Compiling the travel round-up at the end of the summer is always a joy. I love to read about your trips within the UK and beyond: the lazy days at the seaside, city breaks, fun and exploration. If you want to find out where BritMums families have been this summer, or are seeking inspiration for next year, hopefully you will find something to tempt you here.
UK
Beach Introductions: Bournemouth and Southbourne – A Bavarian Sojourn
Swansea is the place to go with teenagers – St Bloggie de Riviere
Family fun in the Lake District – Chiswick Mum
A long weekend at Ledram Bay, Devon – Tin Box Traveller
A week in Cornwall – Family Travel Times
Hoburne Park, Dorset – Boo Roo & Tigger Too
Mum’s gone to Wales: Portmeirion – Mum’s Gone To…
Unlocking the secrets of the countryside with lanterns and larks – Way Too Much Luggage
A Yorkshire holiday – Juggle Mum
The Cotswolds with kids – Me & B Make Tea
UK family friendly attractions picked by local mums – Travel Loving Family
On the Game of Thrones trail in Northern Ireland – Opposable Thumbs
Monkeying around in Trentham Monkey Forest, Staffordshire – Jenography.net
Photo credit: Tin Box Traveller
EUROPE
10 reasons Menorca is perfect for families – Truly Madly Kids
Sport, Swiss wine and chocolate in the Olympic capital, Lausanne – The Family Adventure Project
Swimming with tots in Lake Banyoles, Catalonia – Tots 2 Travel
A review of Norida Beach, Kos: our post GCSE girly break – Emma & Three
5 things to do in Brussels – Kids Days Out Reviews
Great things to do at Mark Warner’s Levante BeachResort – Mummy Mummy Mum
The island of Thassos: love at first sight – Simply Marina
Nausicaa National Sea Centre, France – Side Street Style
Photo credit: The Family Adventure Project
REST OF THE WORLD
Planning a stress-free trip to Walt Disney World – Stressy Mummy
Doing beaches the right way in Barbados – Mummy Barrow
63 things to do in San Francisco with kids – Mummy Travels
Kate, Striking Mum, asked me if I would share the following post which gives some invaluable advice for travel as a carer.
CarerSmart Travel – Carer’s Club
Finally, I defy anyone to read this inspiring but wonderfully funny post by Alex, blogging at The Long Chain, and not want to cheer at the end of it.
Q. What do you do in the summer holidays if you have three children under five, one breastfeeding constantly, one addicted to cartoons, and one severely disabled?
A. Take them camping. No joke*.
Gone Camping – The Long Chain
My next travel round-up will be food-related. I’m looking for travel posts which feature either great restaurants, local cuisine or street markets. Contact me via my blog, Mum’s Gone To, or Twitter @mumsgoneto.
About Trish Burgess
Trish Burgess started her blog ‘Mum’s Gone To…’ with a series of posts called ‘Mum’s Gone To Iceland’ where she was extremely ill on a whale-watching trip and thought she would die snow-mobiling on a glacier. Thankfully she survived and continued with less scary family trips: ‘Mum’s Gone To…Canada, Cyprus, Barcelona, Berlin etc. Originally from Newcastle upon Tyne she now lives in South Lincolnshire and travels with her husband and occasionally with her son, who is now at university. Trish can be found on Twitter at @mumsgoneto
What a fab round-up. Love anything travel related, some new blogs for me to explore! Here is my latest travel post 😉 http://allbabyadvice-blog.com/our-summer-postcards-the-west-bohemia/