If you’d like to have an outdoor adventure in the UK, the New Forest makes an excellent destination, as I found out on a trip there in January. The New Forest is a ruggedly peaceful National Park and you can reach it in just 90 minutes from London by train. Protected since William the Conqueror […]
How to learn to ski as an adult
This is a guest post by Nell Heshram, a travel writer and blogger who lives in London with her partner and two young children. Learning to ski as an adult ‘When is it too late to learn to ski? A few people asked me that question before we headed off on our recent trip to […]
6 great things to do in Cape Town with teenagers
This post is by Anglo-Italian journalist Lorenza Bacino. In December Lorenza visited South Africa for a holiday with her husband and their two kids (14 and 12). The family spent six days exploring Kruger National Park (you can read about their experience in the post Family safari: Kruger, South Africa) and also visited the Cape […]
Family safari: Kruger, South Africa
This post is by Anglo-Italian journalist Lorenza Bacino. You can read about her experiences in Cape Town here. “In December, I was lucky enough to travel to South Africa with my husband and the kids (14 and 12) to stay with friends and experience the country as a local, which is always the best way, I […]
Ice skating at Hampton Court Palace, London
This is a guest post by Cathy Winston of MummyTravels.com. Cathy’s an award-winning travel writer and editor and her blog focuses on her travels with her young daughter. Hampton Court Palace ice rink When is the best time to take your kids ice skating for the first time? For the past few years, as London’s wonderful winter rinks have popped up around the capital – including […]
How to use Santander hire bikes to explore London
If you’ve visited London over the last few years, you may have noticed clutches of chunky hire bikes sitting at docking stations and being ridden around the city. These public bikes (annoyingly known as ‘Boris bikes’, after the mayor who was in post at the time that they were launched) are currently sponsored by Santander, […]
What to wear for a DofE expedition
Have you heard about the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, also known as the DofE? It’s a brilliant programme which encourages 14 to 24 year-olds to practice a sport, get involved with volunteering, learn or improve a skill and go on an expedition. The programme runs at three different levels: Bronze, Silver and Gold, and is […]
7 great outdoor activities in the Forest of Dean
I spent a brilliant spring 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 […]
How to ride a fatbike on snow
Have you ever tried fatbiking? I went fatbiking on snow on a press trip to France earlier this year, and it was a lot of fun, although quite tricky. I was in Auris-en-Oisans in the Alpe d’Huez grande domaine ski area, which is one of Europe’s largest ski areas. Fatbiking When my instructor, Laurent, explained […]
Exploring the Isles of Scilly
This is my second post about my trip to the beautiful Isles of Scilly with my husband and our son (13). We stayed at the marvellous Star Castle Hotel on St. Mary’s, the main island (you can read my review of the hotel here, and my post about things to do in the Isles of Scilly […]
