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Welcome to Travel Vixta, a travel blog by Victoria with some blog posts from husband Ben too. We are a busy family of four from Gloucestershire, south west UK who like to get out and about. We purchased our first Mazda Bongo Friendee poptop campervan in June 2018 with the aim of exploring more of the UK whilst being on a budget. Ben loves camping and Victoria is trying to love it! Ben’s quite happy staying in a tent, but Victoria would rather a hotel, so let’s say the van was a compromise! Whilst Ben counts a stay in the UK as a holiday, Victoria thinks that’s more of a trip away and a ‘holiday’ involves getting on a plane to go somewhere with guaranteed sunshine, golden sands and turquoise seas! With two kids, Bella and Reuben, in tow and funds somewhat limited, most of our adventures will be in the UK. But that doesn’t stop us dreaming of trips abroad and bucket list ideas for the future. As a family we have been to Germany several times to visit family and also had one amazing all-inclusive holiday to Fuerteventura. Pre-kids Victoria has travelled a little and Ben mostly with work. Read more about our history of travelling by clicking here. We’ll be sharing our travelling adventures, travel advice with kids, UK days out, Bongo campervanning stories, kid-free trips and much more on this blog. Enjoy!

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This one. As much as he drives me crazy with these never ending ‘terrible twos’ (he’s almost four now and started them age one), his stubbornness and tantrums... he is also unbelievably cute and so affectionate! 😍 Absolutely love having a boy 💙 . . . . . #momtog #momtogs #letthekids #instamom #pixel_kids #runwildmychild #myhonestmotherhood #motherhoodthroughig #wildandfreechildren #mumsofinstagram #mumlife #momlife #motherhoodlens #momcommunity #momentsinmotherhood #watchthemgrow #momlifeisthebestlife #moments_of_mom #justmomlife #messy_motherhood #featuremama #memoirsofmotherhood #clubmomme #slowmotherhood #lovingtheordinarymoments #magicofmotherhood #inspiremothers #instamommy #momlyfe #beingamom

Mash at the ready 🍠 Already looking forward to getting back from the gym 💪🏼 Spreading with sweet potato mash and in the oven it goes! Super beany spiced vegan pie 🥧😋🌿 . . . . #wholefoodie #wholefoodmovement #wholefoods #vegan #easyveganmeals #nutritiousanddelicious #hbloggers #healthybloggers #eatyourgreens #healthyblogger #healthyliving #healthylifestyle #vegetablelover #healthyfoodporn #healthyeats #eatyourveggies #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfoods #healthymum #foodblogger #plantbasedvegan #refinedsugarfree #veganfoodshare #veganinspo #dairyfree #veganfood #plantpower #wholefoodsplantbased #whatveganseat

This bunch of loveliness is going into my pie ready for dinner tonight after the gym! Loads of different beans, lentils, chickpeas, coconut aminos, spices and pepper! I’ll mix with chopped tomatoes and heat on the hob. Then I’ll add sweet potato mash to the top and bake in the oven 💪🏼🌱😋 Easy! . . . . #wholefoodie #wholefoodmovement #wholefoods #vegan #easyveganmeals #nutritiousanddelicious #hbloggers #healthybloggers #eatyourgreens #healthyblogger #healthyliving #healthylifestyle #vegetablelover #healthyfoodporn #healthyeats #eatyourveggies #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfoods #healthymum #foodblogger #plantbasedvegan #refinedsugarfree #veganfoodshare #veganinspo #dairyfree #veganfood #plantpower #wholefoodsplantbased #whatveganseat

This one has a loopy streak 💙 At the gym he put on Bella’s headband and had a silent disco by himself 👦🏼 He’s so cute and this video cracks me up 😂 . . . . . . #momliferocks #ohheymama #momblog #momswhoblog #wondermom #momsoninstagram #mumlife #mumblog #mumblogger #Mummyblogger #Mummyblog #Pbloggers #Pbloggersuk #Mbloggersuk #Mbloggers #Ukmbloggers #Ukpbloggers #Ukparentbloggers #Parentbloggers #Parentbloggersuk #Mumlifeuk #Parenting #Ukparenting #Letthembelittle #documentyourdays #Capturingchildhood #Childhood #Childofig #silentdisco #silentdiscoparty

