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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A tour of Belgium in pandemic holidays 2021 (part 1)
Due to covid travel restrictions we weren’t able to leave Belgium until recently and so we’ve ended up doing a tour of Belgium in pandemic holidays in somewhat extreme weather:-10 degrees Celsius in February, snow at Easter in April and so, so much rain in the summer. We’ve had fun exploring Belgium though and it’s Read more
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New Years Eve trip
At the end of 2020 we took a little trip to Beauraing in the Ardennes and stayed in a little self-catered apartment attached to the owner’s main home. I don’t think we will ever stay there again as the layout made it quite tricky with the girls and none of us were able to sleep Read more
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Trip to the Belgian coast
We had a few days on the Belgian coast during my daughter’s half term holiday. It was really nice to see the sea, and I would highly recommend the farm that we stayed on vakantiehoeve ‘t Goed ter Leeuwen. We’re going to go back in February again, and ha this time try not to accidentally Read more
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Malmedy 2019
A cartoon from the first holiday we went on after the birth of our second daughter in July 2019. In hindsight maybe we should have gone further afield given the situation now with travelling, but we had a lovely time at Val d’Arimont, it was so peaceful there with lovely walks and cycle rides just Read more
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De Heen trip
We had a fun but exhausting weekend in De Heen with a group of friends and all our children in March 2019. I would recommend the Air BnB we stayed in (Sluiswachterswoning + appartement) but note that it is on a tiny island only accessible by a pedestrian bridge that is only lowered for a Read more
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