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Blenheim Palace, a winter wonderland family day out

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 Blenheim Palace has always held a special spot in my heart: It's a beautiful estate just a stone's throw from Oxford. We've had many Sunday walks there and the kids have ridden the little train, admired the butterflies in the butterfly house, conquered the maze more often than I can count.  I love following the seasons in the palace grounds, over 2,000 acres of 'Capability' … [Read more...] about Blenheim Palace, a winter wonderland family day out

Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: Blenheim Palace, child-friendly, Christmas, Natural Childhood, natural childhood, Out and about, outdoors, Oxford and around, UK, walking

Dressing the kids for winter and wintersports, the Swedish way

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Deep minuses had had me worried and it wasn't long after arriving in Uppsala before we were to experience our first -20C  (-4F).  Thankfully I we were prepared, with the greatest help coming from Hugo's teacher who emailed us about all the gear we need, before we moved. Over the past month I've not had one complaint of being cold from the kids and we've been out enough.  At … [Read more...] about Dressing the kids for winter and wintersports, the Swedish way

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: clothes, country kids, kids, kids gear, Life Hacks, Natural Childhood, Out and about, outdoor clothes, outdoors, Parenting, Rants and Faves, skiing, Sweden, winter

Travel: returning to familiar places

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Camping by the Lake Balaton Vadvirag kemping Balatonszemes Balatontourist

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

We did it!!! Cycling to school in Oxford

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cycle to school

We live in the beautiful Oxford. Oxford is supposedly a cycling city, yet there have been a number of cycling deaths in city in the past years. I hasten to add, not cyclists' faults from what I can gather from the news and folklore. The cycling network is haphazardous: On the road, then on the pavement, then it just stops. Or even worse the road narrows, as a traffic … [Read more...] about We did it!!! Cycling to school in Oxford

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: #cycletoschool, cycling, Learning, moments, Natural Childhood, Out and about, Oxford, Parenting, parenting dilemma, Safety

3 great outings on the Gower with kids 2 to 7 years old

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Worms head tidal causeway

  Having heard so much about how beautiful the Gower peninsula is, this week came the time to explore it for ourselves.  Our short week in this beautiful part of Wales did not disappoint.  Exploring it with my brood was great fun, perfect for bonding with little modern life distractions.  I had no agenda for the week, just to chill and enjoy the outdoors with the … [Read more...] about 3 great outings on the Gower with kids 2 to 7 years old

Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: beach, camping, Camping, Camping and Caravanning, Family fun, Gower, kids, Natural Childhood, Travel, UK, wales, walks

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