Category: Travel
iEscape With Kids
Hurrah – holidaying en famille need no longer mean substituting little luxuries in favour of an all-inclusive package at Disneyworld, as style-setting travel site iEscape has launched a Kids Collection of hotels and self-catering properties that will positively welcome your little darlings. Ideas range from boutique boltholes and B&Bs in Britain to far-flung animal adventures in [...]
10 Best: Kids’ travel accessories
If, like me, you’re heading off for some winter sun (read: travelling to the other side of the world for a wedding) with your little one, you’ll be in the market for items to make your life as easy as possible, so you’re at least in with a chance of relaxing on holiday. A Trunki is [...]
Loveabell bell tent hire
When my friend Dave invited us to a camping weekend for his 40th birthday I immediately went to bagsy the campervan we share with four friends. But, shock horror, someone had got there before us, so I decided it was the perfect opportunity to book a bell tent, as I’d wanted to stay in [...]
Sands Resort
The Sands Resort is a family owned family-friendly hotel located on the North Cornwall coast at Porth. It sits on top of the cliffs with stunning views of both the Atlantic and the rolling Cornish countryside. Packed with such a wealth of on site facilities and activities I literally couldn’t fit them all into one [...]
Sands Resort: Facilities and Activities
Following on from the first part of my Sands Resort post I want to tell you about the facilities and activities. You could easily spend days at a time not venturing much further than the hotel grounds as they have such a great range of facilities for both children and adults. Before we’d even set [...]
Five Go Glamping: Bambino Goodies at Feather Down Farm
The romantic idea of camping with my children was shattered on our first trip two years ago. After two wet nights in a small space with Milla, then 2 and Monty 3 months old it only took a bad shower for me to call time and start packing the car. Fast forward two years and [...]
Mesmear – Boutique Self Catering Cottages
Mesmear is a small group of family friendly self catering holiday cottages near Rock, Cornwall. Far from your average holiday rent, they are high spec, boutique accomodation where your every need is anticipated and catered for. The Mesmear cottages are located a little outside of Rock and close to the popular surfing beach Polzeath. Each [...]
Cool Holiday: Ribby Hall Village – Family holidays & short breaks up t’north
A couple of weekends back, BG HQ headed off up t’north to stay at Ribby Hall Village, a five star family holiday centre on the Flyde coast, based near Lytham St Anne’s which is about ten minutes from Blackpool. Set in an open space in picturesque countryside, Ribby Hall Village is literally a self-contained village [...]
Cool Spot: Wowo
I never thought I was cut out for camping – being a fan of stilettos, champers and shiny hair – but then I had a child and now just try and stop me (although I must admit that we go in a campervan complete with fridge and power. Camping as a child is magical – [...]
Cool Spot: When BG Went to New York
A couple of Friday’s ago, I took a sneak peek on Twitter when I should have been doing some work and couldn’t believe my eyes when I read a tweet inviting myself and ‘the bambino’, three year old Saria to New York to attend the US launch of the Kinect for Xbox which is released [...]
Cool Spot: New Treehouses at Center Parcs
We haven’t checked one out in the flesh (yet) but we are seriously enamoured with the new luxury two-storey treehouses at the Sherwood Forest Center Parcs in Nottinghamshire. Four bedrooms all with en-suites, private balconies, private hot tub, sauna, and open plan living space for the hub including a woodburner plus an entertainment room, this [...]
Family Camping Books
Cool Camping is the ultimate resource when looking for a campsite which ticks your boxes. Their website and books are second to none giving you the low down on the hottest of camping hot spots. Whether you’re looking for a wild location which allows fires or a whistles and bells glampsite they’ve been there and [...]
Glamping: Wales
While we’re taking a look at camping this week it’s not all about back to basics. This continues round ups focusing on the more comfortable option of Glamping. Fforest is more like a hotel than a campsite. With a range of different camping options and even stone croglofts for those who like a little more [...]
Glamping: The North & Scotland
While we’re taking a look at camping this week it’s not all about back to basics. This is the first of our round ups focusing on the more comfortable option of Glamping. Full Circle Yurts is a luxury yurt site in the heart of the Lake District. The site is in the grounds of Rydal [...]
Child-friendly festivals
With the UK summer shaping up to be a scorcher and more and more parents deciding to take their offspring along to festivals rather than leave them with the grandparents, we thought it was about time we did a BG round-up of the most child-friendly options. We would have featured Green Man and Beautiful Days [...]