Today’s lunch 😋 @wholeearthfoods beans, cannellini beans, chickpeas, tomatoes, black pepper, turmeric & apple cider vinegar all mixed up and gently heated 😍 I love turmeric right now! Green tea to wash it down. 🍵 All organic. 🌱 Only disappointing thing is the beans contain soy. I can’t find any baked beans with no soy, no sugar & organic. Need to make my own! But do find cans of beans so handy! This lunch is quick easy and delicious! . . If you’d need to finish this off with something sweet then pop to HealthyVix.com today for my latest blog post stuffed full of vegan chocolate recipes with no refined sugar 🍫🙌🏼 I’m going to have some sliced fresh fruit to finish 🍊🥝🍎🍌 . . . . #wholefoodmovement #wholefoods #vegan #easyveganmeals #nutritiousanddelicious #hbloggers #healthybloggers #healthyblogger #healthyliving #healthylifestyle #vegetablelover #healthyfoodporn #healthyeats #eatyourveggies #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfoods #healthymum #foodblogger #plantbasedvegan #refinedsugarfree #veganfoodshare #veganinspo #dairyfree #veganfood #plantpower #wholefoodsplantbased #whatveganseat #easyveganlunch #quickveganmeals

Feeling like breakfast today 🌿😋 Turmeric tea, fruit, dates, nuts 🍵🍊🥜 All organic 🌱 . . . #wholefoodie #wholefoodmovement #wholefoods #vegan #easyveganmeals #nutritiousanddelicious #hbloggers #healthybloggers #eatyourgreens #healthyblogger #healthyliving #healthylifestyle #vegetablelover #healthyfoodporn #healthyeats #eatyourveggies #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfoods #healthymum #foodblogger #plantbasedvegan #refinedsugarfree #veganfoodshare #veganinspo #dairyfree #veganfood #plantpower #wholefoodsplantbased #whatveganseat

If you visit Stroud then I highly recommend @falafelmamaa 😋😋😋 . . My pic does not do it justice, but it was a pitta stuffed full of delicious salad & homemade falafels 😍 Yummy #blissballs too 💚 . . . Thanks to @fionalordphoto & @oh_sew_craftylei for another great meet-up & lots of inspiring chat 🙌🏼 . . . #stroud #glosbloggers #gloucestershire #vegan #ukvegan #veganmenu #falafelmama #gloucestervegan #ukvegans #veganfalafel #kidfree #kidfreetime #glos #veganfood #stroudlife #cotswolds #vegangloucestershire #friends #veganlunch #eatvegan #veganrestaurant #veganrestaurants #stroudvegan #vegancafe #fdbloggers #fdbloggersuk #veganfoodshare #vegantreats #veganism

Happy New Year 🎉 Bit late to the party, but here’s my #topnine2018 #bestnine2018 😊🙌🏼✨ Interesting to see my #vegan curry, pizza, spiralized veg ragu and burger made it in the mix! 😂🌿🍔 I love the rowing pic of me and the kids 👦🏼👩🏻👧🏼🛶 Also a couple of my selfies where I’ve shared my home income for the month! 💰 If you like those then pop along to LyliaRose.com to read my latest blog post detailing how much I made in total in 2018 from home, online & blogging! 😊👍🏼👩🏻‍💻 . . . #incomereport #makemoneyblogging #makemoneyonline #makemoney #makemoneyathome #makemoneyfromhome #workfromhome #workfromhomemom #workathome #wahm #sidehustles #mumpreneur #entrepreneur #mumboss #momboss #mbloggers #mumsofinsta #momsofinstagram #fulltimeblogger #lbloggers #ukmoneybloggers #glosbloggers #30plusblogs #fempreneur #instablogger #ukblogger #ukbloggers

