With storms forecast and flood warnings a plenty, we didn’t have great hopes for this weekend away. Luckily for us the great British weather didn’t live up to expectations. We were caravanning with the West Hampshire Centre of the Caravan Club at Somerley Lakes near Ringwood in Dorset. It’s a lovely location with the rally field…
There’s just one month left until our first family holiday abroad. It all became a bit more real for me last week when I took a trip to Manchester with work. While sitting on the plane, flicking through the inflight magazine, I realised the next time I flew would be with an 18-month-old sat on…
I spent my first whole night away from Tin Box Tot this week. It’s taken 17 months – more by accident than by planning – but we were both ready to give it a go. Packing for one! I can understand why some people are anxious about leaving their little one for the first time….
It’s pictures like this that remind me why we work so hard to afford special time with our little Tin Box family at the weekends. All the early mornings and late nights are worth it when you can share the experience of kicking off your shoes and dipping your toes in the sand with friends…
There’s been a bubble explosion in the Tin Box household. Every cupboard and surface has been accessorised with bottles, wands and machines full of sticky liquid. And it’s all in honour of Tin Box Tot’s first proper word: bubble. Grandmas must also bend to Tin Box Tot’swill when it comes to bubbles It came out…
Like all mums, I juggle a lot of balls. In fact I have started to wonder what I used to do with my time before I became a parent. The hours of my week are now gobbled up by my part-time job in PR, a little bit of freelance work to top up the pennies,…
Someone has been paying their dues to the weather Gods as we’ve been enjoying some scorching trips away recently. Last weekend we pitched up on a rally at Newbury Rugby Club. The rally had been organised to coincide with the Summer Solstice and some of our more enthusiastic neighbours were up to see dawn on…
Earlier this month I heard about the Meeks – a family of four who have been set the challenge to take 20 caravan holidays in 20 weeks. During their travels they will be completing a bumper list of outdoor activities. The Xplore Challenge, which has been organised by The Caravan Club and caravan manufacturer Elddis,…
Toot toot! There’s nothing like the promise of a train ride to get kids and bigger kids all excited. That was just one of the activities on our agenda when we parked Tin Box close to Moors Valley Country Park on the Hampshire-Dorset border. Our weekend home was Grundy’s Farm Camping and Caravan site, not far…
When I say training, I don’t necessarily mean for the dogs. When Mr Tin Box and I first discussed bringing a dog into our lives, we had a lot of very grown up conversations. Could we give a dog enough attention? Would we miss the freedom of last minute holidays? Did we have a big enough garden?…