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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Summer part 11: Devon
For the second half of our summer holiday we went to the UK to visit family on the Eurotunnel. Every two years we have a big meet up with my side of the family (I have two younger brothers and a younger sister who between them have five children). This year we stayed in a… Read more
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Summer Part 1: Hjerting and Luneburg
We once again had a no-fly holiday, this time somehow managing to make the 9+ hour drive from Brussels to Hjerting in one day. We thought we would be escaping the heat but it was still pretty hot even in Denmark at 29 degrees and our AirBnb though really nice had a lot of West… Read more
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Loire Valley
During the May heatwave (we’re about to start the June heatwave) the girls had their half term holiday and we drove to the Loire Valley in France to see the chateaus. We managed to see six chateaus, one each morning while it was cooler (26-30 degrees rather than 32-34 degrees like it was in the… Read more
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Easter school get together
Catherine and Simon out did themselves hosting an amazing get together of the Casterton girls (and their respective families and dogs- all of which looked the same!). It lasted 3 nights, multiple meals and at least two Easter Egg hunts. Storm Dave crashed the party on the Saturday night, but even the dodgy weather couldn’t… Read more
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February half term
I’ve been a bit slow getting this one finished because unfortunately our youngest daughter has had very bad growing pains in her heels (who knew this was a thing?!) that started soon after we got back from this February half term trip and have only just started getting better. The trip, despite the unrelentingly grey… Read more
