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Travel: returning to familiar places

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Travel is all about discovering new places, new experiences and new adventures... or is it? Can travel be about returning to the same place again and again and discovering more nuances about a place? Years ago, I remember being very surprised when a friend was going back to the same holiday park in Devon for the third year in a row.  I just couldn't understand why they'd … [Read more...] about Travel: returning to familiar places

Filed Under: Family Travel Tagged With: Balaton, Balatonlelle, Balatonszemes, camping, Camping and Caravanning, Campy, Campy life, Campy Van, childhoodunplugged, deli part, Europe, family, family fun, flying solo, holidays, Hungary, madventures, Natural Childhood, relaxing, Rudi Tanya, single parenting, southern shores, sunset, Travel

My first time in a motorhome & impressions of the Rimor Katamarano 9

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At the Camping and Caravan show this February, we'd been looking at all sorts of camping units to fit diverse camping styles- different sized tents, caravans, campervans, tiny caravans- everything except motorhomes. Motorhomes were not on our radar mostly for budgetary considerations and none would fit our family... or so we believed! Then we spotted one with writing on the … [Read more...] about My first time in a motorhome & impressions of the Rimor Katamarano 9

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Podding along at Billing Aquadrome Northampton

by Jennie 4 Comments

Billing Aquadrome

If you've never camped in a tent, you might wonder what all the fuss is about when it comes to camping pods springing up at various campsites.  Pods are the latest in the glamping craze - a static construction on site, which a family can stay in and access all the facilities the site has to offer. We tried the pods at Billing Aquadrome out for 2 nights.  It had the delicious … [Read more...] about Podding along at Billing Aquadrome Northampton

Filed Under: Family Travel Tagged With: Billing Aquadrome, camping, Camping and Caravanning, camping pod, family camping, family fun, Northampton, Review, UK

Campy goes on the ferry and ends up in Nieuwpoort, Belgium

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It was a gorgeous sunny day and somehow, with 100s of miles ahead of us, we ended up with an unplanned stop at the beach. Having fiddled around with tyre pressure, mostly for reassurance, we missed our 6 am ferry by about 15 minutes.  The majestic DFDS Seaways ferry was just finishing loading as we arrived to the check-in and she was gently pulling away from the dock as we … [Read more...] about Campy goes on the ferry and ends up in Nieuwpoort, Belgium

Filed Under: Family Travel Tagged With: Belgium, Camping and Caravanning, Campy, Campy Van, caravan, crossing, Dfds seaways, English Channel, Europe, Ferry, Travel, VIP lounge

10 Lessons Learnt Camping with Kids & Single Parenting

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… or would the title be better as Mr Bean goes Camping?   (I certainly felt like Mr Bean at times.) We popped home on the weekend to wash and do washing after our fabulous "a place called away" adventure at Aldridge Hill in the New Forest READ about our Aldridge Hill adventure I had it all sussed for this week: a highly recommended site, toilets, hot showers and lots of … [Read more...] about 10 Lessons Learnt Camping with Kids & Single Parenting

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