We loved seeing all the decorated owls around Bath during our recent press trip to the city. (The trip was a paid collaboration with National Express, with hospitality from Visit Bath, and Bath Boutique Stays. You can read more here.) There are 82 of the sculptures across the World Heritage...
We had a great time at Dean Heritage Centre earlier this month, as part of our stay in the Wye Valley. The weather wasn’t so good, with on and off showers throughout the day – but we still managed to entertain ourselves for four and a half hours at the...
“Best day ever” is how Little Miss E, my 6½-year-old daughter, described Folly Farm as we were leaving the park to go home. We’d been there since it opened at 10am and left when it shut at 5.30pm. We’d seen giraffes, lions, meerkats, flamingos and penguins; ferrets, rabbits, baby chicks,...
All three of my children love dinosaurs, so The Dinosaur Park in Tenby was a natural choice for us on our recent holiday to Pembrokeshire. The park was opened in 1994 by husband and wife team Amanda and Simon and, as well as a dinosaur trail through the woods, it’s...
We headed to Tintern over the weekend for a family break. The village, which sits on the west bank of the River Wye just north of Chepstow, is beautifully quaint. Most famous for its abbey, we loved the friendly atmosphere and slow pace of life here – all helped by...
Recently made famous by BBC Wales’s crime detective series, Hinterland, Borth is a seaside village a few miles north of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion. We’ve been heading there pretty much every year for the last 10 years, as my parent-in-laws have a static caravan there which they kindly let us stay...