A few years ago, we booked a family activity holiday in Croatia, which was our first time visiting the country. Rather than planning the trip ourselves, we booked an organised group activity tour, so this blog is more a review of what’s on offer with such a trip, rather than a guide about...
We used to treat Kew Gardens as our own back garden when we lived nearby with only a small patio for container plants at home, and what a spectacular back garden it proved to be! Armed with a Friends of Kew membership, we visited regularly throughout the year, seeing the seasons and...
This section of our California road trip route along the coast was one of our favourite days – it offers the opportunity to drive on the beach across extensive sand dunes, look for sea otters in the kelp of Morro Bay, watch Elephant Seals cuddling and fighting on the beach, and to...
When visiting San Francisco with teenagers on our California road trip, we wanted to make the Golden Gate Bridge the focus for one of our days in the city and so arranged to a guide tour to bike the bridge across the water to Sausalito. For a contrast, in the afternoon we then planned a...
As part of our Pacific Northwest road trip, we booked a sea kayaking tour in search of orcas who roam the Salish sea routes of the San Juan Islands, USA. The promotional materials for the kayak tours show wonderful photographs of majestic orcas swimming past and breaching near enthralled...
Tofino, British Columbia, is an absolute treasure. In fact, it could be my favourite destination of all time (so far). It takes a special effort to reach Tofino as it is literally ‘at the end of the road’ on Vancouver Island, so you are never just passing through. We made Tofino a...