For nearly every holiday I’ve been on since 2009 I’ve tried to do a cartoon ‘map’ that records all the funny silly sayings and most important things that happened on the trip.
In 2019 as a family we stopped flying because of its insanely high carbon footprint, and also because of how bad it is in terms of immediate noise and air pollution. It has meant our holiday destinations have become less exotic, but it really doesn’t matter when you are with friends or family! If you need tips for flight free holidays check out: flightfree.co.uk .
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Black Forest
For the October half term holiday we drove to the Black Forest and stayed in a hotel on the side of the Feldberg. Luckily we’d taken advantage of the clock change and managed to leave the house at 6:30am and arrived just as the first snowflakes were falling – a few hours later and the Read more
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No flying summer holiday
We had another summer of no flying, and so we did a round trip in the car from Brussels to the south of England to Jersey to France and back home again using the Eurotunnel and two ferries to cross the English Channel. We had a really nice time on our trip (even if Isabel Read more
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Cousin Time
My brother and his family came to visit us at the end of July for a couple of days before they took the overnight train to Munich. I was really impressed by how light they were able to pack -a hiking rucksack for each the two adults and a small rucksack for each of the Read more
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Scheveningen 2
We went to Scheveningen in the Netherlands for the June long weekend, which coming so soon after our Limburg adventures felt like a bit of a mistake as we were packing, but it turned out to be a very nice trip! We have some good friends who live nearby in The Hague so we saw Read more
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Limburg
For the girls half term holiday we went to Limburg, which is an hour and fifteens minutes drive from Brussels. We got a bit unlucky with the weather because it rained everyday we were there when there had been an almost 2 month long drought in Brussels just before we left. There is so much Read more
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Easter 2025
We had another Easter in the Lake District and this time got super lucky with the weather – it only drizzled one morning out of the week we were there which is unheard of! The girls are finally able to do some longer walks without too many complaints, so we made it up Sale, Binsey, Read more
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