When planning for our son to arrive in 2012 I spent a lot of time looking at changing bags… which one offered the best storage? Which one looked the nicest? And which one was the ‘one to have’?! That’s when I came across the Pacapod range. It was new onto the market and offered a … Read more
It might not have escaped your notice but we’ve been in Greece this week enjoying an absolutely brilliant family holiday at a beautiful villa with Simpson Travel. We have taken over the Simpson Travel Instagram feed this week so why not head over and have a look at what we’ve been up to. Full blog … Read more
We took our 5 week old baby to Spain last week! “What!” Everyone said, “you must be mad!”, but in actual fact a new born is pretty easy to travel with, especially if you are breast feeding and don’t have to worry about preparing bottles, because they sleep a lot of the time! Much easier … Read more
The highs and lows of a 6 week New Zealand Motorhome Adventure with 2 children under 3…. My husband and I had talked about driving around New Zealand for years, so when the opportunity arose I thought we would have jumped at the chance…. Our hesitancy was due to the fact that we now had … Read more
We recently visited Leeds Castle, in Maidstone, Kent, on a very cold and blustery day in half term. It seemed quite quiet whilst we waited to get our tickets, but when we went through the gates to the parkland it was bustling with young mums and grandparents with children and toddlers. The grounds are magnificent … Read more
Center Parcs has historically been a family favourite for us and over the last 17 years, I have visited their holiday villages at good number of times. We have explored Elvedon, Sherwood and Whinfell and stayed in a variety of different types of accommodation (sadly, I still have yet to try out their treehouses – … Read more
When we launched #UKexplore on 7th April Rachel and I had no idea how popular it was going to be. We are thrilled to have over 1000 photos tagged since then. If you aren’t aware what #UKexplore is it is our new Instagram community that we have invited you all to join in with and share your … Read more
Summer is on the horizon, the British countryside is a vision of grazing calves, wild meadows and buzzing hedgerows and thoughts are turning to fun filled staycation ideas. This is why Farm Stay UK the UK’s only farmer owned rural accommodation consortium offering over a 1000 rural accommodation options is heralding – June is for Juniors … Read more
This year marked the inaugural year of the Shropshire Kids’ Festival. As regular visitors to the annual Shrewsbury Food Festival (review to follow!) we were really keen to find out what the same organisers had planned for this child focused event. The event is based in the Quarry Park in Shrewsbury and for those who … Read more
So if you were going to spend 4 nights in Dubai with Kids what would you do? Would you sip cocktails from a rooftop lounge? Would you laze around on the beach all day with a butler bringing you drinks? Would you eat gourmet food in swanky restaurants and savour every breath? You can of … Read more
When we launched #UKexplore on 7th April Rachel and I had no idea how popular it was going to be. We are thrilled over 350 of you have joined in in our very first month. If you aren’t aware what #UKexplore is it is our new Instagram community that we have invited you all to join in … Read more
We love a list here at Mini Travellers but when one of our writers was planning to head off on holiday abroad for the first time with her 6 month old baby, she couldn’t find a Checklist or Packing List that she thought had everything on, so she put a lot of ideas together and … Read more
Cheers to Carluccio’s! Carluccio’s opened its Ilkley branch to the general public on 15 February and we thought we would go and explore whether it lived up to its Italian reputation of being family friendly. With its picturesque charm, Ilkley is a great place for a potter with your pram (with baby in, of course!) … Read more
On a beautiful Spring day I set off to New Brighton with my good friend Julia aka Rainbeaubelle, her little girl and my twins. We haven’t had much sun round these parts for a while and so the blue skies and warm (ish) day was a real treat. We took the girls scooters, parked up … Read more
