The Lake District is somewhere I’d love to spend more time. During university I visited a lot. After my family moved to France I didn’t have a ‘home’ to go back to at weekends, so sometimes I’d go home with a friend. Her parents live in the Lake District. We’d go on long walks with […]
Are you a fan of the sea? Enjoy a coastal family retreat? I love the sea, there’s something so special about it. I don’t think it matters if it’s a calm clear day or if a storm is building and the waves are high – being beside the sea is a total sensory experience. Our […]
The world is absolutely full of exciting and interesting places to go on a family holiday, but if you’re planning a major trip it can be difficult to compare which would be the most suitable for your own flock. Names of fantastic places fly around but it’s hard to visualise and compare like with like. […]
Cornwall is not somewhere I’ve spent a huge amount of time over the years, but each time I have been I don’t want to leave. Speaking to others about this stunning part of the UK, I feel like lots of people think the same. With around 7 hours of road between home and Cornwall for […]
Learning to swim and developing water confidence are so important for children. When you are on holiday though, you can get caught between the desire to have fun and the need to stay safe. Holidays are about having fun and relaxing, but that doesn’t mean that as parents we can take our eye of the […]
Bristol is a really lovely city I think. We’ve had a couple of really lovely visits over the years, and with great weather on both occasions, we ended up eating outside by the water. It really was lovely. Children were playing in the water fountains and it just had a really lovely feel. Bristol is […]
What are freeze dried foods? Freeze drying is a method of preserving food essentially. It involves freezing the food, then using a vacuum chamber to remove all the moisture, before sealing the food in an airtight container. This type of food can be easily transported at normal temperatures, stored for a long period of time, […]
Abersoch is one of those places that isn’t actually that far from us but we rarely visit. We really should go there more as it’s the perfect location to go with a family. Abersoch is on the Llyn Peninsula, in a stunning part of North Wales. It has become a popular seaside resort, also known […]