| Being shot by a bow and arrow | | | | adventure; whether you stay for one day or one |
| Not just for those that are planning on taking their | | | | week. Once you're there you're bound to want to |
| upcoming holidays in Sherwood Forest, having holiday | | | | take part in a reindeer drawn sleigh ride through the |
| insurance that covers you in the eventuality of a | | | | crisp Scandinavian snow. However, what happens if |
| wayward arrow flying towards you is actually quite | | | | one of Santa's reindeer spots a lone carrot on a |
| handy for those that plan on playing a little archery | | | | snow covered doorstop and makes a bolt for it, |
| on their summer holidays. Admittedly you would have | | | | leaving you careering of the edge headfirst into a |
| to be pretty unlucky to actually be hit by an arrow, | | | | patch of black ice with a dozen PS2s, for the good |
| but that's not to say that archery is without its risks. | | | | girls and boys, crashing down on your head. Well, the |
| The most common accident in archery is the arm | | | | good news is that you're covered on your travel |
| slap where your bow string snaps against your arm | | | | insurance for the medical care that you require, in the |
| leaving a very nasty bruise. However, even the most | | | | event that you have paid an additional premium |
| experienced person can suffer from freak accidents | | | | upfront. The bad news is that when hearing of your |
| and after hearing the recent story of an archer who | | | | plight few people are likely to take you seriously |
| accidentally died after mishandling his arrows its great | | | | again. And if after all that kerfuffle you don't fancy |
| to know that you have travel insurance which | | | | getting back in a reindeer drawn sleigh, then take a |
| prepares you for any eventuality. | | | | husky drawn sled instead, as these are also covered |
| Having your cruise ship hijacked by pirates | | | | under your holiday insurance policy. |
| Having Johnny Depp hijack your cruise holiday | | | | Tripping Over an American Tourist |
| definitely doesn't seem like something you should use | | | | Whilst visiting the Sistine Chapel, you accidentally |
| your holiday insurance to cover against, but the truth | | | | knock over an American tourist who thinks that it's a |
| is that pirates have been known to hijack cruise ships | | | | great idea to stand in the midst of the spectacular |
| and they aren't the bumbling Disney kind. The | | | | building firing off flashes at Michaelango's stunning |
| 300,000 ton cruise ship Nautica recently had to fight | | | | mural. You may think that you've got away with a |
| off pirates on the Yemeni Coast as they attempted | | | | polite apology and are now the best of friends, |
| to loot the liner of customer valuables and oil. | | | | having exchanged home addresses and everything. |
| However, it is relatively rare for passenger liners to | | | | Until that is you receive a rather brusque letter from |
| be targeted, with most of the notorious Somalian | | | | their solicitor suing you for loss of enjoyment on their |
| gangs concentrating on cargo liners and navy ships. | | | | European jaunt. Your eyes may glaze over when you |
| But, the tragic events of 9/11 show only too well | | | | read through his list of rather unreasonable demands |
| that hijacking can happen, whatever vessel you | | | | for settlement, but the good news is that you're |
| happen to be travelling on and as a result most | | | | covered on your travel insurance premium for legal |
| holiday insurance companies offer up to £500 | | | | costs up to £25,000, and the bad news, well |
| cover in the tragic event of hijacking. | | | | you might want to choose your new best friends a |
| Falling Out Of Santa's Sleigh in Lapland | | | | little more carefully. |
| Visiting Santa Claus in Lapland is an excellent family | | | | |