Summer in London is beautiful. I had the best summer in London when I was a single, twentysomething, backpacking my way around. The nights were, well I won’t say warm, but they were pleasant. We could have Friday night drinks after work, and then walk up the road for a […]
Okay, so they may not ALL be “easy” money saving tips, but if you want to save money for travel, then it’s inevitable. Some things will be easy, no brainer, decisions, and some will feel like you are deciding to “go all in” or not. Just how big is your […]
It’s my turn to write a blog, and I have to say, I am a bit empty as what to show you. We’ve obviously seen a lot since I last wrote, but right now, none of it is particularly coming to mind. But I have been thinking lately about the things […]
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 […]
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 […]
Boxing Day we decided to go out for a little trip to the British Museum. Unbeknown to us, the Museum was closed and we had no other plans for the day. So off to the pub it was for lunch and to then figure out a new plan of action […]
Monday morning we said to ArgeyDaughter “What would you like to do today? You can choose the activity”. “London Eye!” came the enthusiastic response. So off we went. We ran a few errands and then made our way to the Eye. We bought the tickets and I must say it […]
