2019 Travel Plans I feel like we have been quite quiet of late, our weeks have all been about working hard and our weekends have involved kicking back relaxing and generally ‘pottering’ at home. As much as I love our family travel, I equally love lazy weekends in our home, enjoying quality time with our…
I have had a love for travel for as long as I remember. Before children, myself an Mr S would spend our last pound on holidays, weekends away and trips… quietly ticking off our bucket list as we went along. Since having children, I genuinely believe travel has become even more important to us. We…
*Collaborative post. 7 reasons why cruises are great for families Deciding on a family holiday seems to get harder and harder every year. There are so many wonderful destinations to choose from and it can be difficult to make the call. We spend so much time in our campervan travelling around the UK, but sometimes…
It has to be that time of year when the cold evenings set in, and the need for planning a family friendly holiday takes over. We have spent the majority of this year travelling around the UK in our campervan. For us it is a real sense of adventure and we get to travel, frequently…
I wanted to sit down and put together a little list of our favourite Christmas days out in Staffordshire and Cheshire. These are events that we as a family have enjoyed over the last two or three years. Some of these events I have planned and booked very early on ..even before those beautiful…
Here we are again with our June round-up. Where has that last month gone? Time just seems to be galloping along, doesn’t it !? That old saying is so true – time really does fly when you are having fun. June has been another busy month for us. I feel like we are really making…
I was beginning to fall a little bit in love with Scotland. We woke early, and hit the road to continue on our journey, leaving our first campsite behind us and heading for our next destination. Our first stop was Invermoriston, Inverness for a welcomed stop off to enjoy a coffee and a bite to eat. We…
Tips for a road trip with kids I won’t lie, we all know that travelling with kids can be stressful. Those journeys when you are stuck on the motorway with no end in sight, and your child shouts from the back that they are desperate for the toilet… (like – they can’t wait a moment…
Scotland is somewhere that we have wanted to visit for quite some time, and I think this may be my most favourite road trip in Otis to date. We planned the trip for May half term 2016 and were totally blessed with the most amazing scenery and beautiful weather. We started off fairly early (for…
So as you have probably gathered, travel and family adventures has become a huge part of our lives. We love planning special family trips and time away, to make those cherished family memories, which I am sure you all agree are priceless. At the beginning of every year we sit down as a family and…
Happy New Year to you all! So I have been following some really A M A Z I N G blogs just lately, and there has been a lot of 2017 goals and resolutions flying around, so I thought it would be fun to have a think about my own goals and hopes for 2017.…
Wow! What a year for us.. we started off 2016 as a family of four, and ended it as a family of five with the arrival of babyS. Our beautiful boy to complete our family. Needless to say with being heavily pregnant over the Summer and throwing an illness and hospital stay into the mix,…
London. We never tire of visiting you. Your twinkling lights and elaborate shop window displays at Christmas always fill us with joy every year. Jumping on the train at the busy underground station never fails to send the girls into excited frenzies. We never tire of sitting in a busy coffee shop on Oxford street…
Okay… so we cheated slightly. We didn’t actually sleep in the Campervan for this weekend trip to the beach. A cottage with wooden beams.. bunting flags and a woodburner seemed totally inviting for a last minute weekend break. We had been attempting our annual visit to Abersoch for three months, but had to cancel on…
Another weekend, and another little family day out to enjoy. We have recently nicknamed our Sundays #Sundayfunday, as we are trying to steer away from the usual Sunday tasks of homework…. piano practice… washing and ironing and enjoy some uninterrupted family time together. It is so easy to get wrapped up in the mundane tasks…
The Snowman I am letting you in to a little secret here, it is a day trip that is not too publicised and therefore stays that little bit magical. This year we visited the beautiful city of Chester at Christmas time to watch The Snowman at Chester Cathedral. The journey in Otis is not…