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Booking our first ‘family trip’ abroad with Villas.com #InstantFreedom
You may remember back at the start of 2015 I posted that our focus for this year was going to be Home and Away (not the Aussie TV show) and this is all going well so far. I’ll tell you more about the ‘home’ developments in a separate post over the next couple of weeks […]
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Eric discovers the ‘real’ Easter Island (in my lounge)
We’ve been having some chocolatey fun that didn’t involve eating it (well not straight away, that part came later) with the help of these fun Melt & Make Chocolate Egg Heads kits from Stay In Cornwall. The Beans thought it was great fun to make their own Easter Eggs although I must admit I was […]
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Our first visit to the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show at the NEC
Now that we have managed to convert the Beans to our love of camping we plan on going even more this Summer, even if you can just get away for a night or two it can feel like you have been away for a week. Time goes slowly when you’re camping and if you’re lucky […]
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What are you tips for holidays as a large family?
Now that Christmas and New Year is out of the way and the seriously cold snaps are making us retreat to our cosy home we have been talking about our holidays this year. This is our first year as a family of 6 that we won’t be enjoying a family break at Butlins so we […]
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Our focus for the year ahead? Home and Away!
Nooooo I don’t mean the Australian soap with all those dishy half-naked men and bikini-clad girlies (although I do admit it is my guilty pleasure). I haven’t told you what I got up to at the end of 2014 because quite frankly I was too busy getting ready for Christmas but at the beginning of […]
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Christmas getaway with Travelodge in York
As Christmas 2014 approached Hubby and I made a decision, we would relax as much as possible in the run-up to Christmas and enjoy this special time with our Beans instead of rushing around like headless chickens and missing it all. Every year we work up to the last minute of Christmas Eve and whilst […]
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Summer Holidays 2014 – 18th to 21st August
We had a very busy weekend with Lollibop on Saturday and a family Christening on Sunday so Monday was all about chilling out at home doing nothing in particular. In the afternoon we had a visit from a lovely friend and her four children so that kept the Beans entertained for a while and gave […]
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Sacrewell Farm Camping – Day 3 visit to Rutland Water
The best weather for camping is most definitely lots of sunshine and we were lucky enough to get plenty of sunshine last week. I was keen to get the Beans out and about in the fresh air. I had taken lots of outdoor toys to keep them amused whilst on the site and since Jelly […]
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Sacrewell Farm Camping – Day 2
I was very pleasantly surprised when the Beans didn’t wake until 7.30am, at home their usual wake up time is pre-6.00am. Obviously all that fresh air had had the desired effect. The facilities on the campsite were good but were a little trek from our choice of pitch on the top field. In hindsight we […]