I really didn't want to visit the Monkey Haven when we visited the Isle of Wight for a week recently because I thought it would make me a little bit sad (and very angry) to see the animals that had been so badly neglected before being rescued and re-homed to their new home.I was talked into it by Master Frugal though who loves monkeys and wanted to see them regardless of their sad stories! I'm so pleased he talked me into going though as I loved it almost as much as he did.It's not just monkey's at Monkey Haven though, the first animals we saw when we walked in were the cheeky Meerkats … [Read more...]
Family Days Out – The Donkey Sanctuary, Isle of Wight….
When I did my research into the Isle of Wight and wrote down a list of all the places we could potentially visit while we were there, the Donkey Sanctuary was most definitely not on my list, yet it turned out to be one of the best things we did!It just didn't seem like somewhere we'd enjoy all that much so it didn't make the cut onto our list of places that we wanted to try and visit. After taking a wrong turn on the way back to our caravan one afternoon though, we passed the sign for it so we thought we'd just pop in for a quick look around. It ended up being one of my favourite … [Read more...]
Our Isle of Wight holiday in pictures….
Last week we had the loveliest holiday in the Isle of Wight and although I'm probably going to tell you lots more about some of the things we did at some point, I did want to share some of our favourite memories on here with you today....We had a brilliant week and it was just what we needed after a stressful few months for one reason or another.Now, just another 27 loads of washing to do....Don’t miss out on future posts like this - receive updates directly to your inbox by email by adding your email address here and hitting subscribe. You can also … [Read more...]
What to expect when you’re travelling with two teenagers….
I love travelling and discovering new places with my little family but one thing I learned after our recent trip to Milan is that our holidays now need to planned slightly differently to when the kids were younger.With Miss Frugal now at the grand old age of 14 and her brother slightly younger at 12, we've been through the years where they got along like a house on fire and actually enjoyed each other's company and the (thankfully) short phase where they hated the sight of each other. We're now in the much more comfortable phase where they manage to tolerate each other for the most part … [Read more...]
Visiting the San Siro Stadium in Milan….
The minute I booked our little trip to Milan, Master Frugal was on his phone searching for information about how to get booked on a tour of the San Siro Football Stadium.He's football mad just like his Dad so a visit to the San Siro was naturally the first thing he thought about when we mention Milan and it was top of my list of to-do things when I was planning our trip as I knew how much they would both enjoy a tour of the iconic stadium. To be fair, we've done a few stadium tours as a family in our time (Old Trafford, Nou Camp, Barcelona, Anfield and the Riverside) and we always enjoyed … [Read more...]
Easyjet Vs British Airways….
I'm all for saving money when we travel but I must admit that I was very reluctant to book a trip with Easyjet because I've heard such bad reports about them in the past. In the end we booked through them for our trip to Milan because the price was literally unbeatable.I was very pleasantly surprised with our Easyjet experience and having traveled with British Airways recently, I thought I'd share my experience with you so you can decide whether to book your flights with Easyjet who are known as a 'budget' airline or their more premium competitors, British Airways. Cost First of all, … [Read more...]
