Landlady Maxine Royle doesn't miss her regulars when she goes on holiday - because she takes them all with her.

Maxine, who runs the Bull's Head in Great Horton Road, Bradford, has just returned from a trip to Ibiza with 52 customers.

She said: "We have done this ever since we took over the pub five years ago and it has just grown and grown.

"All the staff except one came with us. The customers are a nice bunch and everyone enjoyed themselves.

"But I think the locals were quite happy to get rid of us by the end - with City going up there was a lot to celebrate."

Maxine - who organises the event with her partner Barry Hawkes - stayed at a large hotel in San Antonio where the group accounted for about ten per cent of the guests.

They re-created the atmosphere of their beloved local in the Cheers bar at the resort.

One of the holidaymakers, Bull's Head DJ and karaoke compere Stuart Haigh, 37, said: "It wasn't so much a holiday as an invasion.

"It's a really friendly pub and everyone knows each other so it's great to go away together.

"The entertainment wasn't as good as back home and the beer was awful but we did our best to wake the place up." During the holiday many of the regulars did their own thing - though others stayed by the hotel pool.

In previous years the Bull's Head regulars have been 'on tour' to Ibiza, Benidorm and Lloret de Mar and already there are 60 punters signed up for next year's trip to Cavos on the Greek island of Corfu.

Maxine takes deposits, makes the booking through a local travel agent and then collects the money from her regulars - allowing some of them to pay off the bill on a weekly basis.

Another member of the group, Mick Cuthbertson, added: "It's been like getting an extended family - everyone's great and up for a laugh.

"It's absolutely beyond the call of duty for Maxine and Barry to arrange our holidays for us but we all appreciate the job they do for us."

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