Holiday Suggestions

Family Holiday on the Orkney Isles

We travelled to the Orkney Isles with our two girls (aged 9 and 10) during Easter 2010.

We started off with a night at Balintraid House over looking the Moray Firth.  This is a wonderful country house without the National Trust touch and with good value family rooms...

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Family Holidays

Family rooms from just £30 per night are on offer by the Independent Hostels UK network (IHUK) of over 300 houses, cottage and barns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. In addition to the privacy of a multi bed room (sometimes with a double bed, often en-suite and ideal for any family size) they provide self-catering facilities, dining areas and other social areas where the kids are welcome to play.   Independent Hostels are ideal for families seeking friendly, clean and value places to stay without membership requirements...

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Family holiday on Anglesey

We arrived at Anglesey Bunkhouse with our two toddlers at 8pm on Friday night. . unloaded the car and made up beds in two separate rooms at the top of the stairs...

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Astronomy for Beginners at Hardraw

As a newcomer, I had no idea what to expect of this meeting of the West Didsbury Astronomical Society.  As it turned out, this was a most enjoyable experience.   The road to Hardraw was an interesting drive, especially at night...

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How to have fun in the Lincolnshire Wolds - Family Holiday

For the past three years my family and five other families from my village have enjoyed a weekend in Brook House Barn in the Lincolnshire Wolds near Louth.

This has become a firm yearly favourite with both children and adults alike. Before leaving for the bunkhouse we all plan exactly what each of us needs to bring - we divide up meals by so each family needs to make one main meal - this means no one person spending loads of time in the kitchen and means we don't duplicate what each other brings...

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Reunion of Old Friends on the Isle of Purbeck

With old room-mates and friends from the college walking group, (some of us had not met for 15 years), we decided to have a reunion walking holiday in September.   The David Donald Field Studies Base had plenty of beds and an ideal location close to the coast path and reasonable journey from where we had all settled...

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