Summer at Broadstairs - Beach Folk Week

Growing up by the sea we had out traditions as children. One would be as a family we would head over to Broadstairs during Folk week on the train. For my parents it was a chance to pub crawl and for me and my sisters it was amazing, we would return to our parents and get given more cash for them to have some peace. We would love it and the day would end with a carnival. We would then have to "help" them back to the train station and on a train. We used to love it was such a fun tradition. So as I have had my children I have tried to make it to Broadstairs on the train its only 4 stops for us so not far at all. I did not go on a pub crawl safe to say. 

Me and the kids and my friend Jess and her boy Noah all set of to make it for the 11am show. Which was interesting with lots of different folk dancers and entertainment. The kids enjoyed it, I didn't because I do not like those snappy dragon things they creep me out. I got chased by one as a kid and I still stay well clear. The lady below looked a little bit like my my Mother in law with Red hair which made the kids laugh.

We headed away from the bandstand and went for a little walk to get an ice cream and let the little ones have a play on the beach. It was a lovely day not to warm but not cold. Occasional sunshine making me not feel to guilty about leaving the sun tan cream at home (bad parenting). 

We let the toddlers go for a paddle Asti being far to cool to join in. Which for them was such fun except for me and my friend Jess who found it to be stressful especially when they looked like they were heading in deeper!

The summer is so my favourite time of the year. These pictures bring me such joy it really is a beautiful place to live. I love sand and the sea, we then had to get them back up the beach which was a massive mission. Three toddlers two adults, thankfully no casulties

We followed the beach of with an ice cream and a trip to the arcades. My friend got away with only spending £2 I got conned as they wanted to spend more. My son thought he was going to win a brand new phone but after £4 later it was a fake he was so disappointed. I always get ripped of in arcades they see me coming. 

We finished our day of with a trip to a park perfect little day for all of us., Home just in time for tea. I hope they look back fondly at our days out like I did. Hopefully my little blog posts might help to. I love our little adventures and random days out. Beautiful summer holidays. 

Our Eurocamp Adventure - La Croix Du Vieux Pont Adventure - Part 3

Here is our final instalment from our recent Eurocamp Holiday if you missed Part 1 and Part 2 don't forget to check them out. For the post I shall be wrtiting about what you can expect from Eurocamp and what is available on site. One thing we loved was the freedom of being able to do what you want, the vast array of choice in the different parks is enough to suite any family no matter what they are into.

There were so many holidays to choose from with Eurocamp from many destinations from all over Eurocamp and it was very hard to decide where to stay. Thankfully on the Eurocamp website they have a section where it showcases the best Eurocamp Toddler Friendly parks. The park we stayed in was a toddler paradise park meaning you had the benefit of a holiday where the little ones were involved too. With it being a toddler paradise you have the chance to hire a rumble truck, we managed to get one and it was amazing. The toddlers loved being carted around like royalty waving at all passers by.

That was one thing we looked for when choosing a holiday was the kids clubs that were available, we were unsure how the kids would cope and it was always a back up. There is a vast amount of clubs you can chose from when staying at Eurocamp, at La Croix Du Vieux pont, there was a range of clubs. You could have lessons for your toddler to learn to swim or even learn to ride a bike. Then along side that there were morning clubs and afternoon clubs both catered for toddlers and pre schoolers. There they have activities such as sensory play, messy play and music and games, the afternoon's are all about little advenutures with buddy bear. Its a lot of fun and you can take the toddlers along and have fun with them. Then for the older children there are lots of activities to be had. One of the best ones being a make your own pizza evening. They run a range of different sessions including sports and other activities. We couldn't get Asti to go along though as hard as we tried. Next time defiantly he deffo missed out it looked so much fun.

If your children like mine (well just Asti) arnt really club children then there still is so much to do round the park. Where we stayed we had so much actitives to do. Any thing your child is into was most probably covered. These included football, mini golf, fishing, laser tag, soft play, boating, quad bikes, inflatables, table tennis and tons of out side play parks. We didn't get round to doing it all and the great thing as some of these activities are covered you can still have a great time even if the weather isn't that great.

The thing we enjoyed the most as a family was definitely the swimming pool! We went there everyday and wa soften there all afternoon. The freedom to be able to sit on a sun lounger whilst your little ones go up and down the slides is great. My eldest Asti was not of the flumes and the toddlers just loved exploring. As the pools are covered they made great shade on the days when the weather was hot. The outside pool was welcoming on really hot days and to be next to the bar was bliss. Not that we drank but a Ice cold slush went down a treat with the kids. We also enjoyed the little man made beach, obviously being beach lovers the children were right at home.

Another great thing about Eurocamp park is the freedom of self catering, ok some people may not enjoy coming away and cooking but we loved that we had a gad BBQ and could sit out on the deckings most nights. There was a bakery and little supermarket so when you were short of items it was nice to nip along and get the essentials. Also buying fresh bread and cakes was a great breakfast every morning. There is also the option at most parks to eat out too. The park we stayed at had two restaurants and a take away service. We didn't eat in the restaurants but did have pizza and sat outside the take away shop. Along with the restaurants there were also two bars that between them hosted different evening events. Which included variety of discos and even a Frozen movie night. We missed the beginning which the kids were a bit miffed about. There was also laser tag and bowling that you could do until 10pm.

There really is something to cater for everyone, we loved our holiday and the kids keep on asking if we will go back. The fact that it is only 2 and a half hours from Callais is a bonus for us. We defiantly will be going back.

Check out our little video we made below, kinds of sums up all the fun we had whilst we were there.