Big Family Camping – the properly excellent Bahia 7 tent from Outwell
When LitteStuff tried out the Bahia 7 Tent. It used to be that the husband and I only ever had one question to answer for our holidays – where do we fancy taking the tent this time? We ALWAYS camped. And it made us happy to our bones. Once the children came along, the logistics got a bit harder. More than just a couple of duvets, cooking equipment and a few clothes bunged into a bag. But it wasn’t until I was pregnant with...
Coming alive, it’s coming alive… Horrible Science is coming alive…
Those clever clogs from the Birmingham Stage Company have done it again! The latest in the Horrible series stage shows has given me those exact words (“it’s coming alive, it’s coming alive…” to a maddening tune going round and round in my head, and just when I think I have shaken it off one of my lovely children pipes up and actually sings it and away we go again! Horrible Science, the follow up to...
Amazing Bargains on Winter Breaks with YHA – Properly Cheap Family City Breaks!
Loving the new YHA winter offer! You can choose from over 100 hostels, book by 17 November 2013 and stay between 16 September and 13 February… from just £9.50 per person per night! Plus, families booking a family room get an extra 10% off – that means a family of 4 can stay in a private room from just £34 a night! I just tried it out, thinking we could use an overnight stay when we head to Bath’s Christmas Market in...
When LittleStuff Went To France – Les Suvieres Review
So finally, after two days and almost 1,000 miles, we arrived at our villa Les Suvieres, waaay down South near St Tropez. First impressions were great – a long quiet tree-lined drive up an almost unmade track. As the car slowed to a stop we were greeted by a smiling older lady whose English was as good as my French – but we had enough to get by, and the welcome was very warm. After a couple of minutes her daughter arrived,...
When LittleStuff Went to France – and stopped halfway at Ibis Styles.
When those lovely people at Accor heard we were making a very lo-o-o-ng (11.5hr drive) road trip through France, they incredibly kindly offered to provide a stopover half way. Naturally I chose the spot in a very careful and scientific manner – I drew the map on Googlemaps, and plumped for wherever appeared to be halfway on the route… This meant that we were stopping in Bourges! Accor came back and said that the ibis...
The LittleStuff Road Trip across France – Taking the Barfleur
Thanks to the new homeschooling, we were able to take our family holiday in September this year – but it did mean heading down much further to the very south coast of France to catch some guaranteed sunshine. The first leg of the journey was thanks to Brittany Ferries and the Barfleur. In previous years we’ve always had the option of the High Speed Ferry – super-speedy crossing in just 3 hours, if a little bumpy at...