When we see on paper all we’ve done in the last week it looks quite hectic, but really it’s been more a case of “hurry up and sit still”. In fact in many cases it’s been quite restful. Last Thursday we caught the ferry back from Ireland and drove to […]
Good morning and happy Easter everyone. Sorry we have not been in much contact lately. We are in Ireland and moving very fast (sleep one night in a town, get up, explore and then move to the next town). Ireland is as beautiful as ever, but we are once again […]
I’m so sorry that none of us has written any blog posts recently. There’s been a few reasons for this: It turns out internet throughout the UK is pretty patchy unless you are in a big city – and sometimes even then. When cottages or hotels/guest-houses advertise that they have […]
So last week I saw an advert for bloggers to review the 2016 New York City Guide from Independent Guidebooks. Well, I figured, another guide book never goes astray, especially if it’s up-to-date and can be put on my iPad to read whenever I want. Plus we are wanting to […]
UPDATED AUGUST 2017 I’m not sure what sort of places we will have in other parts of the world, but we are trying to do self-catering houses/cottages/apartments for our UK accommodation. A quick search on Hotels.com will show you that you generally won’t get decent hotel accommodation in many UK locations, for a family […]
Let’s face it, visiting the Tower of London with kids, or any over-crowded, major tourist attraction around the world, can be difficult. Add in the fact that there are two young kids who are just getting into the hang of visiting historical sites and museums, instead of things like Disneyland and aquariums. […]
It takes a lot to plan a year away, back packing on a budget with a young family. This is where our planning is at so far.
On Monday (28th of December) we spent the Boxing Day Bank (Public) Holiday at Hampstead Heath. Hampstead Heath is an ancient parklands covering about almost 800 acres of ground between Hampstead and Highgate. It is hilly and (on the day we were there) muddy and just stunningly beautiful. It is […]
The last few days has brought about a bit of a shift of perspective. On Tuesday we went to surprise a friend of mine at her work, and let her know of our stay in London. But now we have now gone from feeling like we were on holidays, to […]
Well, we have finally made it to London. BUT we had a great few days on our Dubai stopover, most of which was spent at the Atlantis The Palm hotel. FLYING TO DUBAI WITH THE KIDS The kids were so lovely on the flight (ADL-SYD-DXB). I had packed them activity bags […]
