Low Wood Bay Resort and Spa hotel
We’ve stayed in a lot of hotels since N was small and we started doing mini breaks. We tend to stay in hotels rather than guest houses or B&Bs because they’re a lot more likely to be easy to book…
Travel reviews
Racing cars at Legoland Discovery Centre, Birmingham
Our last experience involving Legoland wasn’t the best. Expensive, too many queues, food running out, and Legoland hadn’t been prepared for the inset day and how busy it would be. I vowed never to visit again unless we every had…
The Milky Way Adventure Park, Devon
Looking for outdoor and indoor activities for children to enjoy, try the Milky Way adventure park in North Devon
Family fun at BBC Countryfile Live Blenheim Palace
*Ad – Press trip We’ve been going to BBC Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace since it started and there’s always something new to see or do. This year it was just ahead of our camping trip and I wasn’t sure…
Crazy golf with neon fun at Junkyard Golf Oxford
As I’ve mentioned before we love a bit of mini or crazy golf. If we see a course anywhere we’ve got to give it a go. N was on a mission to beat me though he managed it the other…
Visiting Cotswold Country Park and beach
When you live in the middle of a country it’s not often you get to visit a beach. When we go away for a few days I was trying to make sure we’re near enough to get out of the…
Play and wildlife at Beale Park
After a morning at Basildon Park doing woodland and garden children’s trails, before heading off home we decided to nip round the corner to Beale Park. It was a bit of a mystery how to find it as the website…
Outdoor trails at Basildon Park National Trust
Usually I don’t manage to meet up with my best friend more than a couple of times a year, but in May it’s been twice. Handy because it means the boys don’t need that ice breaker time before they settle…
Back in time at Yorkshire Museum of Farming
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…
Falconer’s Quest at Warwick Castle (ad-press trip)
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…
Visiting Castle Howard and gardens with kids
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…
