When LittleStuff had a cottage holiday in the Brecon Beacons – Llwyn-y-neuadd
If you’re looking for a peaceful and remote cottage for a family holiday filled with good old-fashioned fun, then this might be just the place for you. Just finding Llwyn-y-neuadd on a map is an adventure in itself, and when you see the track and think you’re nearly there – well, the adventure’s really just getting going. Because you need to navigate up the hill on an unmade ancient drover’s road...
VW Caravelle Road Trip – Forget Everything You Knew About Passenger Vans.
The passenger van, or people carrier, is a bit of a standing joke of a car, isn’t it?You only drive one when your family has grown so much there’s really no other choice. Oh, it’s alright if you simply fill the back with surfboards for a VW Caravelle Road Trip – THEN they’re cool. But for a parent to be buying a passenger van? It’s public symbol of a resigned acceptance of your fate, isn’t it?...
Remote, secluded, Banlicken – remember the holidays we used to have?
The final leg of our Scottish Road Trip for One Off Places was way over off the West Coast of Scotland, on to the Isle of Arran. The ferry itself is almost an hour’s crossing on a surprisingly big car ferry – the cost for us was over £60 each way, as it’s £31 for the car, plus £5 per person (there’s no benefit in a return price ticket unless you’re going back within 5 days; which is no use to...
Easter Activities with Pets At Home
To celebrate super small furry animals, Pets at Home will be providing Easter fun for children, with free pet workshops over the Easter holidays. My Pet Pals Easter activity club will be holding workshops at 2pm throughout the week using fun, interactive activities to educate the next generation of pet owners on how to care for small furry animals responsibly. Children attending the events will each receive their very own activity...
Snowboarding in the Cairngorms – about as much fun as you can have as a family.
While we were staying at Fisherman’s Cottage with One Off Places, we took Dora the Caravelle down to Aviemore one afternoon for an unforgettable afternoon as guests of The Ski School and Cairngorm Mountain. The husband and I had tried snowboarding about 20 years ago on a dry ski slope, but we had a feeling that a 3hr private family lesson in real snow way up high on a mountain side might be a very different experience… The...
Fisherman’s Cottage, Cawdor – The Ultimate Family Highlands Retreat
First stop on the recent LittleStuff tour of the Highlands, courtesy of One Off Places and VW, was a stay on the Cawdor Estate, between Inverness and Nairn. Now if I were to close my eyes and imagine my absolute ideal peaceful family holiday retreat, I would actually be conjuring up Fisherman’s Cottage. Of course, I wouldn’t have known what it was called until a few weeks ago, and a few of the details would be different,...