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This Bristol Brood

Family travel blog featuring all things Bristol and beyond

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BY THE SEA

Beach silhouette - Koh Lanta Thailand

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UNDER: Bristol #SummerinBristol Nearby Things to do What's On What's on this month England Poole Scotland Wales

Cornwall hotel and spa: Bedruthan

Family-friendly Cornwall hotel and spa: Bedruthan review

10 summer day trips from Bristol

Cotton and Canvas sleepover party

4 Magical sleepover party ideas for kids in Bristol

strawberry picking near Bristol

Where to go strawberry picking near Bristol

Weston-super-Mare beach

12 Beaches near Bristol: escape to the seaside within 90 minutes

campsites near Bristol_review andrewshayes holiday park in devon

Review: campsite near Bristol: Andrewshayes Holiday Park, Devon

Big Bear Sculpture Trail Wild Place Project

Review: Wild Place Project Big Bear Sculpture Trail

Bristol's best kid's playgrounds

Bristol’s best kids’ playgrounds

WHat to do in Bristol with kids when it's raining

What to do in Bristol with kids when it’s raining

Just off the motorway - Clevedon Pier

Just off the motorway: family-friendly M5 stop offs near Bristol

Sudeley Castle Spectacle of Light

Festive feels at Sudeley Castle Light Show

Victorian-Christmas-Weekend-Brunels-SS-Great-Britain_being-brunel

A Victorian Christmas Weekend at Brunel’s SS Great Britain

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Look, it’s Christmas in London already! ⁣⁣
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We headed to the Big Smoke after school on Friday and have been catching up with and staying with friends all weekend - it’s been lush (although my liver might feel differently 🥴). ⁣⁣
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Today we finally made it to the @sciencemuseum, which was just a short drive away from our chums’ house. I’ve wanted to take the kids for sooo long and it did not disappoint! The bubble show, fart chair, psychedelic dance room and Planet science blew the little’uns minds. It’s one heck of a lot of free fun in one building. Have you been?

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I don’t really make NY resolutions, but one of my aims this year was to visit Wales more often given it’s just across the bridge from Bristol.⁣
I’ve managed Snowdonia, Merthyr Tydfil and Cardiff so far, so pretty pleased with my efforts.⁣ ⁣
Next on my must-visit-more-because-it’s-so-ridiculously-close is Bath! I’ve been a handful of times and yet it’s just 12 minutes away on the train! ⁣
Do you have somewhere significant near you that you always vow to go more often?

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What I didn’t know I needed from a luxury hotel: a massive indoor soft play. Well not the only thing, but wow what a difference comfy armchairs, just a handful of kids and some natural light make to those adult-repelling places.
Honestly, if Carlsberg made soft plays - or indeed @bedruthanhotel...⁣
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We don’t have a huge amount of childcare available to us, our families live far away or are permanently on holiday 😂😬 (I often wonder how different - and easier - our lives would be if we did!, so this weekend we brought the kids with us to celebrate our anniversary weekend!
How is that in ANY way relaxing you might ask? Well Bedruthan has managed to pull off the luxury/family-friendly combo that results in ACTUAL relaxation for parents. As well as two hours inclusive childcare per day you stay, and a babysitting/listening service, there are a ton of kids facilities (like the one mentioned above), plus a spa, roaring fires and some blinking good Cornish views for adults to indulge in while the little chinchillas are entertained!

What’s the most unusual family-friendly thing you’ve discovered at a hotel?
#notanad

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We had the whole beach, but he chose to jump directly behind me - an Insta-husband he is not 😂. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀
Much like Instagram (and this picture), marriage is far from perfect, it’s a lot of work behind the scenes, and a lot more than wistful looks and declarations of love.
It’s navigating the lows of sleep deprivation, the highs of your kids’ achievements, wanting to kill each other sometimes, serious compromises, scheduling time together, lots of team work, bucket loads of love and knowing you’ve always got each other’s backs.
We’ve managed to keep this holey ship afloat for 7 years today (and 12 years in total) and had two awesome little ladies along the way and that deserves a medal...or a luxury weekend away...we went for the second option! ⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀
#suitcasetribe

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A rare ray of light on a grizzly day...anyone in the market for a ton of conkers? All this wind does have one upside - it’s released the little brown beasts from their spiky shells and scattered them all over the road next to @brunelsbridge. We found so many - question is, what do we with the pocketfuls now 😬. I saw on FB if you chop them and soak them and smush them and boil them (or something like that) you can make eco-friendly washing liquid...as much as I want to save the planet,ain’t nobody got no time for that though 🙈
Other good places in Bristol to go on a conker hunt are Saville Road, Clifton Down and @ashton_court_. Do you have any other recommendations?

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To most, a Telecommunications tower, to others a landmark to help them spot their house from above, to one, a supposed UFO refuelling tower...🧐 (Bristolians might be able to guess the website where I discovered that info 😂) Or just a nice silhouette on a fiery autumn sunrise 🌅 . What do you think?

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