I’ve never been on a cruise ship, have you? When I didn’t have kids, I completely discounted them for fear of being trapped on large boat with 400 marauding pensioners in some perpetual Hi-de-Hi style parody. Now I have kids, however, I think I’ve seen the light. Let’s look at…
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This week I’m writing quite a lot about family holidays from Bristol, which is pretty tortuous given the current weather and the rage-filled, constipated, crying baby I have on my hands. However, I’ll bravely soldier on, bringing you holiday ideas. TOP Greece 📷 by @jotogoto • #topgreecephoto Επισκεφτείτε το προφίλ του και…
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Have you had to say no to weekends away, even days away, because you’re breastfeeding and can’t leave your baby hungry? With my first baby, I did this a lot. I said a lot of no thanks’ to nights out, nights away, and weekends out of town. With my second…
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As many of you know, we’ve moved a little further out of the city, although we are still in Bristol. One thing that marks me out as very un-Bristolian is that I do enjoy having a car, and always have. Passing my test at 17 was a thrill, being able…
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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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Recently, we were invited to go to Longleat Safari Park to celebrate #Longleat50, the fiftieth anniversary of the park as a tourist attraction. We were absolutely blown away by the place. I don’t think we’ve had such a fun family day out in a very long time. So, I thought…
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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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This time last year, the four of us were at the very beginning of our five week adventure around France and Spain. Living out of our car, navigating the roads armed with patchy sat-nav, really bad snacks, and so much happiness. Looking back on it, I just feel pride, really.…
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This Spring we decided to split our week in our favourite place on earth, the Western Algarve, between two locations. We went to Martinhal again for a few days, which was, as usual, perfect, and then we decided to move on and stay somewhere more, frankly, economical, for the rest…
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I think you’re either a group holidays person, or you’re not, when you become a parent. Previous to getting married and having Tibbs, I was very much a group holiday person. Two trips that stand out are a Sun newspaper £9.00 trip to the worst caravan park in Clacton for…
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