As I drive up to The Malvern Spa I assume that my SatNav has brought me to the wrong place. I’ve been to a fair few spas in my time, and all of them have been either in country house hotels, or on the coast or in swish city centre locations – apart from the […]
How to keep your mobile devices safe while travelling
If you and your family take mobile phones, tablets or laptops with you on your travels, how do you protect them? And how can you keep your children safe online when you’re away from home? Protecting your mobile devices Mobile devices can contain a huge amount of personal information, and if they’re lost or stolen […]
How to visit the places in the Winnie-the-Pooh books
I’ve loved A. A. Milne’s stories about Christopher Robin, Pooh Bear and friends ever since I was given paperback copies of Winnie-the-Pooh and When We Were Very Young as a child. I still have those books – according to the back cover they cost 20p each. The books were originally published in the 1920s but […]
Cabin bag review: Booq Daypack
Last weekend I had my tightest packing challenge ever: a weekend in the Italian Alps with just a small backpack for my luggage. I was in Italy with my husband to celebrate a friend’s birthday, and I was trying out a new bag which I’d been sent to review: a Booq Daypack. I have to […]
What to do when your child starts university: tips from a student
Last week I published a post with advice from me and from some other parents on what to do when your teen starts university. Now my daughter Izzy, who’s just about to start her second year of uni, has written this post with her tips for parents who are going through this: ‘It’s that time […]
What to do when your teen starts university
This time last year my daughter was just about to start university – and my emotions were all over the place. I was delighted and proud that she had a place on the course and in the city that she’d chosen. With memories of my own time as a student in my mind, I was […]
Win a Florida family villa holiday
Who’d like to win a family holiday to Florida? My 14 year-old, for one – he’s desperate to go back there to go to Universal Studios. We went to Florida for our family summer holiday four years ago and had a brilliant time. We went to all of the Disney parks, watched a rocket launch […]
10% airport parking discount
Do you drive to the airport when you travel? If so, how do you book your parking? When I flew from London Gatwick to Copenhagen for a weekend trip with my husband recently, I booked our parking through SkyParkSecure. We had an early morning flight and so I was looking for a meet and greet […]
7 great outdoor activities in the Forest of Dean
I’ve just spent a brilliant weekend in the Wye Valley and Forest of Dean. The area sits on the border of England and Wales, and I was invited there by the local tourist association. I was one of a group of bloggers who were there to experience some of the local outdoor activities. Here’s my […]
Our trip to Porto, Portugal’s second city
We spent a couple of of nights in the fascinating city of Porto on our summer trip to Portugal. I was travelling with my husband and our two children, 18 and 13 at the time. If you’d like to know about the rest of our Portugal trip, you can read my posts about Lisbon and […]
