May 23, 2013

A day out at the National Railway Museum

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  Larger Family Life recently recently sent David Pearson and his family to visit the National Railway Museum in York.  He, his wife Helen and their four daughters took part in the Wizard themed half term week.  Here is David’s feedback on the day:   The National Railway Museum (NRM) is in York, right beside [...]

Bring stories to life with a theatre trip

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    Trips to the theatre don’t have to be limited to the annual Christmas pantomime.  With so many stories to choose from there is bound to be something that the whole family will want to see, and what better way to bring a favourite family story to life than by watching the characters live [...]

Have a “Family Film Day” this half term

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    Keeping the children entertained can be difficult enough during school holidays but short days and cold, wet weather makes it even harder during the winter months.  Whilst indoor activities are well and good, sometimes a change of scenery and the need to do something different is called for but you might be reluctant [...]

Frightfully good half term fun at the London Dungeon

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  With the February half term holidays approaching you might be thinking of things you can do or places you can go.  Do you want fun?  Or do you want educational?  How about both? The London Dungeon was opened back in 1974 to tell the tales of London’s very dark yet very real history.  Using [...]

Fantastic family fun at Port Lympne

A while ago our family was invited to spend the day with the staff and animals at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent.  When the lovely Sam wrote to ask us if our large family of little monkeys would like to meet and feed their large family of little monkeys we jumped at it! [...]

Large families, day trips and holidays. Why do companies fail to deliver for us?

There was an interesting post last week over on Have a Lovely Time where they asked the question, “Do larger families get a tough break on travel?” I was asked for my opinion on this feature with regards to days out.  It is a bug bear of mine that events or attractions very rarely cater for larger than [...]