Reviews A day at Go Ape Black Park ‘Nets Kingdom’ – A Review Posted on August 17, 2017 By Becky I’m not going to lie, when an email hit my inbox from Go Ape, inviting Freddie and Sasha to try out their new ‘Nets Kingdom’ at their Black Park venue, my immediate thought was “oh, they’re too young” (at 5 and 6) to take part, having assumed that Go Ape… Read more
Travel 5 things to keep children entertained when travelling that don’t involve screens Posted on July 27, 2017August 12, 2019 By Becky As you can probably guess from some of my latest posts here on the blog, we really do like to travel as a family! Whilst we have a car and get out and about using it pretty regularly, we are also pros when it comes to travelling on public transport… Read more
UK Adventures 7 Reasons why we love to travel by train as a family Posted on July 24, 2017 By Becky As a family who likes to get out and about and go away on new adventures as often as possible, we are well used to all sorts of ways of travel. Whilst on a day-to-day basis we often use our car for shorter, more local journeys and trips, when it… Read more
5 Reasons to Travel to Cuba with Children Posted on July 20, 2017August 5, 2019 By Becky Shortly before I became pregnant with Freddie 7 years ago, Adam and I went on what is still probably one of our favourite holidays to date- 10 days in Cuba, a place I had always wanted to visit. It’s always been such a unique and unusual country in terms of… Read more
5 Reasons Why I’d Like to Visit China as a Family Posted on March 31, 2017July 7, 2025 By Becky As a family who hopes to be able to do more and more travelling once baby number 3 arrives, there are several places on our family travel ‘bucket list’. As well as UK and European destinations (Cornwall, Iceland, Copenhagen, Greek Islands and Skiing), we also have some long haul ones… Read more
Travel Dream Disney Cruising with IGLU Cruise Posted on March 28, 2017March 28, 2017 By Becky Since having children, my ideas of what constitutes a cracking holiday have broadened somewhat. Gone are the days where I’d simply want to somewhere hot to lounge about with banging night life- now I’ve realised that I am super-flexible when it comes to thinking about our holidays. As long everyone… Read more
Seasonal 8 Things not to forget on your Camping Trip* Posted on March 27, 2017 By Becky Connecting with nature, sleeping outside and eating food cooked over a campfire are things we cherish more and more as we age. What we don’t cherish, however, are those moments when we forget to bring camping essentials. But don’t worry! Carhartt have a list of the things most frequently forgotten… Read more
Travel The perfect baby-friendly holiday? Posted on March 23, 2017December 20, 2021 By Becky In my post the other day, I talked about my excitement and fears of having 3 children, especially having 3 after a break of 5 years. With our new baby boy due in June, we will be heading back to the ‘trickier’ baby and toddler stage, after a couple of… Read more
Family Diary A day out with just my boy Posted on February 22, 2017 By Becky Last Wednesday during half term, Sasha had a full day at gymnastics camp, so I decided to make the most of having some rare one-to-one time and a day out with my eldest boy! This hardly ever happens (when we really we should make more effort to do this), and… Read more