Travel with Kids – KAYAK’s Totally Indispensable ‘Ultimate Guide’
Apr10

Travel with Kids – KAYAK’s Totally Indispensable ‘Ultimate Guide’

Like most families we love to travel together. It’s amazing to share new experiences, explore new places and share new things together – but being the one doing the organising can be a major headache, can’t it? I’m not sure how you work it, but for us we share the job of choosing where we’re going, and where we’re staying. But long years of experience have told us that it’s at this point that...

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Luxury Brecon Beacons Cottage | Tyn y Coed Review
Mar31

Luxury Brecon Beacons Cottage | Tyn y Coed Review

I closed the door of the woodburner and settled back down into the huge expanse of sofa, listening vaguely to the muffled murmurings of the teens in the hot tub outside. It was a damp and windy Welsh night out there, but happily ensconced in hot bubbles they didn’t seem to mind, and I certainly wasn’t complaining as I curled up with my book, glass of wine at my elbow. As always, the first day of the holiday had been a very...

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Self-catering holidays in Europe with NOVASOL
Mar10

Self-catering holidays in Europe with NOVASOL

NOVASOL is Europe’s leading self-catering holiday home provider – and with over 44,000 holiday homes spread across 29 countries in Central, Northern and Southern Europe, it is easy to see why!  Founded in 1968 in Denmark, NOVASOL has nearly 50 years’ experience in helping customers to find the right holiday home to suit their specific needs, so all you need to think about is relaxing and making life-long memories with your...

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The 10 Most Popular Takeout Dishes
Feb28

The 10 Most Popular Takeout Dishes

Gone are the days when takeout was simply just pizza – you can order virtually any meal and have it delivered to you now. We are counting down the top 10 takeout dishes ordered, and our mouths are watering! 10 – Chow Mein Noodles, bean sprouts, meat and veg – what else could you ever want? This dish is one of the most popular Chinese food requests. Chow Mein holds our number 10 spot for best takeout. 9 – Burgers Who can resist a...

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Do You Have All These Cold Weather Essentials In Your Family Car?
Feb06

Do You Have All These Cold Weather Essentials In Your Family Car?

Just as we thought the worst of the winter weather was behind us, large amounts of the country are forecast for ice & snow for the rest of the week. *actually February often has a winter sting in it’s tail. According to my Facebook ‘On This Day’ app a couple of days ago, this was what we were doing… I’ve been chatting to the folks at Confused.com about driving in cold winter weather – did you...

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Review of the Graco Evo XT – one rather fabulous stroller #GenerationGraco
Feb01

Review of the Graco Evo XT – one rather fabulous stroller #GenerationGraco

Last in our #GenerationGraco series is a review of the Graco Evo XT – a fabulously sturdy pushchair that appears to be perfectly suited to our rural lifestyle. Once unpacked, clipping the axle, wheels and basket into place was a doddle, and we were literally ready to roll within minutes. Even with all the fab pushchair testing we’ve done recently, this one created an immediate impressed face. It looks great, of course, but...

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