Our summer holiday this year was pretty low key – a few nights visiting friends in the north of Scotland and then 3 nights in a hotel in Aviemore. We had the loveliest time catching up with our friends, seeing two new houses and meeting one new arrival. Despite arriving with bags that made it [...]
Today I’m delighted to publish a guest post by Rupert Woodward about caravanning. I have never stayed in a caravan before but I love road trips and with the amount of kit we pack these days I can certainly understand the appeal of bringing your accommodation with you! A guide to advantages of a caravanning [...]
Do you remember the games you used to play with siblings whilst on long car journeys? These days I’m still a fan of the old favourites (singing, looking out for different colours of cars etc) but my toddler is definitely of a new generation and I often use technology to keep him amused. A [...]
Just recently we had the opportunity to go to Arran. I haven’t visited many of Scotland’s islands so jumped at the chance to get away from the city and spend the weekend with friends. We spent two nights in Seawinds cottage with four friends and their three toddlers. Getting There We were driving from [...]
My baby boy turns one this week and inevitably I’m thinking a lot about this wonderful, life changing year. Those first hours and days were both amazing and overwhelming. One of the first hurdles to overcome as a parent was the task of getting my baby home from the hospital, and today I’m dreaming of [...]
Last week we went on a family holiday to Ardnamurchan, a remote peninsula at the most westerly point of mainland Scotland. We stayed in a beautifully converted church with views over the islands of Muck, Eigg, Rum and Skye. Getting There Glencoe Ardnamurchan is about a 5 hour drive from Edinburgh. We stopped twice so [...]
If you’re planning a long car journey with your baby you may well be asking yourself the questions I was before our first trip – how is my child going to cope with the long journey? How will I keep him/her amused? Is he/she going to cry the whole way? Are we mad?! Our first [...]
Your first car journey, particularly if you’re on your own, may be daunting. I remember being very impressed when a friend of mine managed to drive to my house with her newborn when she was less than a week old. And she was on time! On my first car journey with Euan I remember turning [...]
On our road trip of Europe my husband and I learnt a thing or two about the easiest way to pack the car so that everything we needed was easily accessible and there wasn’t too much mess! Here are my top tips for packing your car for a long journey: Make a list of what [...]
I knew that our first destination as a family was going to be to Europe before our son had even been born because good friends of ours had invited us to their wedding in Lake Lugano, Switzerland. My husband and I had a few lengthly debates about whether to fly (at the time this was [...]
