Strange places
We’ve been away far more than usual this summer, with two holidays and a weekend at the in-laws’ tied in with the Olympic football. For…
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The canal boat: ‘At least I’m not dead’
At the start of the week, the boat and canal were treated with healthy respect.They are dangerous after all. If my daughter wanted to go…
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Canal boat tales
A canal boat holiday is certainly a varied experience. It’s like no other holiday in the world. Here’s some of the things we encountered. There…
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Mud running
My daughter, the most holiday-phobic, least adaptable of my children seemed a bit out of sorts on our first day on the canal boat….
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Bed hopping
When things are going well, there is nowhere on earth I’d rather be than on a canal boat. The scenery is beautiful and, if…
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Canal boat
My mother-in-law has a canal boat. Way, way back in the day, before my kids were even a twinkle in the eye, my husband and…
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Barcelona dreaming
My travel-phobic 6 year old daughter has announced that she wants to go abroad! Specifically, she wants to go to Barcelona. This seems like too…
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Italy part 2
You can read part 1 here On our first morning in Malcesine, I woke up to discover I had no voice. I wasn’t ill. I…
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Italy part 1
I’ve mentioned it in passing. Now it’s time for the full, unabridged version of our legendary trip to Italy. If my in-laws are reading this,…
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Travel sick :(
Remember travel sickness? Back in the 70s and 80s, few families escaped unscathed. Every day 1000s of kids would projectile vomit all over their dads’…
