Tag: family
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Short Family Breaks in North Norfolk
‘You either get Norfolk, with its wild roughness and uncultivated oddities, or you don’t. It’s not all soft and lovely. It doesn’t ask to be loved.’ Stephen Fry Where to stay? We were invited, along with our dog, to Forest Park Holidays in North Norfolk, near Cromer. It’s only 2.5 hours from London, if you…
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Family Camping Checklist: What should we take?
Just sitting here thinking of a couple of friends who have gone camping for the first time with their kids, the weather couldn’t be worse for them this week. We’ve text a few times, the gazebo has collapsed in the wind, a tarpaulin has taken flight and they’re currently hiding in the Children’s Play Barn. …
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Card Games for the whole family – Giveaway
Dobble is Brilliant! As a family we really should play games more often. We have a sideboard full of games from Kerplunk to Kerfuffle plus a few traditional ones like The Game of Life. We do play cards on occasion and daughter a dab hand at Snap, Go Fish and War. However, I had never…
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Things to do with Kids Outdoors in Dorset
Go Ape, Moors Valley near Bournemouth I don’t know who had more fun, the kids or the adults. We were recently camping at Eweleaze Farm in Dorset and thought we’d take the opportunity to check out Go Ape, The UK’s #1 Forest Adventure. One of my friends always wanted to take her daughter and as…
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Camel Racing for Herts Air Ambulance
Things to do near St Albans, Herts on May Bank Holiday Monday “It’s not every day that you see camels in the Hertfordshire countryside!’ We were looking for something a bit different to do on the Bank Holiday as a family, when someone in my timeline mentioned Camel Racing. I love stuff that is a…