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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

Family bonding over Afternoon Tea at St Ermin’s hotel, London

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  Mummy, I really love peppermint tea! -Hugo exclaimed in the car homeward bound. This made me smile, especially as he usually shies away from drinking tea.  In fact, all three of our kids do. Yet on Sunday both Angelina and Hugo chose to enjoy a pot of tea as part of their Busy Bees tea at St Ermin's hotel (where we were staying for a young 007 … [Read more...] about Family bonding over Afternoon Tea at St Ermin’s hotel, London

Filed Under: Family Travel Tagged With: afternoon tea, days out, eating out, family bonding, family fun, family travel, London, London and around, new experiences, new flavours, quintessentially British, Travel, UK

Cowes Week Ladies Day with Sunsail

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Have you ever wanted to try sailing on a yacht?  After flirting with lake sailing during my uni day, I was first introduced to sailing on the sea by Sunsail: Our company chartered a couple of yachts and we had a day of races, team building and LOADS of fun.  I was totally hooked and ended up on some pretty cool sailing adventures afterwards. Along came the kids and my love of … [Read more...] about Cowes Week Ladies Day with Sunsail

Filed Under: Family Travel Tagged With: Cowes, sailing, Solent, Sunsail, UK, watersports

Podding along at Billing Aquadrome Northampton

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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

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

Filed Under: Uncategorised Tagged With: camping, Camping, Camping and Caravanning, Campy, caravan, parenting, single parenting, Travel, UK, wales

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