Cowes Week Ladies Day with Sunsail
Have you ever wanted to try sailing on a yacht? After flirting with lake sailing during my uni day, I was first introduced to sailing on the sea by Sunsail: Our company chartered a couple of yachts...
View ArticleFollow Tolkien’s footsteps to a forest of magic- Puzzlewood
The Forest of Dean is a gorgeous spans of woodland, but it has a extra special corner-Puzzlewood, an eerie and mystical forest. This is a forest I’m not sure I’d dare to enter as the night draws in!...
View ArticleWhat? No toilets or showers? Camping at Aldridge Hill
What better (or more insane?) way to start our summer holidays of camping, than to pick a site with no facilities aside from drinking water and chemical toilet disposal point? And to top it, invite a...
View ArticleA Postcard…with love: the New Forest, UK
My Dear, We’re having such a fabulous time with our friends in the New Forest at Aldridge Hill campsite. It’s hot and the kids are in the stream constantly; discovering all sorts of small and large...
View ArticleA Postcard…with love: the Gower Peninsula, Wales
Hi, We’re sending our love from the Gower. If you are ever after endless beaches to share with few others, this is the place! We’ve had lovely long walks, splashed in the shallow waters and delved into...
View Article3 great outings on the Gower with kids 2 to 7 years old
Having heard so much about how beautiful the Gower peninsula is, this week came the time to explore it for ourselves. Our short week in this beautiful part of Wales did not disappoint. Exploring it...
View Article10 Lessons Learnt Camping with Kids & Single Parenting
… or would the title be better as Mr Bean goes Camping? (I certainly felt like Mr Bean at times.) We popped home on the weekend to wash and do washing after our fabulous “a place called away”...
View ArticlePodding along at Billing Aquadrome Northampton
If you’ve never camped in a tent, you might wonder what all the fuss is about when it comes to camping pods springing up at various campsites. Pods are the latest in the glamping craze – a static...
View ArticleFamily bonding over Afternoon Tea at St Ermin’s hotel, London
Mummy, I really love peppermint tea! -Hugo exclaimed in the car homeward bound. This made me smile, especially as he usually shies away from drinking tea. In fact, all three of our kids do. Yet on...
View ArticleBlenheim Palace, a winter wonderland family day out
Blenheim Palace has always held a special spot in my heart: It’s a beautiful estate just a stone’s throw from Oxford. We’ve had many Sunday walks there and the kids have ridden the little train,...
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