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The third child ‘tax’ when it comes to holidays
“How much?!”, I ask incredulously when the nice man at the hotel reception quotes me an additional £285 after I tell him that, actually, we have three children, rather than the standard two. And that’s just for one night.
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Why this Isles of Scilly hotel is heaven on earth for families
“It’s not the destination, it’s the journey.” Is there a more annoying phrase? It’s always said by people with an irritating abundance of personal freedom. You rarely hear it, for example, from those whose lives revolve exclusively around journeys to and from children’s schools, clubs and swimming lessons. In rush hour.
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The best places to go fossil hunting in Britain
News that an 11-year old girl, Ruby Reynolds, found an important fossil proves that anyone can make historic discoveries if they are willing to get out there and look. The fossilised bone, found on a Somerset beach in 2020, was recently identified by Dean Lomax, a palaeontologist from Manchester University, as coming from a species of giant marine reptile new to science. Ruby, now 15, helped name the prehistoric creature Ichthyotitan severnensis, or, “giant fish lizard of the Severn”. The specie
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Greece’s less crowded (and cheaper) version of the Camargue
Taking the turning for Chalastra, gateway to the Axios Delta National Park, the silence was so sudden it was as if someone had flicked a switch. Far from the snarl of the hooting, honking traffic on Thessaloniki’s motorway, I was on a narrow tree-fringed road and the only sounds were the buzz of cicadas and the clamouring from storks’ nests high overhead.
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I went on a Disney cruise without children – this is what happened
Don’t get me wrong: I like Toy Story as much as the next parent. But the Hey Howdy Breakfast, with a singing guitarist striking up a chord every five minutes, and Woody, Jessie and Bullseye dancing as we tucked into waffles shaped like Mickey Mouse wasn’t my idea of fun.
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The best cities in Europe for wild swimming
There’s something in the water – E.coli to be exact. After high levels of the bacteria were found in the Seine, questions were raised about how safe it would be for the triathletes and open-water swimmers taking part in the 2024 Olympic Games.
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The UK’s best places to spot puffins
I was on the edge of a Yorkshire cliff, surrounded by strangers, peering into a high-powered telescope, gasping and squealing with untrammelled excitement.
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