This post is by my daughter, Izzy, who went Interrailing two years ago. It was the first time that she’d travelled abroad without an adult and I was a bit fretty about it, but it was a great experience for her. I wrote a post about how I felt when she left: What to do when your teen goes travelling for the first time. […]
How to explore Cinque Terre, Italy
For my birthday last year two of my best friends gave me a fantastic present – they said that they were taking me on an adventure. I didn’t know where we were going or what we were doing, but I knew that I’d love whatever they arranged – we know each other inside out, and […]
A train trip to Florence
One summer we went to the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy for a family holiday. We spent a few days in the beautiful city of Bologna while we were there. I’ve written several posts about our trip (the links are at the bottom of this page), but this post is about our day trip to Florence […]
Pierre & Vacances Cap Esterel Resort
During the May half term holiday I should have been in the South of France with my son on a group press trip to Pierre & Vacances Cap Esterel resort. Unfortunately we couldn’t go (if you’d like to know why then you can read about what happened here) and we had a quiet week at home […]
First Great Western train ticket competition
The remote Isles of Scilly consist of a scattering of jagged rocks, reefs and small islands, only five of which are inhabited. This beautiful English archipelago sits 28 miles southwest of Cornwall and is home to about 2,200 people. I’ve never been there but have wanted to visit the Isles of Scilly ever since I […]
