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?…
Baby passport photos are always hilarious, and Tin Box Tot’s is no exception. We recently applied for her first passport as we are flying to Sweden for a wedding in August. I was dreading taking TBT to have her photos done at our local London Camera Exchange shop. I had visions of her wriggling for…
We love to caravan but another big part of our lives is the Royal Navy. It’s quite literally ‘the day job’ for Mr Tin Box. Last weekend, rather than hitch up, we went along to a big event for our military community – the HMS Collingwood Open Day and Field Gun competition HMS Collingwood, in…
June is Camping Month and we’ll be enjoying more Tin Box fun. However, while a lot of camping advocates will be using this month to rave about why you should give life under canvas or moulded plastic a go, I thought I look a some of the reasons why you might be put off. Rain…
A rare thing happened this week – Mr Tin Box and I had a toddler free daycation. Since Tin Box Tot came along last February, we haven’t had a full day off together without our now sizable bundle of joy. It’s something we’ve been meaning to do for a while, but house moving and general…
Tin Box had a taste of the agricultural life last weekend. We were staying at Ramley Farm near Lymington in the New Forest, where tractors were a regular sight during our two day stay. The landowner was busy cutting and baling silage using some very impressive machinery that had us fascinated. The view from Tin Box’s…