Travel

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    Disneyland Paris Travel Options – North East England 2022

    We are planning a Disney trip later this year and I have explored every option I can think of to travel to Paris from where we live in County Durham, North East England. To figure out the best overall option for us (two adults and a one year old) I’m looking at prices, travel time, flexibility, accommodating travelling with a baby and luggage restrictions and thought I’d share my research with you lot. That said, I’m not going to include prices in this post as I’ve found that prices vary massively depending on your travel dates so there’s no way I could capture the spectrum of cost variation. What I…

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    Harry Potter Forest Experience December ’21 – My First Night Away Baby-Free!

    Can you believe that in the nine months that my baby girl has been alive, I hadn’t spent one single night away from her? Me neither, but now that’s changed as I had a much needed girly night away to visit the Harry Potter Forest Experience in Arley Hall, Cheshire. It was well and truly needed to give my tired brain and body a rest from Mam-mode and allowed me to breathe again without worrying about bottles, baby food and nappies. I was only away for one night and approximately 24 hours but it was enough to reset myself somewhat. The Experience and Hotel I’m not going to prattle on…

  • Post Pregnancy & Baby,  Travel

    Our first holiday with a baby to Haggeston Castle

    Hola Senors and Seronritas! No I have not been to Spain as my introduction might indicate, but instead have travelled far and wide all the way to sunny Haggeston Castle in Northumberland. I hadn’t been to Haggeston Castle before but we picked it as it’s a relatively short drive for us (an hour and a half) and we didn’t want to go too far as car journeys with young babies aren’t that fun. It’s fine if they go to sleep but juggling bottle feeds and trying to soothe a crying baby in their car seat is a bit of a chew on. Anyway, me and Andy thought Haggeston Castle would…