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Top tips for family cruises
This week, life surprised me by throwing some exciting opportunities my way. It’s my 40th birthday next month, and D and I are planning a romantic getaway to my favourite city in Europe: Amsterdam....
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Bluestone Wales: Celtic magic transformed
You might be forgiven for thinking that Wales is an unglamorous holiday destination. Picturesque, yes; welcoming, undoubtedly. But probably without the pizazz that makes overseas breaks that little bit...
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Bluestone Wales – history and relaxation
Last week I posted a review of our recent stay at Bluestone Wales, a 5-star family resort in Pembrokeshire. The place is crammed with things to do for all the family, so I decided to write this extra...
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The day we lost our luggage
‘D….where’s your rucksack??’ D and I were at Watford Junction. Our connecting train to Garston was just about to arrive, to take us to the start of our romantic country walk (taken from this Time Out...
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Vive la France! (and its wine)
D and I have chosen the place for our Summer family holiday: France. The countryside, the cheese, the language, the wine….we both grew up with regular doses of fresh Gallic air, and on breakfasts of...
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46 reasons to visit London this Summer
Thinking of visiting London this Summer? Here are 46 suggestions for things to do in the UK capital, for fun- and culture-loving families. Art 1. Marvel at Hyde Park’s Serpentine Pavilion, by Madrid...
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Travel tales
We’re just back from a short break on the Isle of Wight, off the UK south coast. Park Resorts invited us to try out one of their new African safari tents, on the Nodes Point resort near Ryde, by St...
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What to expect from a Safari tent
We’re just back from a sunshine-filled glamping weekend on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of the UK. Park Resorts invited us to try out one of the new Safari tents at their Nodes Point...
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Park Resorts Nodes Point, Isle of Wight
It was hot. The weekend we’d been invited to glamp in one of Park Resorts’ new safari tents, at their flagship Nodes Point Isle of Wight site, turned out to be during a heatwave. Feeling hot Glamping...
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How to take perfect family holiday photos
The other day, I was introduced to Danielle Branje, a Dutch photographer who lives in Nantes, France. Danielle takes beautiful, natural portraits of newborns and children, and has just published a...
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Wightlink: travelling to the Isle of Wight by ferry
Last month, we spent a glorious long weekend on the Isle of Wight, at Park Resorts Nodes Point. You can read about our stay here and here. To get to the Isle of Wight, we took a Wightlink ferry from...
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Seven essentials for a fun-filled family festival
This year we went to our first family festival: Green Man, in Crickhowell, Wales. Like most of the larger festivals in the UK, the tickets weren’t cheap. At over £200 per adult, they cost almost as...
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Remembering our adventures
This Summer flew by faster than a high-speed train. We crammed the holidays with all sorts of adventures, which made it the best time so far….the only problem is, so much happened that we seemed to...
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Glamping at the Original Hut Company, Sussex
Over the Summer, a few getaways brought me closer to the great outdoors. One of my favourite was at the Original Hut Company, near Bodiam, East Sussex, UK. A group of us spent a weekend glamping in...
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Mini afternoon tea at the Reform Social & Grill, London
The British tradition of afternoon tea was pioneered in the 19th century, by the 7th Duchess of Bedford. She dreamt it up as a stopgap between breakfast and dinner, when only two meals were eaten a...
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Bondgate Boutique hotel, Alnwick
It was D’s 40th birthday last week. I’d already planned a couple of surprises (blacksmith’s lesson. Low-key gathering at a local pub). But then his parents offered us a night’s babysitting, to help us...
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Loire Valley, France, with kids
We spent our Summer 2015 holiday in the Loire Valley, central France. We booked the stay independently, and the Loire turned out to be an area with a good deal to offer families, so I’ve decided to...
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Camping at Yelloh! Village Parc du Val de Loire, France
Last summer, our family decided to take a holiday on a French campsite – or in an ‘open-air hotel’, as they’re increasingly being known. We wanted to stay somewhere in the Loire Valley, and after...
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What to expect at an indoor ski centre
Recently, we were invited to spend the day at a UK indoor ski centre. I’ve posted in full about our day at the Snozone, Milton Keynes here, but there were a few extra points I wanted to share with...
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Splashing – my captured moment
I find it hard to get rid of pictures. I’ve been trying to filter and edit the gazillions of images we have stored on our PC. My trawl has thrown up some gems from our summer holiday in France. Like...
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