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Welcome to our large family travel blog.

I don’t mean large blog, I mean large family. We have four children which apparently is more than average! Our family travel experiences are different from many other families travelling the world. Whether it be sourcing affordable accommodation, safe food to cater for our many allergies and food preferences; or taking things slowly because of the various sensory and behavioural issues common within a family who identifies with the autism spectrum; you can find our related posts here! Collated on one page for ease – use the search function for more specific post results.

Dressing up as Pirates in Cornwall is so much fun!

We love dressing up as pirates! Our family loves dressing up as pirates and where better to do that than in Cornwall! We heard on the radio (Pirate FM) about the world record attempt happening in Penzance so quickly bought our entry tickets. Next was sorting out our...

Christmas when travelling? What does that look like? Do we get gifts?

Christmas When Travelling Christmas when travelling is something we have done a few times before. Manchester to Newcastle via Plymouth and Cornwall or London to visit family. Visits over a short period of four days that we had off work! I remember once we...

No Fixed Abode! A Place To Call Home? Where Do We Come From?

Where Do We Come From? When people first meet our family they are often confused as to our home country or origins. Where are you from? Which country is home for you? Our accents and background often require an explanation! So here you go... I was born in Truro,...

Cornish Steam and Country Fair St Stithians Showground August 2017

Cornish Steam and Country Fair at St Stithians We first heard about the Cornish Steam and Country fair when we spotted a sign by the roadside with dates and a postcode. A quick google search on our return home and I was able to order tickets online and save 25% off...

Flambards Theme Park is a Great Family Fun Day Out in Cornwall

Flambards Theme Park The Flambards Theme Park or Flambards Experience is almost as old as I am! The park opened in 1976 as the Cornwall Aero Park. I was 2 years old and we were actually living in Helston. My Dad was in the Navy so we got a Forces or locals discount. I...

Is An English Heritage Annual Pass Good Value for Money?

Where Can I Visit With An English Heritage Pass? You are wondering if an English Heritage annual pass is good value for money with plenty of sites to visit? Well, English Heritage manage over 400 sites in England. Sites range from castles and prehistoric sites to...

How To Reduce Stress When Travelling With Children

What Raises Our Anxiety Levels When Travelling Stress can be a constant companion when you are a parent of four children and suffer from anxiety. Every day presents potentially stressful scenarios and situations and that's without even leaving home. Add in a strange...

PLAYMOBIL Fun Park, Malta for a Fabulous Birthday Party & Factory Tour!

PlayMobil Fun Park It's no secret that our children are the biggest Lego Fans ever! We could not however pass up the opportunity to visit the PlayMobil Fun Park whilst we were in Malta. It was George's 3rd birthday, so a perfect excuse. They have a factory tour which...

The Las Palmas Carnival Gran Canaria celebrations were vibrant!

Las Palmas Carnival Gran Canaria We found ourselves in Las Palmas for carnival time! The Las Palmas Carnival Gran Canaria is world famous. Our first hint at what we might be in for was when we visited a display of carnival costumes at the local Science Museum. The...

Gran Canaria to Costa del Silencio, Tenerife by Naviera Armas Ferry

Why we decided to visit Tenerife from Gran Canaria? On finding out that my aunt and uncle were intending to visit my other uncle in Tenerife, we just had to book a trip too! We hadn't seen each other for over eight years. They hadn't even met two of our four children!...

Our JS Elcano Spanish Navy Tall Ship Visit & How We Nearly Missed it!

The Tall Ship visit that almost didn't happen! Firstly, a sign had gone up on the wall outside the naval base we can see from our apartment in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria. Didn't think much of it, there was a name with a couple of dates and some times. Visita Buques?...

We used our Heritage Malta multi site pass to visit all 24 sites in 30 days!

Heritage Malta Multi Site Pass The Heritage Malta Multi Site Pass is fantastic value. When looking at places to visit in Malta we looked at various options as we were visiting for nearly 3 months. The pass is valid for 30 days from the first day you use it. So we were...

Travel Blogger Milestone – My First Guest Post!

It's True I'm A Real Life Travel Blogger! As you know, well you do if you've been reading my posts, I'm a writer and also a travel blogger! I have been writing for the Internet platform for years now. Spent many hours writing keyword rich articles for Ezine Articles....

How does an unschooling family learn new languages?

Is it important to learn new languages? YES! As a family we believe it is important to learn new languages. To be world travellers, raising world citizens we believe exploring new countries involves learning about culture, history and language. The length of time we...

Travelling with Young Children and Keeping It Real

I am the Queen of Procrastination! I do not make that claim lightly. Waiting until the very last minute to do anything is something I am notorious for. Never on time, lost count of the amount of flights, buses or taxis I've almost missed! I need a deadline to start...

Gluten free Malta – is it all pizza and pasta?

Gluten Free Malta - Surviving on a Gluten Free diet in Malta and Gozo was easy! One of the first things we have to do quickly when arriving in any new destination is source gluten free options. We thrived on a gluten free Malta diet of salads, pizza, bread and pasta...

We did it! What? Sold our house & belongings!

The adventure begins! Yes. I am finally posting about starting our adventure and setting out to explore the world. Not sure how far we will get or where we will go, when and for how long. If you are curious about why? where? and how? read on and follow the adventures...

Our 3 bedroom apartment in Mellieha, Malta

Home for 7 weeks is a second floor apartment in a quiet residential area in Mellieha, Malta. Going to get fit with no lift and lots of stairs to climb! We found this apartment with the assistance of the Frank Salt real estate agents who have holiday and long term...

Australia to New Zealand to house sit, then who knows?

We are currently in New Zealand with no plans beyond 3 weeks of house sitting for my parents on their lifestyle property near Darfield! Crazy but true, we just packed up our belongings and sent them off to be shipped to New Zealand via Brisbane. We held monster garage...

We had ourselves a little overseas adventure!

Christmas 2013 we went to the North Pole via Sydney! Well not exactly - we had been planning a UK trip with the children since L was born over 3 years ago. Finally we had an opportunity with money in the bank and the potential for P to get paid time off work over...