*Updated 09/11/17 with dates for Christmas 2017!* Earlier this week we got back from a visit to Center Parcs Sherwood Forest, as part of the Winter Wonderland season. We’ve been on lots of Center Parcs breaks before (more about those here), but never at Christmas, and it’s fair to say they go all-out on the […]
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Travel: 34 Tips For Taking A Toddler To Center Parcs Woburn Forest
So you’re taking a baby or toddler to Center Parcs? Let me fill you in on some essentials you need to know before you go… We’ve been to Center Parcs a lot. Like, really a lot. The husband works at Woburn Forest, and we’ve been to the other 4 villages several times, so it’s become […]
Travel: 6 Indoor Activities For Toddlers At Center Parcs
It feels like an age since I wrote about outdoor activities for toddlers at Center Parcs, so it’s high time I ticked off things to keep young children – that’s babies, toddlers and preschoolers – busy indoors. While I focussed on our stay at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest last time, I’ve covered several different villages […]
Travel: 10 self-catering essentials to take to Center Parcs
We finally unpacked the last few bits from our break at Whinfell Forest over the weekend. Yep – that’s a whole month after we got home. Impressive, eh? In my defence, we do pack a LOT of stuff. I’ve never been one for packing light, and with the kids I’d just rather be safe than sorry, so I tend […]
Travel: 6 outdoor activities for toddlers at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest
With the Lake District’s track record for rain, we were a bit worried about the weather at Whinfell in early June. We needn’t have been – I think we got one light shower during the whole week we were there, and other than that it was lovely and sunny. That meant we could make the most of the […]
Travel: Center Parcs Whinfell Forest Highlights
This time last week we were savouring our last night at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest with an al fresco bottle of wine. Fast-forward to this evening and it’s fair to say we’re all still on a bit of a downer (I’m typing this in front of the tellie – enough said). The Boy is especially […]
Travel: Rockliffe Hall – a luxury spa hotel kids will love almost as much as grown-ups
Rockliffe Hall is a five-star Pride of Britain hotel in Darlington, on the northern reaches of North Yorkshire or the southern edge of County Durham, depending on where you’re standing. We tagged a one-night stay to the end of a short break at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest, which is about an hour’s drive away in […]
Family: 31 February half-term activities in London (and the rest of the UK)
I feel like a one-woman listings magazine at the moment. I’ve spent the past few weeks working on content about February half-term 2019, from things to do with kids in London, to the best places to take the family to in the UK. It’s fair to say there are some very cool things going on […]
Food: The New Children’s Menu At The Knife & Cleaver, Houghton Conquest
Five-year-olds are funny creatures when to comes to food, aren’t they? On the one hand, my eldest eats his school hot dinners without any complaints, counts mussels as one of his favourite things to eat, and gets excited at the thought of trying out a new restaurant. On the other, he has days when all […]
Travel: The George Inn, Maulden – 7 new bedrooms and a gin bar to boot
I’d never been to Maulden until a couple of weeks ago. The pretty Bedfordshire village sits about half-way between Bedford and Luton on the A6, and ten minutes from Center Parcs Woburn Forest (which we’ve been to a lot), so I must have passed it a million times. But despite having lived down the road […]
