My kids are not going on holiday again until they learn to stop arguing with each other all the fucking time.

Djornson wrote:

Those of you with children between 5-10, what are you doing for holidays this year? This will be first year that i (in theory) have go to during summer holidays and boy is it expensive. We enjoyed Haven type places in the past.

We're going to the Amalfi coast this year.  There's four of us so it isn't particularly cheap but, well what can i do?  It's just simply expensive once you're going in the summer holidays but i don't think there's much you can do tbh. Its either that or take the fine. My kids are moving through the gears rapidly now so I'm onto the homeward stretch of gazzilion pound holidays. A few more years and they probably won't want to come with us is the way i'm looking at it.

The only possible glitch can be if you leave a few days before the summer term ends you still at least get the benefit of much cheaper flights.  Primary schools tend to be a little more forgiving than secondaries - especially if you're on good terms with the teaching and management teams.  Other than that its just sucking it up and looking forward to when they hit an age you can legally leave them behind.

Family caravan (wife's side) usually does the job for us, I've already got Easter booked off for a trip to sunny Leysdown on Sea.  We rented a caravan with my side of the family in August last year, which we might do again.  That was the plan after last time anyway.  

Tilly's school has decided to plough on with their two weeks off in October idea, which has put paid to our half-baked idea of a trip to Malta during that half term (I'll have to book the week after off now).

I don;t know whether it still happens or not but my foster mum was a youth worker so I spent many of my holidays between 5-15 camping with youth clubs, this was double good as it meant parents could get a separate break without whiny bastard child, plus every other year there would also be a family break to butlins or something as well

Like a Q7

Thanks all, we've got 5 and 3, not brave enough for a plane! Ferry seems reasonable though and Brittany looks nice. They dont have passports yet though!

acemuzzy wrote:

Yup, obviously environmentally better too. Getting car hire with three safe cars seats ain't always easy/cheap though, Wich is why we've driven previously...

Good point, we only had isla when we did it so only needed one child seat.

Anyone know where my marriage certificate is?  ta.

acemuzzy wrote:

Anyone know where my marriage certificate is?  ta.

Someone suddenly regrets voting tory

iPad Pro.  Then buy the trillion pound keyboard case to go with it.  £1500 well spent.

can see the way you're thinking. Used a Surface on and off for a few  months at launch, very impressive piece of hardware, wouldn't want kids near it, it'd stand up to them (mostly) but I'd want to pristine. If you are going be letting the kids use it, then just get a cheap as chips android tablet. It's most likely to be what they see at home, and it's ultimately replacable, including software, settings and files, by just loggin into the thing

If you're going Android, get a Kindle Fire and add the Google services. They're cheap and effective.
Alternatively, I've been using a Linx 10inch Windows tablet with keyboard cover for the past couple of years and am pretty happy.

Lightbulb? Doesn't really explain the smell of electrical problem but worth a 'pop'

Perhaps your lamb was electric

do do do do
electric lamb

Aye, thinking clearly this morning that’s probably it. I’ll have to see if there’s a way to try one element at a time so I can work out which.