Back to this goodness 🌿💚🙌🏼 For the past 2 weeks I stopped being a healthy advocate for myself and turned into a junk food vegan for a couple of weeks, eating lots of vegan pizzas, burgers, chips, crisps and sugary chocolate and boy did I feel it by last weekend. I felt gross! It’s like I could start feeling the diseases I was feeding myself 😩 I never usually eat foods with added sugar in at home and never ‘adult’ crisps or chocolate unless it’s raw and no sugar, so I’d totally slacked from my food beliefs for the festive period 👎🏼 I’m also the heaviest I’ve ever been. Just eating crap daily for 2 weeks has put half a stone on me 😳 We *do* eat junk food (not perfect), but usually only once a week on a Friday night or if out for a meal for a special occasion or odd treat, but the rest is plant based home cooked meals, so my body really felt this change in diet and I will not be repeating it next Christmas 😐 Yesterday I had this delicious organic salad with warm mushrooms and @goshfreefrom pakora balls for lunch, then the rest is raw, even the broccoli which is actually delicious and crunchy raw 🥦 A tablespoon of @bionaorganic apple cider vinegar makes any salad delicious and moresome! 🥗 I don’t eat breakfast at the moment (I go through phases). For dinner I had organic vegetable ratatouille with whole grain rice 🍛 Snacks for the day were one @nakdwholefoods bar, organic fresh fruit, cashews, raisins, green tea and turmeric tea 🥜🍎🥝🍵 Feeling better already and won’t be allowing myself to drift so far back into junk eating again, even if there is the excuse of Christmas! Onwards and upwards 💚🌿✨ . . . . . . #wholefoodie #wholefoodmovement #wholefoods #vegan #easyveganmeals #nutritiousanddelicious #hbloggers #healthybloggers #eatyourgreens #healthyblogger #healthyliving #healthylifestyle #vegetablelover #healthyfoodporn #healthyeats #eatyourveggies #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfoods #healthymum #foodblogger #plantbasedvegan #refinedsugarfree #veganfoodshare #veganinspo #dairyfree #veganfood #plantpower #wholefoodsplantbased #whatveganseat

Giant pants! 👙We had a great time at @bluestonewales last week 💙 Find my honest & thorough review with lots more photos at TravelVixta.com 🙌🏼 . . . . . #adventureseeker #travelmore #tbloggers #travelblogger #travelwithkids #travelbloggers #travelblogging #tbloggers #travellingwithkids #familyadventures #familytravel #familytravelblog #holidayswithkids #travelkids #travellingwithkids #travelgrams #travelphotos #instatravel #travelblog #traveldiaries #seetheworld #bluestone #bluestonewales #wales #bluestonenationalparkresort #bluestonenationalpark #festiveholiday #naturetrail #ukholidays #uktravel

✨😍Swipe across to see the amazingness of the Spectacle of Light at @sudeleycastle last night 😍✨ Find my full review & more photos at TravelVixta.com 🌎 . . . . #sudeleycastle #winchcombe #spectacleoflight #lightshow #christmaslightshow #aliceinwonderland #cotswolds #gloucestershire #christmas #travelblog #travelbloggers #daysoutwithkids #daysout #daysoutwithkids #daysoutuk #castle #castle🏰 #glosbloggers #mbloggers #pbloggers #christmaslights #lightdisplay #neonlights #christmas2018 #christmasevents #christmaswithkids #kidsofinstagram #magicalmoments #momsofinstagram #documentyourdays

Absolutely love Bella’s letter to Father Christmas she wrote today at school! Her handwriting is getting so neat too! 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 Bella, age 6.5, year 2: ‘Dear Father Christmas, Will the elves make you a present? For Christmas can I have a LOL ball, vegan pizza, a bunk bed and an elf teddy? Is Rudolph eating glitter? Can I have a LEGO Friends Castle? I hope you read my list, but one more thing to tell you: can I come on your sleigh with you? Love Bella’ 🎅🏼🎅🏼🎅🏼 She says the Rudolph question is because that must be what makes his nose glow! So cute! . . . . #fatherchristmas #fatherchristmasiscoming #christmas2018 #momswhoblog #ibelieveinsanta #momsoninstagram #mumlife #mumblog #mumblogger #Mummyblogger #Mummyblog #Pbloggers #Pbloggersuk #Mbloggersuk #Mbloggers #Ukmbloggers #Ukpbloggers #Ukparentbloggers #Parentbloggers #Parentbloggersuk #Mumlifeuk #Parenting #Ukparenting #Letthembelittle #documentyourdays #Capturingchildhood #Childhood #Childofig #christmas #santaletter

Thank you to @customlabelprintsco for my thank you stickers 😊🙌🏼 One of my side hustles is online selling so these thank you stickers are perfect! They also sell Christmas stickers which save soooooo much time when wrapping presents 🎅🏼 . . . . #smallbiz #supportsmallbusiness #supportsmallbusinesses #smallbusiness #womaninbiz #christmas #christmasstickers #thankyoustickers #personalisedstickers #giftwrapping #giftwrappingideas #packaging #onlineseller #ecommerce #sellingonline #ebayseller #uksmallbiz #uksmallbusiness #labels #stickers #customstickers #ukbusiness #customlabels #stationery #stationerylover #finishingtouches #sidehustle #ukmoneybloggers #moneybloggers #makingmoneyonline

