To cheer ourselves up in lockdown, having had to cancel our trip to Disney World, we decided to recreate our favourite moments from the last trip we took as a family and to cheer up my quarantined parents too. Now we actually did these three events over three separate weekends – you could do them … Read more
I’ve had a plan for our pretend visit to Argentina in my head for AGES but I needed one more special something. A chance remark from my best friend about some horses you could visit at the edge of our town clicked the final part of the adventure into place! Dulce de Leche My kids … Read more
The weather this late Spring in the UK has been remarkable. It seemed to perfect time to visit Brazil – a country synonymous with sunshine and the beach! Penny has been really interested in Brazil as one of her close friends at school is from there and she knows quite a lot about the country … Read more
The weather has been so dreadful lately and so we were seeking a weekend of yummy food and wind blown adventures. Scotland seemed the ideal place to pretend visit – and (as so often happens in real Scotland) the sun decided to make an appearance despite the weather warnings! Breakfast We actually had two breakfasts … Read more
Penny was playing a napkin in her drama group’s production of Beauty and the Beast last weekend and so to us that seemed the perfect excuse to revisit our favourite French neighbours. France has so many lovely foods and activities it was the perfect way to spend a sunny weekend. Last time we visited we … Read more
Penny asked if we could have another New Zealand day as it was one of her favourites (she’s a half Kiwi kid – of course it was!). We wanted to make sure this day was different from the last, so we made a number of changes. Windmill Farm This gorgeous farm has a petting zoo … Read more
Last week, while on holiday in Spain, we took the children on a day trip to Morocco. It was brilliant fun, but we felt that we had only scraped the surface of this amazing place and so it seemed exactly the right adventure to go on from our home in Liverpool this weekend. Breakfast Research … Read more