I want to start by writing this post by saying I am not taking writing this post lightly. However in the nearly 9 years I have written this blog I have remained honest throughout and so I share the rough with the smooth of family life. I also need to point out that I have complained about our ...
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Our Autumn Break In Yorkshire At Cayton Bay
For us the autumn signals the calm before the storm. My busiest work period is mid November through to January and with limited holiday requests approved in December for my husband we like to normally take the October half term together or get a long weekend break in together somewhere by ...
War Of The Roses & Mediaeval Glamping At Warwick Castle
If you have been a regular reader round here for a while you will know that we had the pleasure of visiting Warwick Castle for the first time last year when we stayed over in one of their Mediaeval Lodges. This year we have been really lucky to have been invited by Warwick Castle to try out ...
Ye Olde Bell Hotel & Restaurant Barnby Moor Nottinghamshire
Recently we were honoured to have been asked to visit the new luxury Spa at Ye Olde Bell in Nottinghamshire. I wrote about how we found our day at the spa HERE but what I didn't fill you in on was our stay at Ye Olde Bell Hotel itself. This AA 4 Star Hotel is a former 17th-century coaching ...
A Review Of Butlins Skegness And The Seaside Apartments
Last week I shared with you why Butlins had changed my mind about holidaying in the UK, if you missed it you can catch up and read it HERE. Now I promised a review of the full stay and over the last week and a bit my brain has been in a tangle as there is so much I wanted to tell you that ...
How Butlins Has Changed My Mind About UK Holidays
I have always been an avid believer that UK holidays are not as good as the ones you tend to have abroad. Firstly you never get the same sunshine and obviously that affects your happiness on a holiday right? I need to bend on one knee now and say ... I was wrong. We had ...
Warwick Castle’s Spring Sleepovers For Tiny Knights
This year we have the privilege of being Ambassadors for Warwick Castle and as such we hear about their news and events ... which is great if like me you like a good bargain. Recently Warwick Castle announced they have opened their wooden doors to their themed accommodation in their woodland ...
Our Thornwick Bay Half Term Holiday
A few years back we discovered the love of the October Half Term holiday and has made it a regular in our calendars. Unfortunately life got in the way and we had missed the last couple after a horrific half term holiday not long after I started my blog and it became a downward spiral ...
Leicester Marriott Hotel Goes Green – A Review
Discovering what is on offer on our doorstep is for me almost as exciting as discovering somewhere a flight away and recently we discovered a wonderful gem right in the midst of the Midlands. The Leicester Marriott Hotel is only mere minutes from junction 21 and yet with plenty on its ...
Review: Park Resorts Barmston Beach Yorkshire
A few weeks ago Ollie, Joshua and I set off on our travels and this time it was a first. On our family holiday rounds we have covered other major UK holiday providers but yet in all these years we had not visited Park Resorts so we were really looking forward to see what was on ...
From Tots To Teens at Butlins Bognor Regis
As some of you will already know from a previous post that my family and I visited the Butlins resort at Bognor Regis recently and having had time to reflect on what made the holiday so good for us, my conclusion has been the activities on offer. With having a toddler and a teen (age 3 and 13 ...
Review: Butlins Bognor Regis & The Shoreline Hotel
If you're one of my regular readers you will already know I am a Butlins Ambassador 2013-2014 and having never been to a Butlins before and we have waited patiently for this week for nearly a year with both excitement and trepidation at the unknown. On arriving we were in total awe at the ...
Review: Mark Warner San Lucianu Beach Resort Corsica
So having just returned from our week in the Mark Warner San Lucianu Beach Resort in Corsica I just wanted to share how amazing this resort actually is! With a stunning beach on one side and some beautiful mountains on the other the resort really did have picturesque views wherever you looked. The ...
Marina Parc Hotel Arenal d’en Castell Menorca
As most of you know we had booked our holiday quite some time ago in the Marina Parc Hotel in Arenal d'en Castell in Menorca. On the run up to the holiday I have to say Ollie and I were beginning to panic as the reviews from a well known travel site were awful so needless to say we were full of ...