Category Archives: UK
The Trunki Files hot list 2015
I know I know, you’re supposed to release your ‘hot lists’ for the year ahead in January. It’s now mid-February. I apologise. It’s all been rattling around in my head for months; what with the January return to work and a … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Tips & ideas, UK, Worldwide
Tagged Durrell Wildlife Camp, jersey, Singapore, Sun Gardens, Villa Suite Maria, Villas Fawakay
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The battle to be my perfect holiday town: Dartmouth versus Wells
I’ve recently come back from a week with my family in the town of Dartmouth, south Devon, and I have to admit, it’s totally thrown me. Up to this point, if you’d asked me my favourite place for a family … Continue reading
Meeting in the middle: it really is fun to stay in the Y-H-A
So here’s the situation. Close group of friends from grad days in London now all grown up and dispersed inconveniently around the country (from Northumberland in the north to Sussex in the south). Desperate to meet up but can’t bear … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation reviews, Tips & ideas, UK
Tagged group holidays, Thurlby, YHA
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All’s fyne and dandy in Argyll
by Linda Hull This year’s holidays have been on the theme of return visits. May half term back at Lower Saltings in Aldeburgh (still highly recommended) and early Summer back at the in-laws’ house in France enjoying the sun were … Continue reading
Amazing Arran – Scotland in miniature
Trunki Files contributor and UK-holidays Guru Linda Hull has just returned from a week on the Isle of Arran – the perfect introduction, she argues, to the delights of Scotland. Traveling with her husband, two girls (aged 5 and 7) … Continue reading
The Trunki Files Guide to days out on the Isle of Wight – for around £50
Now I’m back from our first holiday as a family on the Isle of Wight (IoW), I can’t believe it took us quite so long to go there. The attractions are obvious – particularly if, like us, you live in … Continue reading
Simple pleasures: Suffolk coast destination guide
by Linda Hull I have always been a bit sceptical about East Anglia, following an unfortunate car breakdown in Great Yarmouth after a party in my university years. However, having married an Essex boy, I’ve had to rather reconcile myself … Continue reading
Posted in Destination guides, UK
Tagged Lower Saltings, Southwold with kids, Suffolk family holidays, Suffolk with kids
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Just back from…Isle of Purbeck, Dorset
by Alison Wood Everyone I introduce to Dorset says the same thing: ‘I can’t believe we didn’t think of coming here before. There is so much to do and it’s so much nearer than Cornwall.’ Take the Isle of Purbeck, … Continue reading
“Mummy, what’s a yurt?”: five unusual places to stay in the UK
Although I’m guilty of being seduced by exotic destinations and the promise of warmer climes, when it comes to family holidays, the truth is you don’t have to go very far to have a brilliant time. The explosion of unusual … Continue reading
7 ways to spend 7 days in North Cornwall… and 1 lovely place to stay
The minute you have your first child, you know you will be spending one, if not all, of your summer holidays in Cornwall. In fact, for many families, it becomes their default destination. Far enough away to feel exotic but … Continue reading
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