As the clocks went back at the end of October, we took our last family holiday of the year. Durdle Door Holiday Park is nestled right by one of the most famous views in Dorset – the gorgeous shoreline of Durdle Door itself. It’s a medium-sized park, with a mixture…
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With baby number two on the way in October, we decided to give Portugal a miss this summer and go to Cornwall instead. We really wanted to try a working farm holiday, and my husband cleverly found Tredethick Farm Cottages, near Lostwithiel. Tredethick Farm has been transformed over the last…
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I think we can manage it. I think we could sneak off to Spain before this baby comes in October. Yes, I know it would take some planning, but I’d love a long weekend in the late summer sun. So I’m on the hunt for a villa holiday in Spain.…
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If you’ve got pre-school kids and are considering your holiday options, I thought I’d pass on some things that have really made a difference to us. We (me, my husband, our 27 month-old and our labrador) are currently half-way through a month-long adventure in France and Spain. The below is…
8 CommentsMorning! Here are some ideas for Easter things to do in Bristol, not just focused on the kids, but hopefully something everybody you’re spending the weekend with can enjoy. It’s my husband’s birthday weekend, so we’ll be spending it with each other and some friends too, as well as Tibbs…
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Last week we headed to the stunning Pembrokeshire coast as guests of Bluestone Wales holiday park. Bluestone is a buzzword you hear a lot amongst Bristol parents, it’s a firm favourite for family holidays in Wales and rightly so. At just under two hours drive from Bristol, it’s a very…
5 CommentsLast Saturday we went for breakfast at Josh Eggleton’s new Chew Valley Lakes cafe, Salt and Malt. We’ve never been to the lakes before, and when we arrived, the water was choppy and iron grey, with the hills behind it and a lovely waterside, fresh smell. There are a lot…
3 CommentsI saw the film ‘Wild’ this weekend. It’s a true story of a woman who, to recover from some deep emotional traumas, takes on the 1000 mile Pacific Crest Trail in America. It was good. This morning I saw the film’s story described as being on the theme of ‘the…
11 CommentsAre you planning your first holiday with your friends since you had kids? How are you feeling about it? I’ve just come back from a four-day break in Palma with some close friends, and it was really wonderful. Rather than simply ‘humblebrag’ about the urhmaazing time we had, I thought…
10 CommentsFor no other reason that the fact I have been on some incredible holidays booked through them, including where I got engaged, our honeymoon, and our first holiday with a baby, I wanted to tell you all about i-escape today. Oh, and they are based in Bristol, which is even…
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