bob (from the sweet shop). I was feeling a little home sick and u'll never guess what my room turned into my house, n thats how im here tlking to all of you!

Later tonight im going to the beach to watch the sunset and to do some huge art work with the best artists in the world- its going to be great. We are planning to do a peice called Ozamania to be continued which will be a gate to this fantastic holiday the only way to enter this fantastic place is either to go through bob like me or know about it through me and Ozamania to be continued- Because i have told you, now all of you can go on this fantastic trip of a lifetime- ozamania, anyway enjoy it cuz i have. Im going now cuz i can see the Taj Mahal out side of my window and i want to go and explore it, see you all when i get home-

but please remeber its our little secret.

Wishing you were here (oh you all are 'Hiya Sam nice to see you again')

Kiwi

Thanks for all your entries so far, they've been great!  You have until the end of today ( Thursday 23rd ) to enter this competition, winner will be announced tomorrow...

so who has won the compertion??

*prods yc.net team* tellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll usssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

Thanks for the prod, juitterbug - we can now reveal that the winner of the postcard contest was Helen!

Well done to you all, though - we really enjoyed reading all the entried, and we're sure everyone else did too. You've got some crazy imaginations!

 Anyway, Helen's prize is to be the first ever Youngcarers.net guest blogger! You'll have noticed that Sam and Ewan have been writing some stuff for the last couple of weeks - well, the good news is that soon we'll hand over to Helen. And we're sure she'll be fab at it!

So, stay tuned - and well done again to you all.

The Youngcarers.net team.
 

Hey well done helen Thats terrific I loved your post card =D

Well done everyone else  you all have fantastic imaginamtions     woo that was fun  there should be more things like that  not just in the holidays *nods*