This weekend we finally broke free the of the school/work routine and started the school half term with a visit to somewhere that has been on our radar for a while but we had yet to visit as a family. Twycross Zoo & The Gruffalo Discovery Land Based in Nottinghamshire we have an abundance ...
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Visiting Santa This Christmas At Lakeside Nottingham
For the last 9 years I have been sharing our Christmas Santa adventures and this year is a first. It is a first visit to a local venue which only actually opened recently and is providing festive events for the very first time. Lakeside Nottingham was originally built in 1873 and was ...
The First Family Trip Crabbing In Whitby
As most of my regular readers know I have been a regular visitor to Whitby for decades. Ollie and I loved it that much we loved and married in Whitby many years ago. Since starting a family we have visited at least once a year and most years many time. However this year things have been so ...
A Family Trip To Sewerby Hall & Gardens Bridlington
This year has been so hard for many people from day to day lives being effected, ill health and general uncertainty and hardship for so many this year has sucked big time. Us like so many people had holiday plans cancelled and changed and after our plans were changed we snook in with a cheeky ...
Visiting The Yorkshire Coast And Staying At Haven Reighton Sands Filey
As a family we are massive lovers of the Yorkshire Coast and what's not to love! In fact we loved it that much we eloped and married in Whitby on the coast back in 2012. There are some amazing places to visit on the Yorkshire Coast and we are aiming to visit each and every one. Since getting ...
Discovering Gedling Country Park With The Kids
We are super lucky to live in Nottinghamshire with such wonderful green spaces all around us. Having lived in this county all my life there is always new places to discover and Gedling Country Park is one of those. Just after lockdown started to release and allow outside meet ups my exercise ...
A Family Day Out In Rhyl North Wales
We fell in love with Wales after our family camping holiday last year and thankfully we managed to get another trip booked in for this year. The place we booked to stay in left a lot to be desired in Prestatyn but thankfully the local area had a wealth of things to do as a family. Rhyl, ...
A Final Summer Jaunt To The Coast
This summer holiday seems to have gone so quickly in one sense and so slowly in another. It's been a really hard one. I have worked practically full time with at least one of the kids in tow and on some days both. I have probably run around looking like a bit of a headless chicken I know ...
A Day Out In Llandudno North Wales
This Summer while camping in North Wales we headed to Llandudno for the day with the kids as it was only about 20 minutes from our campsite. We parked on the parade and it was ideally placed for getting to the pier, the Great Orme Tramway and the town centre itself. It was also reasonably ...
The Great Orme Tramway & Why It’s Worth A Visit When In Wales
This summer we finally burst our Welsh family holiday bubble. It has been a long time coming but with all of us thriving on fresh air and camping it seemed like we needed to take a closer look at Wales on our next trip. We camped a few miles away from Llandudno in North Wales and with only a ...
Why You Should Spend More Time Travelling In The UK
When most of us think of travelling, we all imagine sunny places far away from home where we can almost escape reality. However, what we don't realise is that we have so many amazing places on our own doorstep that we can visit to equally escape reality, have a great time, and save money ...
The Best Places To Take The Family On The Isle of Wight
*Advertorial Feature* The Isle of Wight is a great place to visit with the family. The kids love the ferry ride across and there is plenty of things to see and do. I am hoping to be able to visit at some point this year. I’ve been looking into Isle of Wight holidays to find the ...
Visiting Rufford Park Nottinghamshire
This years weather so far has been interesting if not glorious on some days. In the blink of an eye the minus conditions gave way to almost mid summer heat. And we as a family finally got the chance to get out and blow away the cobwebs visiting Rufford Park in Nottinghamshire. Getting To ...
The Best Family Friendly UK Holiday Destinations
*Advertorial Feature* I love holidaying in the UK, don’t you? There is something so charming about the countries that make up the United Kingdom and what they have to offer. I’ve stayed in a few places around the UK with my family in recent years so thought it was time to share the places I ...