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Average Briton Plans Three Breaks In 2015

A survey by the Holiday Supermarket has shown that while we’re not quite into a New Year yet, many of us are already thinking about our 2015 holidays, and for the average holidaymaker there’ll be three holidays next year! Your typical family will be jetting off to Spain or somewhere »

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Holiday Thoughts Give Way To Holiday Thoughts

Us Brits probably spend about 50 weeks a year dreaming of summer holidays, but for two weeks a year we spend time thinking of another kind of holiday, as the Christmas season kicks in. While you may have cheered up your winter by already booking your break for next summer, »

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BBC Show Explores Heyday Of British Holidays

A new BBC show is exploring the heyday of the British holiday and is brightening up the television on these wet winter nights with stories of rock pools, ice creams and sandy bays. Holidays of My Lifetime has seen several celebrities taken back to the places of their childhood and »

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British Pathe Release Caravan Archives

For those who aren’t aware, British Pathe has released all its media archives online and much of the footage, capturing our lives over the last 100 years is now available on YouTube. The footage covers pretty much every event, and many you won’t have heard of from the last century, »

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Staying Warm On Low Season Holidays

If you’re taking an out of season caravan holiday in a holiday park with static caravans then these days they’re pretty well kitted out and quite well insulated. However, if you’re making the most of the late summer sun camping or caravanning then you might find it’s getting chilly in »

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Haven Visitors Create Mile Long Loom For Charity

Loom bands are everywhere, you can’t get away from them. Lately there have been some quite startling stories about people selling dresses they’ve made using loom bands. Recently a Welsh lady sold a dress made entirely form loom bands on eBay for £170,100.00. And, it seems to have sparked off »

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The Lego Beaches of Cornwall

Yesterday I stumbled across a piece in the BBC Magazine about the beaches in Cornwall where Lego has been washing up for almost 20 years. Although not great for the environment, it’s become an attraction in the area, especially as much of the Lego has a nautical theme. If you’re »