80 Fun Things To Do This Autumn

80 Fun Things To Do This Autumn

BySophie Bratt

…ck a new box set to watch Watch a really scary movie, preferably not alone Commit to a digital detox, no matter how big or small! Be adventurous and try white water rafting Have a pumpkin carving competition Make pumpkin soup, or pumpkin pie, or pumpkin cake or anything with pumpkin in! Get crafty and make a bird feeder for your garden Start your Christmas shopping early at the local markets Celebrate Oktoberfest, Vicky FlipFlop has some great tip…

The books of my childhood – World Book Day

The books of my childhood – World Book Day

ByJen Lowthrop

…en dad and Karen bought a wood and I spent much of my teenage years making dens in the rhododendron, which were perfect for making dens, it even has ‘den’ in the name! John, Susan, Titty and the gang had such an adventure, I feel this book seems unbelievably unrealistic for kids to do ‘these days’, but my hope is that if I ever have kids they can have adventures like this too. The Railway Children I’m not sure what came first the book or the film,…

101 Fun Things to Keep the Kids Entertained at Home

ByJen Lowthrop

…after lockdown Have a kitchen disco with glow sticks Put a tent in the garden or make a den inside and use a torch Build a Lego world Make your own playdoh (salt doh) Have an Easter egg hunt Make a movie with your family in it Visit a virtual zoo or farm online Read a book and write a book review Make a robot out of cardboard boxes and loo rolls Do some colouring-in Make a sock puppet and put on a show Make a pattern using potato printing Play ba…

An October stay at a luxury Travelopo villa in Mallorca

An October stay at a luxury Travelopo villa in Mallorca

ByJen Lowthrop

…(I’m a squishy bed lover) so we moved to one of the twin rooms and made an uber double bed by pushing them together. It was great to spread our things out across the three rooms, though there was plenty of space in each room to comfortably fit 6 people in the villa or even a couple more if you had a blow up bed or two. There are two bathrooms, both with powerful showers and lovely hot water and we had fresh towels delivered half way through the we…

Everything I Ate During a Long Weekend in Rome

Everything I Ate During a Long Weekend in Rome

ByJose Walbank

…d, and super authentic. There’s all the classics, and a great range of new combinations to try (I’d highly recommend their ‘Puglia’ pizza, which is topped with yellow datterini tomatoes, capocollo, burrata from Puglia, pitted olives and crumbled tarallo).  There’s even an open-plan kitchen, with a vast, proper wood-fired pizza oven at the centre. This activity definitely adds to the energy of the restaurant, and it really makes you appreciate the…

An Alternative Weekend In Amsterdam

An Alternative Weekend In Amsterdam

BySophie Bratt

…great food, try their homemade lemonades and explore this wonderful ‘forbidden garden’. Alternative art lovers Now the Van Gogh museum is up there on most people’s Amsterdam bucket list, and rightly so. But what about seeking out some modern street art, and maybe even catching some live-in-the-making? Then you have to cycle up to Noord NDSM wharf… It’s an artsy hipsters haven. It’s just 10 minutes by free ferry (also departing from Centraal Statio…

Unique things to do on a girly weekend in Lisbon

Unique things to do on a girly weekend in Lisbon

ByJen Lowthrop

…e of travelling here on Sunday in August and it was BUSY! We queued in our uber to get up the single track road to the castle, then queued for a ticket, then queued to get close to the castle too. It was worth it for the views and selfies around the brightly coloured, flamboyant 19th century castle! Learn from our mistakes though and visit off season (or at least not on a Sunday), buy your tickets online and if you aren’t paying to get inside the…