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Buying a new family tent

Family Camping for Beginners – A Guide to Buying a New Tent

Posted on May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 by Henry Elliss

After nearly 10 years of faithful service, our trusty Zenobia 6 tent looks like it might be on its way out. On our most recent trip, not only did we find quite a bit of rain coming through the roof at night, we’ve also got a couple of tent poles that needed drastic running repairs….

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Family Camping for beginners – Camping with Babies & Toddlers

Posted on April 26, 2019June 7, 2022 by Henry Elliss

When I first started posting about camping here on the blog, a couple of friends commented to me that they’d love to try camping – but couldn’t because of their small children. An opinion I was familiar with, as I’d once thought the same thing. We took our boys camping for the first time when…

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Family Camping for beginners – Preparation

Posted on April 11, 2019June 7, 2022 by Henry Elliss

Having written recently about the idea of focusing this blog on a few more niche topics, I’ve decided to begin what will hopefully be a regular series of posts about camping – or more specifically, camping with your family. It’s something we do quite a bit, and a topic on which I’ve got a lot…

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Guest Post – Could you save money booking family holidays last-minute?

Posted on August 20, 2017January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I’m sure you’ve heard it said before – ‘book your family holiday as far in advance as possible to get the best deal’ – but is this always true? If you’re busy planning your summer getaway a whole year in advance, you may be missing out on some of the cheapest holiday deals around. The…

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Fatherhood²: It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Posted on November 6, 2014January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Time for an admission: I’m one of those annoying people who starts getting excited about Christmas around the start of November. Actually, that’s not strictly true: I actually start getting excited about it around the end of August, but I try not to vocalise this excitement until slightly later in the year, lest I make…

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Fatherhood²: How Tricky is it Taking a 5-week-old Baby on Holiday?

Posted on August 15, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Having just returned from a week’s holiday with our family, I thought I’d share a few my thoughts on travelling with a very small baby. I’m by no-means the expert, but having been told that we were mad for even thinking of taking such a young child (just 5 weeks old on the day we…

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Fatherhood²: Some of the best things ARE free!

Posted on May 2, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As a father, I freely admit that my wife is a MUCH better parent than me. I won’t go in to the many hundreds of reasons why this is true (I’ll save that for another post…!) but needless to say, she’s the one who ends up making dinner most days, spends the most time with…

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A few photos from my slightly hair-raising morning A few photos from my slightly hair-raising morning walk. Some lovely sunrises, lots of ice on the canal and a couple of rivers and lakes that were quickly merging together, at the expense of the newly-laid track. At least my wellies stayed strong!
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A photo from my Thursday morning walk. One good th A photo from my Thursday morning walk. One good thing to come from this week’s rail strikes (and the subsequent week WFH) was my daily sunrise walks - something I really miss when I have to go into London. Fingers crossed that 2023 allows for a few more of them.
Merry Christmas, instagram family and friends. Ple Merry Christmas, instagram family and friends. Please enjoy this photo of our beautiful but low-key Christmas decorations, hung in the splendor of our delightful Tudor home.
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Lovely moonrise this morning 😍 Lovely moonrise this morning 😍
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