Today, 4th March 2023, Go Outdoors Blackburn will be relaunching their newly refurbished store after weeks of hard work, and some big changes. Showcasing its brand new look including a huge map of outdoor spots in the local area and a giant photograph of local landmark Darwen Tower, GO Outdoors Blackburn will be the hot …
20 ways to keep the kids busy on a Haven Holiday
In May we spent just short of two weeks camping at the Haven Lakeland. We love camping but we hadn’t done more than a long weekend for a couple of years, so I did wonder if the boys would get a bit restless and fed up. I needn’t have worried though – I don’t think …
Riverside Holiday Park
We recently spent the weekend at Riverside Holiday Park, Southport. My son wanted to go camping for his birthday so we took the motorhome an hour down the road and met up with a group of friends who were there for the week. Riverside Holiday Park accepts tourers, motorhomes and trailer tents and has static …
Tentsile Tree Tents
We’ve been really, really fortunate to receive a Tentsile Stingray tree tent to review. It looks amazing – everyone we meet asks about it when we’re using it – and it’s great fun, comfortable and versatile too. Who are Tentsile? Tentsile are a company formed in 2012, so not really all that old. They make …
Our backpacking adventure: backpacking kit
Do you know how difficult it is to pack the right stuff for a week or backpacking during a typical English summer with two small children and no car? Just imagine how tricky it must be. Now let me tell you – it’s harder than that. Here is our entire backpacking kit list for 6 nights …
Our backpacking adventure: Route
Last August I took leave of my senses completely and spent 6 nights backpacking in the south of the UK with my husband, our four year old and our seven year old. We decided that we’d like to see some of the Jurassic Coast and so our route was based around that, as well as …
The new ŠKODA Octavia Scout
I love my job. Especially when I find myself holding the keys for a week long test drive of a fancy new car. In this instance, we were the proud testers of the ŠKODA Octavia Scout Estate. Our model was the 2.0 TDI 184PS 4X4 DSG – which I’m sure meant plenty to my husband judging …
Five Backpacking Essentials
We’re off backpacking as a family soon and I’ll be honest – I’m nervous about it. Being wholly responsible for two small people is scary enough at home, but out in the big bad world with only whatever you can carry to depend on is something many people just wouldn’t attempt. I’m not ‘many people’ …
Our Gypsy Wagon Weekend
[slideshow_deploy id=’1185′] A few weeks ago I wrote about interesting alternative places to spend a night or two in the UK. So far I haven’t figured out how I can sleep in a lighthouse that doesn’t now look like a regular hotel, but I’m working on it. I have however been up to the …
#CheckOutThatView at Golden Hill Farm
This weekend we’ve been staying in an old style gypsy wagon, tucked away in the heart of the North Yorkshire Moors. I’ll be publishing a series of blog posts about our stay here, but I really must share this photograph from my late night dog walk on Friday. We’d had a long drive and although …