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Haynes International Motor Museum with kids
If you love cars then you’ll adore Haynes International Motor Museum. But is it a good day out for kids and non-car fans? Here’s our review
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Top 10 family travel blog posts of 2017 – holidays and days out with kids
2017 was a fun year of travel for us with 26 trips, 83 family days out and 71 nights away from home. I’ve already shared our highlights from the past 12 months but I thought it might be fun to see which of our family travel blog posts appealed most to you, my dear readers….
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Longleat Festival of Light review – a magical winter experience
Sparkle? Check! Fairy tales? Check! Dancing princesses? Check! Oh, and a dazzling 50ft Christmas tree spreading festive cheer through the medium of light and sound? Check! Could there be a more magical winter experience than Longleat Festival of Light in Wiltshire? After being invited to review the UK’s largest Chinese lantern event, we think you’d be…
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Blog | Devon | Family days out | UK
A family day out at Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary
Nestled in the hills of East Devon’s Area of Outstanding Natural beauty is a charity doing amazing work in aid of the health and welfare of donkeys. Not only this, the Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary is a great Devon family day out that is dog-friendly and free! We visited while staying just down the road at Andrewshayes…
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5 days out in Bristol and Cardiff that little ones will love (and you will too)
This is a collaborative post Have you noticed that there seems to be plenty to do for older kids and nothing but soft play centres for those who aren’t quite old enough for go-karting and laser tag? I know there’s only so many Saturdays you can spend in a ball pit so, to save a…
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Blog | Devon | Family days out | UK
Coleton Aglow – party like it’s Christmas 1929 at Coleton Fishacre
One of our favourite Christmas experiences last year was Coleton Aglow at Coleton Fishacre. So it was a no-brainer to add this National Trust illuminated house and gardens to our festive bucket list. Here’s a taster of what we experienced during this 1929 Christmas-themed event: A country retreat in Devon Colton Fishacre was built by…
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Pendennis Castle – an English Heritage day out in Cornwall
The voices of the past echo loud at Pendennis Castle at Falmouth in Cornwall. The barracks at this Tudor fortification were manned for more than four centuries before it was finally decommissioned in the 1950s. Indeed the cliff top observation station and air raid shelter appear to have only recently been vacated by the troops…
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Blog | Devon | Family days out | UK
Buckland Abbey: a Dartmoor day out with kids
It’s not hard to understand why Sir Francis Drake bought Buckland Abbey as his home after liberating the Spanish of a haul of booty. This Tudor renovation project is located on the edge of beautiful Dartmoor in Devon, not far from Drake’s birthplace of Tavistock, and within easy reach of Plymouth. It was from where…
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Hiring a boat on the Norfolk Broads with kids
Norfolk is famous for its 125 miles of lock-free waterways that make boating holidays extremely popular in the region. When we visited in the summer we were staying in our own trusty caravan, but couldn’t resist the opportunity to hire a boat for a family day out on the Norfolk Broads. Here’s some of the…
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Christmas at the Eden Project: Festival of Light and Sound Review
The Eden Project in Cornwall really is an epic all-year-round attraction that will wow you whatever the season. We’ve tended to visit outside the summer holidays which comes with the benefit of smaller crowds. However, the events happening on the site of the world’s largest indoor rainforest continue to impress regardless of the time of…
