Over the years I have had messages from lots of new parents who have started caravanning with a baby or toddler and are wondering what’s the best sleeping arrangements for young children in a caravan? *This post contains affiliate links* We started caravanning with Baby and Tot when they were just weeks old. A lot…
Thinking of buying the Coleman Event Dome XL shelter for your camping trips? Here’s why we it is the best gazebo for camping we’ve have tried
I could get used to views like this. Just a few hours after arriving at Manor Farm Caravan & Camping Site in Seaton, Devon, I was sold. With panoramic views across the Seaton Wetlands nature reserve down to the impossibly blue Jurassic Coast of Lyme Bay it’s not hard to understand why so many caravanners…
One of the best things about caravanning with kids is that there’s very little space for them to create mess. Likewise, one of the worst things about caravanning with kids is that this tiny space gets cluttered very quickly. Five years into our caravan adventures with babies, toddlers and now school-aged kids, we have added…
In the summer of 2017 we took an amazing family road trip. In just over two weeks we covered 850 miles, put our legs down in four counties and had more family days out than I care to count. That’s not to mention pitching up at our first family festival. I think it was our…
Since moving to Devon 18-months-ago we are guilty of hugging the coastline for a lot of our adventures and mini-breaks. Who can blame us with more than 200 miles of beaches, rocky coves and cliff walks to explore? But what about inland Devon with its rolling moors and ancient forests? Last month we had the…
Music always plays a important role during our camping and caravan trips. Over the years we’ve had a succession of outdoor bluetooth speakers and battery radios to provide the playlist for our adventures. So when Lava Accessories got in touch to see whether we’d like to review the Lava BrightSounds 2 Bluetooth Speaker we were…
Do you own a caravan or motorhome? Fancy winning a three night stay at Church Farm Holiday Park in Suffolk? We’ve teamed up with Amber Leisure to give you, my lovely reader, to chance to do just that! Planning a caravan break in East Anglia We can’t wait to get Tin Box back on the road after…
Last weekend we ventured out in our caravan for its first trip of the year. The occasion was a family wedding in North Devon – two hours from our home in Dartmouth – so we decided to make a weekend of it. Having a caravan can be a massive bonus when you are travelling around…
Like many families we have been using January to firm up our travel plans for 2016 and what a year it’s going to be. We’ve had a couple of exciting holidays land in our laps – a weekend away for Mr Tin Box and I, plus an eight-day family cruise. The blogger in me is…