London can be an expensive city, even more so when visiting with kids. Finding the best budget family accommodation in London requires a bit of research, but it can definitely be done! Read on and find out some great budget hotel recommendations, where to search for apartments and other options. Budget family accommodation in […]
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November saw us returning to the UK. We spent a month cat sitting in London for a couple who also does house sitting as well. What they do is arrange to house sit somewhere else in the world and then get sitters in for their cat – sounded like a great plan! I’ve been wanting […]
There are many children’s books about London from simple picture books to chapter books. If you’re travelling to London with your family, get your kids excited about your upcoming trip with some books about the city! My favourite children’s books set in London I’m a big believer of getting the kids learning about the places we travel to way before […]
Travelling with teens can be a little tricky. You can scour the blogs and online guides for things to do with kids and they might not be what a teen might be interested in. Either too childish or not pitched at the right level. Ours love history and learning but also appreciate a bit of […]
Remember remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason why gunpowder, treason Should ever be forgot… A friend and I were discussing purely British celebrations the other week and we came up with Guy Fawkes Night and nothing else. Do we have any other events that we only celebrate […]
We love going to the capital city so here’s my top tips for a kids day out in London! We live about 150 miles from London and always used to feel incredibly jealous of our friends who lived closer and could take day trips in and take advantage of museums and educational days. One day I […]
ALiverpool city break has been something I have wanted to do for some time now. I think I’d read about it on someone’s blog years ago and realised that far from just being somewhere with a world famous football team, there was actually something interesting to see there. I’d mentioned to James about maybe taking […]
Northumberland has many attractions from the tidal Holy Island of Lindisfarne, to castles featured in movies, to beaches and nature. We were so lucky with the weather for our Northumberland trip last week. Apart from the first day when we arrived which was very cold and grey we had wall to wall sunshine. Beaches and […]
A Farne Island boat trip has been something we’d wanted to do for a while – we had never seen puffins in the wild and it was on our bucket list of things to see! The Farne Islands are in Northumberland in North East England and are easy to get to with many companies offering boat […]