Feeling festive 🎅🏼 Can’t believe it’s only one week to go 🎄 . . . . #teammotherly #unitedinmotherhood #momswithcameras #mommymoments #bestofmom #simplymamahood #christmas #cameramama #raisingthefuture #documentyourdays #motherly #instamama #momlifestyle #mytinytribe #christmas2018 #cotswolds #littlemomentsofhappiness #mamasgotthis #ohmamamoment #mommystatus #mommaandme #momdotme #mommylifestyle #cheltenham #mommydiaries #glosbloggers #bloggermom #mommymode #mbloggers #pbloggers

Pop over to LyliaRose.com today to read my review and have a sneak peek inside my @neveo_family_album 😊🙌🏼 ✨It’s an amazing app that you can upload photos to each month, with captions or descriptions, and they automatically collate your images on the first of the month and print a family newspaper/booklet/journal which they send directly to a recipient of your choice✨ It’s a great way for Grandparents or far away family to keep in touch with what’s happening each month 👵🏼👴🏽 🌎Worldwide delivery! Ours is going to Germany, but I was kindly gifted one too so I could review it 🇩🇪🇬🇧 Check out the link in my blog to get your first booklet for only 99p! 😍 No commitment 👍🏼 . . . . . #momliferocks #ohheymama #momblog #momswhoblog #wondermom #momsoninstagram #mumlife #mumblog #mumblogger #Mummyblogger #Mummyblog #Pbloggers #Pbloggersuk #Mbloggersuk #Mbloggers #Ukmbloggers #Ukpbloggers #Ukparentbloggers #Parentbloggers #Parentbloggersuk #Mumlifeuk #Parenting #Ukparenting #Letthembelittle #documentyourdays #Capturingchildhood #Childhood #Childofig #grandparents #photogifts

Boo 😝 Income report now live! Pop over to LyliaRose.com for today’s blog post to see how much money I made from home, online & blogging in November! . . . #workathome #workathomemom #workathomemum #workingmom #workingmum #selfemployed #mumpreneur #fempreneur #femaleblogger #problogging #problogger #blogging #bloggingmom #smallbusinessowners #smallbusiness #freelance #freelancer #freelanceblogger #makemoneyonline #moneyblogger #sidehustler #makemoneyblogging #makemoneyonline #makemoneyfromhome #makemoneyathome #workfromhome #workfromhomejob #onlinehustle #flexibleworking #nomore9to5

This year I took part in #foodbankadvent organised by #UKMoneyBloggers to raise awareness & donations for food banks 🙌🏼 Food banks see a 45% increase in their services 2 weeks before Christmas 😥 Bella loved helping me choose items and count how many we had each day. We took two carrier bags worth to the drop off point at Tesco on Sunday 💙 Read more about the campaign in today’s blog post on LyliaRose.com titled ‘3 ways to help those in need this Christmas’ 🙏🏼 . . . . #foodbank #foodbanks #moneybloggers #ukmoneybloggers #reverseadventcalendar #reverseadvent #adventcalendar #helpothers #charity #moneybloggers #ukbloggers #foodbloggers #donations #donate #christmas #dogood #foodbanking #helpingothers #goodcause #raiseawareness #givingback #makeadifference #foodbankdonations #fooddonation #donatefood #givethischristmas #glosbloggers #gloucestershire

Oh my goodness @naturallyveganfoodcompany 😋😍🙌🏼 This is so good! Me and @wood_create have almost eaten the entire ball spread on crackers in one sitting 🙈🙈🙈 DELICIOUS! . . . . #ukvegan #gloucesterveganchristmasmarket #gloucestervegan #vegan #veganfoodporn #treenutcheese #hbloggers #healthybloggers #vegancheese #healthyblogger #veganbloggers #healthylifestyle #vegancheeze #healthyfoodporn #thenaturallyveganfoodcompany #chillicheese #plantbased #plantbaseddiet #plantbasedfoods #veganbrands #foodblogger #plantbasedvegan #dairyfreecheese #veganfoodshare #veganinspo #dairyfree #veganfood #plantpower #wholefoodsplantbased #whatveganseat

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