Six months into the year and I’m finally starting to catch up with myself after a hectic first half. If you caught my May travel round up the you’ll know that I wasn’t home much. Thankfully I got to sleep in my own bed quite a bit more in June but still fitted in a…
One month; 20 nights away; six cities; three hotels; two countries; two flights; one cruise; one solo trip; another holiday with the girls; and shed loads of amazing memories. That about sums up an exceptional May of travel and family fun. Family travel blog life is treating us well and I hope you’ve got plenty…
For much of February it felt like Spring was on its way with plenty of blue sky intervals and days growing noticeably longer. Then the ‘Beast from the East’ arrived and peppered the UK with snow. Here in the South West we got off pretty lightly but the icy wind was cutting. I’m over Winter…
Happy 2018 travel fans and welcome back to my monthly round-up. With the new year I thought I’d introduce a slightly different format to spice things up. Each month this year I’m going to be sharing a list of things. They may be family travel experiences we’ve loved, highlights from the past few weeks, holidays we’ve…
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I’ve been a travel blogger for a while now. Excuse the pun but it’s been an incredible journey. There’s been fabulous opportunities. I’ve made some great new friends. And I’ve learnt a lot. This week I’m sharing one of those lessons as I thought it might be useful to anyone thinking of starting up a…
Today is a landmark for Tin Box Traveller. Today my little maternity leave project turns five years old…and it’s going stronger than ever. What once gave me a creative focus in-between nappy changes has resulted in some pretty epic opportunities. It’s also been a massive learning curve, even as someone who has worked in the…
If I were to describe November in three words they would be: festive, fun and ouch. Yes, Christmas did start early for us here in Devon with lots of seasonal events towards the end of the month. All-in-all November was a fun month, and not overly busy which gave me plenty of time to reflect…
I shocked myself when I totted up the number of adventures we’d had this month – 12 in total. That’s some going even for us. It’s got me thinking head to how many trips and days out we will have ticked off by the end of the year in two months time. In 2016 we…
I don’t know about you but to me September feels like the beginning of another year. It marks the end of the summer and we most definitely saw a shift in the seasons. There were also some big changes for us as a family with one of our brood making the move from nursery to…