Growing up we spent countless Summers in France, taking the ferry over from Dover and enjoying a road trip south, sometimes even ending up all the way down in Spain. I always thought that one day I’d love to do the same with our children and so when Votre Vacances invited us to stay this…
As you all know, we love to travel as a family and over the years we have been fortunate enough to stay in some beautiful hotels and luxury resorts, all of which have been amazing. This year, with the children getting older and our family time together becoming even more precious, we were keen to…
This is a collaborative post As an avid reader myself, nothing makes me happier than seeing my children enjoy books and during the Summer months especially I love nothing more than lounging in the garden or by the pool, each of us with a book, reading together in comfortable silence. I think encouraging your children…
Every year when Father’s Day comes round I struggle for inspiration. I think as a rule men are notoriously difficult to buy for where as when it comes to my Mum or female friends I think about the kind of gifts I would like to receive and it’s far easier to make a decision! I’m…
In commercial collaboration with Helsinki Partners as part of the Influence Sustainably program. During our recent visit to Helsinki we were keen to embrace one of the most commonly associated traditions of Finland – both indoor and outdoor sauna. Over the years Finns have used the sauna to live in, eat in and even to…
In commercial collaboration with Helsinki Partners as part of the Influence Sustainably program. As I have shared in my previous posts, architecture and design is such an important factor in the city of Helsinki and throughout our stay we were bowled over by the innovative design of so many of Helsinki’s newest buildings. It was…