5 things to do in Cardiff with kids
Visiting Cardiff with kids? Here’s five Cardiff family attractions I can recommend when visiting the Welsh capital with your brood
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Blog | Family days out | UK
Wild Place Project review – a Bristol zoo with a mission
A review of our experience of visiting the Wild Place Project in Bristol including what animals you can meet and family facilities
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Blog | Devon | Family days out
A weekend at home in Devon (in pictures)
The past few weeks have been a whirlwind of short breaks, nights away from the kids and a weekend blog conference for me. In between there’s been work and the usual daily routines to keep us busy. It’s been brilliant, inspiring and exhausting. We were overdue some quality family time at home and last week…
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An Easter break in Cornwall
We were really late planning our Easter break, mainly because we’ve been arranging lots of trips for April, May and June. It suddenly crept up on us. With our lack of organisation it could have been a bit of a disaster but it turned out to be an amazing weekend. A week before I had…
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Wild Place Project Giraffe House Appeal & Trunki giveaway – closed
What’s your favourite animal at the zoo? I’d have a pretty hard time deciding between the penguins and the giraffes. And after a trip to Bristol Zoo’s Wild Place Project I’d have to add Lemurs to the mix too! The Tin Box girls and I were invited to a bloggers event at the Wild Place…
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Blog | Family days out | Wales
A visit to Amelia Trust Farm
A visit to a farm is always a great family day out, but finding one that will also allow dogs is a bit of a rarity. Amelia Trust Farm in the Vale of Glamorgan is one such gem. We visited during our #GlamAdventure weekend in February. About Amelia Trust Farm Amelia Trust Farm is a charity…
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Giveaway: win a family pass to Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park – closed
We’ve teamed up with the lovely people at Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park to offer you a one-day family pass to use in 2016. This multi-award winning family attraction is a great family day out whatever the weather. We visited in February and had lots of fun in the indoor play areas and meeting the…
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Blog | Devon | Family days out
River Dart Country Park on a wet winter’s day
We had our first Devon house guests this month – Grandma and Grandpa Tin Box – which gave us the perfect excuse to explore our local area. Despite the less than lovely weather I suggested we visit the River Dart Country Park as I thought it would give us all a chance to stretch our…
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A Christmas Carol at Mottisfont Abbey
There are few stories that sum up the festive season more than Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. So when I heard that there was A Christmas Carol themed trail at Mottisfont Abbey near Romsey in Hampshire I made sure it was on our bucket list of pre-Christmas family activities. While we haven’t been able…
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Victorian Festival of Christmas at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard
At last, it’s December and perfectly acceptable to mention…Christmas! To be fair, I’ve been doing it quite a lot having already shared our pre-Christmas bucket list a whole month ago. Last weekend we ticked off one of the activities I was most excited about: the Victorian Festival of Christmas at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard (27 to…
