Family travel experiences, from well travelled parents, breaks and holidays. Days out and great places to visit.

100 years of Roald Dahl: Days out and Events

2016 marks 100 years of Roald Dahl. Born 100 years ago, one of our greatest story tellers is being celebrated through events and at the…

For the last few weeks, life seems to have sped-up slightly and in keeping up, I’d got a little bit run down. After few days…

It happened that the day I picked for a long car journey North was one of those bright autumn days. Woman’s Hour on the radio…

A year ago if you’d asked me my favourite bit of Bristol, I would probably have said the waterfront. The river weaves through the city…

The Picardy region or Northern France is incredibly accessible from the UK, 4 hours from London by car, a short hop over the channel via…

Fish and chips is the food I associate with great days, the kind of days that end with long shadows, that have no routine or…

We spent 2 weeks in North Norfolk this summer. One of the first places we visited was Holkham hall, It is a sprawling estate, an…

crabbing There is a strong possibility, that this post may not hang together very well. My head is on the empty side, it is slowly…

Sitting on a beach, an, almost, empty beach, watching the waves, my boy amuses himself with pebbles and seaweed a few feet away. I have…

Yesterday, at the end of the day, just as things got a little busier, I left the dinner and bed time to someone else and…