Ad – gifted for review Choosing a towel for swimming or going to the beach isn’t always easy. For us, it’s the weight and how fast it dries because it’s likely to be used at the beach when we go camping. I was gifted a sand free beach towel from Tesalate to review. Now obviously…
Reminiscing on holiday in New Zealand South Island and family friendly ideas
*Ad – Collaborative post N has never been abroad – well, kind of, as I’ve taken him to Jersey because he wanted to go on a plane. But so far we’ve not taken him on a foreign holiday further afield, and certainly not long haul. We’re not big travellers apart from around the UK, but now…
Camping myths – exposing the truths of camping
People who love camping extol the virtues, and sometimes we forget that it’s not always rosy. Mostly because once the rain has gone, we can put that trip down to an experience, one to learn from. And probably, look on trips fondly because of the good parts. Plus kids see bad weather and bad experiences…
Being proud of children helping out at camping
I would love N to help out more round the house. It doesn’t work for any length of time. I’ve tried rewards, chore lists, asking him, explaining that we all live there and need to muck in. But it doesn’t work. He will only do the things that I ask when he wants to. Or…
Why it’s wrong to judge fair weather campers
We’ve just come back from a camping trip in North Devon and it wasn’t the best weather. The forecast had been pretty shocking, and well we did have to two decent days, the rest were interspersed with rain and two of the nights were horrendous. We cut short the trip because thunderstorms were forecast as…
