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If you are searching for a campsite in Cornwall on the beach with mobile homes, touring pitches and facilities for tents then here’s a top recommendation for you from one of our regular contributors, Katie de Pelete. She’s written this Pentewan Sands Holiday Park review, which is super handy for…
Read moreBack in the autumn the girls and I went on a road trip around England covering more than 700 miles in just over a week. By the final weekend I was exhausted from all the driving and solo parenting while Mr Tin Box was busy at work. This is when…
Read moreOur obsession with Cornwall continues! If you’re a regular reader you’ll know we hang out there a lot – like, several times a year. But there was one type of break we’d not tried before…until recently. If you’re looking for lodge holidays in Cornwall then you’re going to want to read…
Read more*Advertisement feature* The worst thing about holidaying in the UK? The weather! You never can rely on when that shy sun is going to peep from behind the clouds – except that it’s bound to happen on the day the kids go back to school. That is the only rule…
Read moreThere’s no better cure for the post-summer holiday blues than going on another break. A couple of weeks ago we picked up Tot from her first few days of school, hitched up Tin Box and set off for a mood brightening trip to Cornwall. We love the far south west…
Read moreIf you asked our girls what their perfect holiday would look like their lively descriptions and excited scribbles would amount to something not far off Hendra Holiday Park in Newquay. The girls and I had the pleasure of staying at Hendra earlier this month. Here’s our review including all their…
Read moreWe’re guilty of driving though East Devon many more times than stopping, either on our way to visit family in Hampshire or returning home to South Devon. Thankfully we had a chance to remedy this when we were invited to review the award-winning Andrewshayes Holiday Park, Devon. It’s a family-run…
Read moreWe love family and dog-friendly holidays, and have recently returned from a great one at the John Fowler St Ives Holiday Village in Cornwall. This woodland lodge resort for families ticks all the right boxes for pet-friendly accommodation in a superb location. Here’s our review of this family holiday park…
Read moreWe were invited to review Bath Mill Lodge Retreat, a short drive from the historic spa town of Bath in Somerset. The location, less than three miles from the city centre and its famous Roman Baths, is the ideal spot for a city break with kids, with all the benefits of a country…
Read moreLast summer we spent a day in Marseille as part of a Mediterranean cruise. This all too short stop off got me thinking back to some of my childhood holidays in the country. And also more recent visits with Mr Tin Box before we had kids. It’s surprising how just…
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