We set off for a trip to Brighton on the South coast of England after school one Friday evening. My husband, our teenage son and I are staying at the Holiday Inn Brighton Seafront as part of the Holiday Inn and BritMums You’re Welcome campaign for families. Holiday Inn is part of the Intercontinental group, […]
Warner Bros Studio Tour: The Making of Harry Potter
On New Year’s Eve we head to Leavesden, near London, to visit the studios where the eight Harry Potter films were made. Over a period of ten years, J. K Rowling’s marvellous series about the wizarding world was brought to life in a former WWII aircraft factory, and now the studios are open to the public. I’m […]
Animals, rides and more at Drusillas Park
This is a guest post by broadcast journalist and blogger Sharmeen Ziauddin. Sharmeen blogs at BritPakGirl and lives in Surrey with her husband and their three young children. You can find her tweeting @sharm33n Drusillas Park “On a Saturday in late November I took my family to Drusillas Park, where Winter Wonderland is open for the festive season. […]
Brooklands Museum: aviation and motorsport
One sunny afternoon in July my 12 year-old son and I headed over to Brooklands Museum. Brooklands is in Surrey in the South of England and is on the site of the world’s first purpose-built motor circuit, which was constructed in 1907. Brooklands Cars, motorbikes and bicycles all used to race at Brooklands and the […]
4 unique places to stay: which would you choose?
If you could choose to stay in a tree house in Cornwall, an ice hotel in Sweden, a glass igloo in Finland or a hotel made to look like a stack of different houses in Holland, which one would you go for? I’ve not stayed at any of these places but I’ve been asked to write […]
Bekonscot Model Village review
This is a guest post by Kate Ainscow. Bekonscot Model Village Bekonscot Model Village is in Beaconsfield, a quiet, rural town just 25 minutes by train from London. Bekonscot is a magical English minature village which is set in the 1930’s and is hidden away in a large old country garden in Buckinghamshire. Bekonscot is surrounded by […]
Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Park and Fly
Our flight from London Gatwick to Dubrovnik was scheduled to leave at 6.50am. That would mean waking the kids up up far too early in order to reach the airport and check in at 4.50am. I wasn’t looking forward to a pre-dawn start to our Easter trip to Croatia. Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Park […]
Kelling Heath Holiday Park
This is a guest post by Lorenza Bacino, Anglo-Italian journalist and travel writer. Lorenza went to check out Kelling Heath Holiday Park in Norfolk with her family on behalf of Mums do travel. Kelling Heath Holiday Park Kelling Heath is designated an area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. And on our recent spring visit to Kelling Heath Holiday […]
Room Report: Great John Street Hotel
I stayed at the luxurious Great John Street Hotel in Manchester for one night last week. The hotel is part of the Eclectic Hotels group which has two other hotels in the area. I was with my sixteen year-old daughter and nephew and we were reviewing the hotel while on a tour of some of […]
Goodwood Under 17s driving academy
During the half-term break I was invited to stay at the Goodwood Hotel in Sussex in the South of England with my family. Goodwood Goodwood is an historic country house and estate which has been owned by the Dukes of Richmond since the seventeenth century. Besides Goodwood House the Estate includes the Goodwood horse racing […]