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 …
I’m shocking with heights to the point where I look like Elvis when standing on anything higher than a chair. Thankfully my crazy legs haven’t passed on to Tin Box Tot. She was an absolute star during our recent trip to Go Ape at Itchen Valley Country Park in Southampton. *Advertisement feature* We were invited …
Last month we towed our caravan, Tin Box, to Blackfield on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire. It’s a great location for exploring the National Park and for hopping on the Hythe Ferry to Southampton. In all of the 30-odd years we lived in Hampshire this was something we’d never done. So it …
I get post-holiday blues badly and after the summer it seems even worse. In September, we eked out every last moment of the UK holiday season. We continued a bit of the vacation vibe that we enjoyed in August by spending a week away from home but working from Tin Box. Sadly the real world caught up with …
February was one of those months when we didn’t stop for breath. It was manic but in a totally fab way. I love life when it’s busy. Do you? Here’s what we’ve been up to: At home I went back to work in the second week of February. I had 10 months maternity leave, which felt …
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 …
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 …
This time last year I saw a lot of friends on Facebook raving about the Christmas experience at a local garden centre – Keydell Nursery in Horndean, Hampshire. If it was just one person posting loads of photos I might have passed it off as over-enthusiasm. But in the space of a few weeks I …
A review of our visit to Peppa Pig World at Paulton’s Park – a Hampshire attraction and theme park perfect for toddlers
Ever since the summer when Tin Box Tot went swimming in the pool at our holiday park she hasn’t stopped talking about it. She even flips on to her front in the bath and pretends to swim. So when Mr Tin Box suggested talking Tin Box Dog down to the beach for a paddle at …