Our adventures out and about in the UK, on the farm and further afield.
Camping should really be the opposite of the holidays we usually like to take. To me, a holiday is usually a chance to relax, have someone else look after you, and not have to cook or provide 3 meals a…
Sometimes letting children decide where to go on a day out works really well. I mostly give a couple of ideas, but I knew N would choose the Yorkshire Museum of Farming as the place to visit before heading home…
I love chocolate. N is less fussed about it (well, he likes confectionery chocolate, but would choose other desserts or ice creams rather than chocolate). But when in York, a visit to York’s Chocolate Story in the middle of the…
We’ve not been to Warwick Castle for a few years now and when we were asked to go and check out the new Falconers quest show we weren’t going to turn it down. We’ve never seen the falconry displays before…
Castle Howard is one of those stately homes whose name is familiar even if you’ve never visited. Made famous by the film Brideshead Revisited (with a remake made more recently in the same setting), it’s a beautiful house and estate…
I love a mini break. We rarely go over weekends, it’s usually me taking N away for a few days mid-week in school holidays. But just a few days is enough to see a few places, have a bit of…
N just like to moan about me dragging him to National Trust places but when she’s there usually enjoyed himself. Quite often the playgrounds turn to be aimed at younger children but some of the places we’ve been have had…
York has plenty of museums but the one that drew my attention was York Castle Museum. If you’re driving into York it’s next to a good size car park otherwise there’s a main bus stop nearby as well as it…
Living in the middle of a country it’s not often we get to the seaside, so whenever we go away I always try and make sure we book somewhere near enough to visit a beach at least once. A trip…
If we go on holiday for a few days break we always tend to stay in a hotel. If it’s just N on myself. For our Easter mini break I actually booked a couple of weeks in advance rather than…
I can understand why many parents don’t want to go camping. Especially if you never did it as a child (or maybe if you did and it was disastrous). But I think every child should have at least 1 camping…
