When the Beans conquered Tintagel Castle

Tintagel

Tintagel Castle was one place we knew without doubt we would visit when coming to Cornwall. I have had a love of Castles since I was a child and Hubby loves history and legends, especially the Legends of King Arthur. Having looked online I will admit to being a little apprehensive about taking the Beans … Read more

Letting off steam at Lappa Valley

Lappa Valley

All Aboard . . . a day at Lappa Valley Steam Railway We arrived quite late in the evening on Saturday after a long drive to Cornwall and spent our evening sifting through leaflets for local attractions to make plans for the week ahead. One attraction which immediately stood out for our train-loving Beans was … Read more

Explore Great Yarmouth on your holiday

Great Yarmouth Seafront

Whether you’re staying in Great Yarmouth, Caister-on-Sea, Gorleston-on-Sea, Clippesby, Hemsby, Burgh Castle, Hopton-on-Sea or anywhere in between, there’s loads of places to go and things to do. Great Yarmouth beaches form a stunning coastline with something to suit everyone, from quiet deserted beaches with sand dunes and not another soul in sight to traditional seaside … Read more

Brancaster Beach – Day 2 #MummyMattersSummer2015

Brancaster

Seeing that the weather was going to be the same as our previous day, we all decided that a day at Brancaster Beach would be a good decision for day two of our second Norfolk holiday this Summer. We packed up quickly and arrived relatively early (for us). It was much windier on our second … Read more

A cold day in Wells-Next-The-Sea #MummyMattersSummer2015

#MummyMattersSummer2015

Last year when on holiday with Simon and the Beans we stumbled upon the beach at Wells-Next-The-Sea, which was a bit daft bearing in mind we have been visiting Wells for years!! This year I wanted to take my Mum to show her the beauty of this beach with its huge stretch of pretty beach … Read more

#MummyMattersSummer2015 – Camping Holiday #1

#MummyMattersSummer2015

After introducing the Beans to camping last year and them loving it, we booked to return to Kings Lynn Caravan and Campsite again this Summer with my Mum for a week. On the Sunday morning as we packed the cars up with our camping gear the sun was shining brightly and the temperature was rising. … Read more

Pitch your tent for the #BigLittleTentFest15

#BigLittleTentFest15

The Summer Holidays and Bank Holiday weekend might be drawing to a close but that doesn’t meant the fun has to end does it?! NO WAY!!!!! That’s what we say whilst blowing a great big raspberry! We have spent the majority of the last three weeks of the Summer Holidays under canvas in various parts … Read more

Sarah ‘Dragons Den’ Willingham offers her top tips on bagging the best hotel deal

Hotel

Holiday Inn Express have launched a new booking offer which guarantees consumers will get the lowest price by booking directly – they won’t get the same room for less, anywhere else. The Lowest Price Promise initiative came about from talking to guests, revealing that people typically check five to seven different comparison sites before the … Read more

Squeezing out the last of Son Bou at the end of our long weekend . . .

#instantfreedom

We always knew that our weekend would pass by in the blink of an eye but unfortunately with Hubby’s new job that was all the time that he could afford to take off so we had to be grateful for the opportunity and see it as a chance to see whether a holiday under foreign … Read more