‘Oh my god! Can we take your picture?’
I’m still not quite sure how I feel about this.
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Oldest ravers in town #SGP2014
Published July 31, 2014 festival , weekend away 1 CommentTags: #sgp, #sgp2014, are you real ravers?, chase and status, Secret Garden Party review
The Big Green Bus. We’re all going on a summer holiday…
Published January 3, 2014 family , Family holiday , weekend away 3 CommentsTags: Cliff Richard and Una Stubbs, hijacking a double-decker, hire a double-decker bus, teenage anarchy, The Big Green Bus, The Young Ones, trippy nostalgia, we're all going on a summer holiday
… no more working for a week or two.
Fun and laughter on our summer holiday,
for me and you oo oo.
ooo oo oo ooooo! Get on board the freedom bus and head to good time city!
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Dic and Dom SMASH it!
Published August 6, 2013 family , festival , weekend away 3 CommentsTags: blue smarties, Camp Bestival, Dick and Dom DJ, Dick n Dom, Whirl-y-Gig, Whizz bank pop, Wizard of Oz, yellow brick road munchkin
BBC pic (mine were rubbish)
Who’d of thought it?!
With all those massive headline acts Mr Rob Da Bank could afford at this years Camp Bestival it was 2 teeny weeny kids entertainers that absolutely SMASHED IT.
Too old to trapeze?
Published July 1, 2013 Family activity , family theatre , festival , weekend away 10 CommentsTags: a leap of faith, cardboard box church, Glastonbury with kids, pop-up city, Sid and Andy CBeebies, try trapeze
Just had a fantastic family weekend at Glastonbury courtesy of some very kind and lovely friends.
After being told several times over the weekend that I must be MAD, it suddenly struck me on Sunday, that perhaps I actually am.
Letting the ‘flock’ fly free
Published June 1, 2013 Family activity , festival , kids activity , weekend away 12 CommentsTags: crash of hippo, Elderflower fields festival, Flock fly free, flock of children, mob of emu
According to Wiki, a group of children is either a “flock,” or a “bundle”. Doesn’t sound right to me. Surely some of the other group names feel more fitting? A ‘mob’ of Emu, a ‘crash’ of Hippo or even a ‘colony’ of bacteria!? Anyway, we’ve just got back from a fabulous weekend at Elderflower Fields Festival with some lovely friends and a ‘flock’ (or ‘bundle’) of kids. Our squawking ‘flock’ consisted of about 12 kids or various ages between 1 and 11. They all got on so well, not a squabble or moan all weekend. Continue reading ‘Letting the ‘flock’ fly free’
10 tips to enjoy (or survive) festivals with KIDS!
Published May 10, 2013 family , Family holiday , festival , weekend away 34 CommentsTags: Elderflower fields festival, Enjoying festivals with children, Family festivals, festivals and children, Gin and Kettle crisps, melt down moments, pack your imagination, surviving festivals with kids, taking kids to festivals
Our kids have grown up at festivals.
It’s certainly a challenging experience with little ones especially if the weather’s bad.
More endurance than enjoyment.
But still we do it.
Come rain or shine.
We keep going back for more.
There is nothing quite like it.
WE LOVE IT!
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Elderflower Festival – QUALITY Sussex family fun
Published February 26, 2013 family , Family activity , festival , parenting , weekend away 8 CommentsTags: Elderflower fields, Family friendly festival, kids festival, Kids running free, Quality festival
Just booked up my May Bank Holiday weekend. Organised hey?
Quality and festival rarely go together.
But last year we stumbled upon Elderflower Fields.
Never again will I accept that festivals plus kids equal 3 days of soggy chips, missing all your favorite music and hovering small bottoms over swamp infested portaloos.
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Best family festival? shhhh…don’t tell anyone
Published February 15, 2013 family , Family activity , festival , parenting , weekend away 2 CommentsTags: a field somewhere, family festival, kids field, laughter and happiness, love, parents behave like toddlers, seriously silly family fun, shambala, shambala festival, shambolympics, strumpets with crumpets
I’ve been going to festivals for years, since the care free days of hurling myself over the fence at Glastonbury with nothing but a fur coat and a bottle of vodka. Think I’ve pretty much been to most of them in one way or another, working, playing and having fun. There’s nothing quite like it, and even since I had kids I still feel happiest in a field somewhere….. surrounded by smiles.
Quality time with(out) the family?
Published February 8, 2013 budget break , family , friends , girls weekend , guilt free mum time , Mum time , parenting , weekend away 9 CommentsTags: friends are like therapy, go on ladies, Hot tub weekend, Mums on strike, Oast House, Pekes Manor, Quality time without the family, quality time without the kids, you deserve it
I’m always ranting on about spending quality time with the family. Little did I realize, what I actually needed, was quality time without them.
Pontins – not for the faint hearted
Published November 17, 2012 budget break , family , Family activity , Family holiday , holiday parks , parenting , Uncategorized , weekend away 2 CommentsTags: camber sands, cheap family break, gin, pontins
Well, my very first blog. Inspired by my amazing friend Maddie who is (and always will be) way ahead of me in the world of technology.
I somehow managed to talk some friends in to a weekend at Pontins Camber Sands. £39 for a family of 4. Anyone that knows me knows that I’m a bargain hunter but this was ridiculous – £3.25 per person per night. Right?
a field somewhere 