I can’t believe I’m actually writing a “fashion” post – but one of the things about travel is that you have to be comfortable and long haul flights it is one of the most important things especially with kids. This year we are travelling over to Florida for the first time with the kids as…
Top Tips for the Airport – solo traveller
Back in 1997 I took the first of many solo trips, well in fact that year I did 3 trips the first a group trip skiing in the French Alps, the second my first volunteer trip away in Greece for 5 weeks and then Egypt for 4 weeks. I spent a lot of time in…
PERU – HIGHLIGHTS
One of the mini-trips that I took when based in Costa Rica for 3 years was a trip down to Peru. For me from Costa Rica to Peru it was like taking a trip to Greece and whilst I was on that side of the world I knew that I wanted to see a little…
Camping in the Forest – family and pet friendly
As a child my memories of vacation up to around the age of 8 for Summer centred around heading either to Norfolk, Cornwall, Wales or the Lake’s where the majority of the time we would have our carvan towed behind us or stuffed into the car with our Irish Red Setter and all the camping…
A new site
In 2011 when my kids were very young I started my site Rainy Day Mum, a season of my life where rainy days meant that there was a challenge that needed to be met and I knew that I wasn’t alone. With a newborn and a toddler we could enjoy summer days outside but what…