This summer, we spent a week with friends in Le Marche, a region which stubbornly remains off the radar to most non-Italian holidaymakers in spite of it offering everything a family could wish for from a…
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We spent two nights at Bush Farm Bison Centre campsite in Wiltshire at the start of June. Once a year we meet up with the same group of families for a camping trip. As we only see each…
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An “agriturismo” is an Italian farm which offers accommodation to guests. Prices, standards and facilities vary hugely so it pays to do a bit of research. Some are rustic in the truest sense of the term…
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Is Center Parcs a Marmite kind of place? It’s certainly not for everyone. We have visited Center Parcs three times now and our most recent trip at February half term to Elveden in Suffolk was our…
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I’ve done my fair bit of camping over the years. My most memorable trip was driving through the Kimberley in Western Australia in a ute, bush camping next to ancient gorges and deserted beaches. Now…
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I’ve always been a big fan of farm holidays, both in the UK and abroad. In my experience they offer affordable, authentic and family-friendly accommodation. So I decided a farm stay in Dorset would be…
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There’s a certain pressure to celebrate milestone birthdays so I started giving some thought to my 40th half way through last year as friends around me started hitting the big four zero. I wasn’t too…
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