Category Archives: Holidays and Breaks
How to have a stress free plane journey to your holiday destination with kids in tow
How to have a stress free plane journey to your holiday destination with kids in tow (or not) 1. Pack everything the night before. No last minute looking for chargers that seem to have disappeared overnight. (ahem) 2. Don’t wear your runners you bring with you in case your dodgy…
Six Things to do in Connemara with Kids
– Six Things to Do in Connemara with Kids. In 2014 we spent two weeks in Connemara as our family holiday. Our kids were 1, 3 and 5 and we rented this house in Clifden. 1. Kylemore Abbey I was surprised how much we enjoyed Kylemore Abbey, we didn’t…
Holidaying with Kids in Duncannon, Wexford (2015 edition)
We’re back into holiday season and people have been asking me again about Duncannon, the beautiful village on the Hook Peninsula in South West County Wexford where I was born. I continue to be a proud ambassador. I wrote all about it last year The village is on the beach, has…
A Wonderful Weekend in West Waterford
Last weekend, thanks to a very generous Granny who took the kids and a prize won nearly two years ago we had a child-free weekend away. It was glorious. We ate, we slept, we drank, we ate and we ate so much more. We were greedy for food, and…
Where we stayed on holidays- Canon's Lane, Clifden
I didn’t intend to write a review of the house we rented for our holidays in Clifden, but it impressed us so much I really wanted to share. Canon’s Lane is a small crescent development overlooking a small green, a 5 minute walk from the centre of Clifden. The house…
Seven things to do in Wexford with kids
If you’re lucky enough to be holidaying in Wexford this year you might like this little list I’ve put together of some of our favourite things to do around Wexford town. Enjoy, and if you’ve any questions just comment below, or better still tell me all the good stuff that…
Surviving a short plane journey with two small boys
They were 21 months and 3 and a half. Some thought that we were brave. But it was only two and a half hour flight, we knew people who’d travelled to the US solo with two kids, and even to Australia. We could do it. So why we were terrified?…
Holiday Review: Camping at Park Albatros, Tuscany, Italy with two small boys.
With Christmas gone, the days long and dark and a whole new year stretching out ahead of us the holiday ads are targetting us when we’re at our lowest ebbs and any glimpse of sunshine has us tempted. This time last year we surrounded ourselves by brochures and dreamed of…
