family friendly Archive

Whilst staying at the gorgeous eco friendly boutique hotel, The Green House in Bournemouth, we also enjoyed the hotels two AA Rosette restaurant, Arbor. Arbor is Latin for tree, which according to Arbor, reflects “our roots, our strong eco attitudes and our love …

A Family Mini Break During the half term holidays, we took a trip to Dublin for a few days. I’m not big on flying, but I have a great love of boats, so we chose to travel by ferry with Stena Line. …

One of our regular favourite places to visit as a family, in spring and summer particularly, is St James City Farm in Gloucester. It is a very small farm, in a built up part of the city, where you’d least expect to …

  Whilst on a spa break at the Hallmark Hotel and Spa in Gloucester with my friend Joy (who you can find blogging as PinkOddy), we had the spontaneous urge to try tubing. Having just discovered that our hotel was opposite Gloucester …

Whilst staying in the beautiful village of Peschiera Del Garda in Italy, we read about a fabulous restaurant on TripAdvisor that came highly recommended for its casual dining experience. On finding out that the Vecchio Mulino Beach Bar was only a five …

In 2009, my oldest daughter Bunny and I went on a little four day road trip exploring France. We caught the ferry to St Malo and travelled to Rennes, Nantes, Poitiers (and the Futuroscope) and finally down to La Rochelle. My highlights …

One of the places we’ve been to recently is the beautiful, picturesque Cotswold village of Bourton-On-The-Water. It’s a lovely place to go for picnics, walks by the stream, traditional giftshops, old fashioned tearooms and local ice-cream. We’ve had a few days out …

Gloucester is the host city of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and for the next three months, home of the Scrumpty Trail (a play on the words “Rugby Scrum” and “Humpty Dumpty”). The Scrumpty Trail is a sculpture trail organised by Marketing …

Mahoosive apologies for the lack of recent posts. Things got a bit crazy busy round our way. I’ve been shooting off to London for a series of press events and volunteering in Somerset too. I have the huge privilege of working as …

  I’ve already mentioned some of the numerous provisions for children at Royal Son Bou Family Club in Menorca, in my food and drink review and my accommodation review. Now I’m going to talk about the adult and children’s entertainment provisions and …