Today was a designated driving day as we left the sunny Pembrokeshire coastline and headed north along the Coastal Way to the rugged mountains of North Wales and the Snowdonia National park. After being blessed with sunshine yesterday, today was dominated by rain but thankfully it eased off enough for us to still enjoy our stops. We decided to bypass St David’s and head to Cwmtydu Cove which is known for Seal sightings. The drive down was pretty hair raisin...

One of the problems with planning everything in advance is that it leaves no room for spontaneity and has the risk that the activity will take place come rain or shine. You can imagine our relief, therefore, when our designated beach day was beautifully sunny and our biggest concern was layers of sun cream rather than layers of clothes. Of the three local beaches, the kids opted for the one that had facilities (aka a place to buy ice cream): Newgale beach. Newg...

It’s been months of planning routes, finding available campsites, researching places to go and booking everything in advance. Finally, after talking about it for so long, we’ve started our journey. When we first saw our home for the next four weeks, both of our initial reaction was “oh sh**”. There appeared to be no storage space. None. Zilch. When we looked at the enormous pile of stuff we wanted to take, we panicked. Slowly, slowly we found a nook he...