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National Trust family working holidays

November 19, 2012 by Gretta Schifano 2 Comments

clearing woodland on a national trust working holiday at stackpole

My husband had a wonderful time yesterday afternoon outside clearing up leaves and attacking shrubs with the hedge trimmer. At Easter we were guests on a National Trust family working holiday to Stackpole in Pembrokeshire which I wrote about for The Independent. The youngest loved the day our group spent chopping down shrubs in the woods […]

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Categories: Elsewhere, Wales
Tags: gardening with kids, kids, National Trust, National Trust working holidays for families, Pembrokeshire, Stackpole, travel, volunteering, Wales

The best flight ever

November 7, 2012 by Gretta Schifano 6 Comments

infinity pool at dionysos, turkey

We went to the Dionysos estate in Turkey with Exclusive Escapes for the October half term holiday. I’m writing about the trip in print, but wanted to write here about how we got there because it was my best experience of air travel since my first plane journey 25 years ago. When I heard that […]

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Categories: The journey, Turkey
Tags: airports, Dalaman, Exclusive Escapes, kids, luxury flight, Ryanair, Stansted, Titan Air, travel, Turkey

The Story Museum, Oxford

October 21, 2012 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

story museum, oxford

Oxford’s Story Museum aims to celebrate and promote children’s literature, and is due to open in the city centre in 2015. It should be a great success if its patrons are anything to go by: the fabulous authors Philip Pullman, Michael Rosen, Michael Morpurgo and Jacqueline Wilson. At the moment the museum runs outreach programmes in […]

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Categories: Attractions, Elsewhere
Tags: Alice in Wonderland, children's books, children's literature, Jacqueline Wilson, kids, Michael Morpurgo, Michael Rosen, Oxford, Philip Pullman, Story Museum

Birling Gap, East Sussex

September 5, 2012 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

birding gap, east sussex

Birling Gap is one of my favourite places. It’s between Brighton and Eastbourne, but is unspoilt and beautiful, and owned by the National Trust. It’s part of the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs and has seen some perfect days out throughout my life, the most recent being with my Mum and kids a couple of weeks […]

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Categories: Coast, Elsewhere
Tags: beach, Birling Gap, East Sussex, kids, rock pools, Seven Sisters, travel

Kayaking for kids

July 28, 2012 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

Kayaking at Stackpole on a National Trust family volunteering holiday. Copyright Gretta Schifano

My kids and I were in Pembrokeshire this week with some other Mums and kids, and my friend Lizzie and her two eldest went sea kayaking at the National Trust’s Stackpole Quay and had a great time. We weren’t organised enough to book ahead, and so there wasn’t space for all of us, sadly. I’ve […]

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Categories: Active, Coast, Wales
Tags: family, kayaking, kids, National Trust, Pembrokeshire, sea kayaking, sport, Stackpole, Stackpole Quay, travel, Wales, water sport

The Harry Potter Studio Tour

May 24, 2012 by Gretta Schifano 2 Comments

the making of harry potter studio tour

My family loves Harry Potter. It feels like our eldest grew up with him, and the day the Deathly Hallows book came out we had to buy two copies because neither of us could wait to read it. (My husband felt this to be an appalling waste of money and still hasn’t forgiven me 5 […]

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Categories: Attractions, London
Tags: children, days out, family, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, J K Rowling, kids, school holiday activities, studio tours, The Making Of Harry Potter Studio Tour, travel, UK trips, Warner Bros

World Book Night

April 23, 2012 by Gretta Schifano 3 Comments

kids reading

I just found out that it’s World Book Night, and that’s made me really happy because: a kind lady gave me a new book to read which I have never read and think I will love (The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho); on the back of the book it says ‘This book is a gift. It […]

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Categories: Seasonal
Tags: book characters, book fair, books, kids, kids fancy dress, mums, reading, World Book Day, World Book Night, worldbooknight

National Trust Standen for kids

April 19, 2012 by Gretta Schifano Leave a Comment

view from standen

Standen is a beautiful Arts & Crafts National Trust house in West Sussex, and I went there last week with my sister and our children. I know the National Trust has been harping on about all the things kids should do before being swallowed up by screens, but I’ve never found Trust properties (of the […]

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Categories: Attractions, Elsewhere
Tags: children, days out, historic houses, kids, mums, National Trust, play, play areas, playgrounds, south-east England, Standen, stately homes, travel, UK travel, West Sussex

Sea Kayaking in Pembrokeshire

April 10, 2012 by Gretta Schifano 2 Comments

kayaks at barafundle beach, pembrokeshire

Putting on a wetsuit is exhausting, especially when you put it on back to front and then have to peel it off and reinsert yourself the right way round. But it was my first time, so I knew no better. Once suited, I had to put on a waterproof jacket, life vest and helmet before […]

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Categories: Active, Coast, Wales
Tags: Barafundle, days out, family activities, kayaking, kids, National Trust, National Trust working holidays for families, Pembrokeshire, sea kayaking, Stackpole, Stackpole Quay, travel, UK, Wales

How to make an Easter bonnet

March 27, 2012 by Gretta Schifano 8 Comments

Easter eggs. Copyright Gretta Schifano

The youngest’s school Easter Bonnet Parade is looming. This, like World Book Day and other such occasions, must have been dreamt up by an alpha mum who can effortlessly fashion a costume out of scraps of leftover craft materials she happens to have lying around, and whose extrovert child loves nothing more than turning up at […]

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Categories: Seasonal
Tags: boys' Easter bonnet, Easter, Easter bonnet, Easter bonnet parade, family, kids, kids craft

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