Marriott hotel York – a mixed experience
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…
Holidays
Why every child should have a camping experience
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…
What you don’t want when staying in a child friendly hotel
One of the benefits of having 1 child is having more disposable income and being able to do what we want when we want. Rather than having to pick and choose what we can and can’t do. If we’d had…
Camping dilemma – pole or airbeam tent?
Every time we go camping we see amazing tents or features that would be ideal for us. It’s like tent window shopping. The current dilemma is whether to stick with our poled tent which we’ve had for the last 3…
43 failsafe camping tips from those in the know
Camping tips that are easy to do and will really help to make every family camping trip a success.
Self catering holiday experiences and packing checklist
Our last holiday away was self catering in the UK. We usually do hotels or bed & breakfasts because it’s just N and me. But this time we had the OH with us so opted for a cottage instead. The…
Why it’s easier to holiday with kids alone
My OH doesn’t really do holiday. Or days off work at all. The joys of working for himself and being a workholic. I usually just take N away on my own. We’ve only had 2 breaks when the OH came…
Tips for healthy camping food the kids will eat
The one thing we’re terrible at when we go camping is eating healthily. The children are always hungry so they just need feeding with whatever is there now. That tends to be snacks. crisps and other various bits that aren’t…
Sharing a love of Warcombe Farm campsite, Woolacombe
It’s not often we return to a place for a second time on holiday. But this year we really struggled to find a campsite that takes all of our boxes i.e. decent showers and toilets, electric hook-up and a good…
Camping essentials – the health and beauty essentials you need to take
When you say camping, very few people would think beauty products. Even glampers are unlikely to worry too much about taking health and beauty products with them. But once you’ve been camping and been eaten by bugs, or got sun…
The number 1 tip for camping with kids
On our recent annual camping holiday, the one thing we mums determined was essential when camping with kids was food. And plenty of it. It’s not always easy to keep stored, especially in the recent hot weather we’ve been having,…
