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Cheddar Gorge family day out + campervan stay at Bucklegrove Campsite

Published on May 26, 2021May 7, 2025 by Victoria7 Comments

On Friday evening we drove to Cheddar in Somerset for camping at Bucklegrove Campsite with the kids. Their first request when lockdown was easing was to go camping! We also went to see Cheddar Gorge for the first time. Neither Ben or I had been before, even though we only live around one and a half hour away. Read on to learn things to do in Cheddar Gorge with kids, see the walk we did in Cheddar with absolutely amazing views and also check out where we ate.

But first, things didn’t really get off to a great start for our camping trip away…

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Brean Down Fort + coastal walk

Published on August 24, 2020May 7, 2025 by Victoria1 Comment

On Sunday we went to a beach for the first time in six months, since February! We did the Brean Down coastal walk and visited Brean Down Fort. Read on to learn more about Brean down and see our travel photos.

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A few hours in Weston-super-Mare

Published on April 3, 2019May 7, 2025 by Victoria1 Comment

For Mother’s Day on Sunday we went on a short family trip to Weston-super-Mare. Weston is the closest beach to our home in Gloucestershire, around a one hour drive.

Weston-super-Mud!

As a child we used to always call it Weston-super-Mud! It’s not the prettiest of beaches and the tide always seems to be out for miles resulting in sludgy sand and the water colour when it is in is very murky brown – hence jokingly calling it mud!

If you love the typical British tourist beach, however, then Weston beach has everything you need. We spent just a few short hours there on Sunday and managed to squeeze in a few standard touristy things even though we were freezing.

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Wookey Hole caves review – kids go free!

Wookey Hole Caves Review (and How We Got the Kids in For Free!)

Published on March 4, 2019August 19, 2025 by Victoria1 Comment

It was only one week ago that I wrote an update on our 2019 travel and days out bucket list to say we hadn’t yet done anything, though we had planned a couple of holidays at the end of the year. Well, now we have ticked something off!

We have actually ticked Ben’s ONLY item off the bucket list! It was all I could get out of him when I was writing the original blog post. Here’s the original 2019 family travel bucket list if you want to have a peek.

Here’s what Ben wanted to do in 2019:

‘Visit Wookey Hole – Ben sees an advert on the motorway for Wookey Hole on the way back from work every day and it was on Salvage Hunters so he wants to visit!’

So now we have. We had a rare day with no plans on Sunday and I really fancied a little road trip and family day out. I felt like we needed it. Most weekends are spent visiting family and friends and if they’re not, then Ben usually has a bunch of DIY-related stuff to do. He did have Bella’s bed to finish as he built her a custom loft bed a couple of weeks ago, but it can wait.

We hadn’t had a family day out since the Christmas break so we really needed one!

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Relaxing at Thermae Bath Spa: A Rooftop Soak in Bath’s Natural Hot Springs

Published on November 10, 2016October 17, 2025 by VictoriaLeave a comment

Bath has been a place of wellness for almost two thousand years. The Romans built their famous bathing complex here, drawn to the city’s natural thermal springs. Today, you can still visit those same ancient waters at the Roman Baths, and just across the street, step into the modern continuation of that legacy — Thermae Bath Spa.

It’s a unique experience in the UK, and somewhere I’d wanted to visit for years. Those photographs of the rooftop pool, steam swirling into the air over the Georgian skyline, had been tempting me for too long. Eventually, we made it happen.

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