So once again the car is packed, roof box on, trailer attached, with bikes on, and kids loaded into car. Off we go for a week in (hopefully sunny) Devon. Last year we went down for my sister’s wedding, we went onto a campsite a few days afterwards, and spent one of the wettest and windiest weeks in a tent that I have ever known! The kids didn’t seem to mind, Abbie and Millie would ride up and down in the rain outside the tent. Hannah and Georgia seemed magnetically drawn to every puddle on the entire site and they got so many clothes wet that we found ourselves having to go into Exeter to buy new shorts and t-shirts in an effort to find them something dry to put on. Camping is definitely a warm, dry weather activity!
Long journeys in a car with kids, let’s see, first you pack loads of bags, equipment, footwear (boots, trainers and sandals for six people fill a large box on their own, before you’ve even started on the raincoats, caps, fleeces…..etc) in to the car until it’s stuffed full and bursting at the seams. Then you attach a trailer, strap a couple of bikes to that (then find that the bike rack is mounted a little too far forward to actually shut the boot!), put a roof box on top, filled with more important bits and pieces (then, luckily, notice at last minute that the keys to unlock the top box when you get there are still hung up in the house!). Finally, load four children into their car seats and strap them in to the seats that they have to sit relatively still in for the next few hours. Then you’re ready to get underway. Enjoy the first hour or so of the journey, as the novelty of setting off on holiday and the things you’ve brought to keep the kids occupied will only last for a short amount of time. Once the whinging, moaning and “are we nearly there yet?” “I’m fed up!” “I want to get out now!” starts, try to relax and remember that this is your holiday. You may be struggling in the rain, through heavy traffic with a car loaded with stuff and four crying, whingy kids, but hey, you’re on holiday!! Enjoy!!!
Long journeys in a car with kids, let’s see, first you pack loads of bags, equipment, footwear (boots, trainers and sandals for six people fill a large box on their own, before you’ve even started on the raincoats, caps, fleeces…..etc) in to the car until it’s stuffed full and bursting at the seams. Then you attach a trailer, strap a couple of bikes to that (then find that the bike rack is mounted a little too far forward to actually shut the boot!), put a roof box on top, filled with more important bits and pieces (then, luckily, notice at last minute that the keys to unlock the top box when you get there are still hung up in the house!). Finally, load four children into their car seats and strap them in to the seats that they have to sit relatively still in for the next few hours. Then you’re ready to get underway. Enjoy the first hour or so of the journey, as the novelty of setting off on holiday and the things you’ve brought to keep the kids occupied will only last for a short amount of time. Once the whinging, moaning and “are we nearly there yet?” “I’m fed up!” “I want to get out now!” starts, try to relax and remember that this is your holiday. You may be struggling in the rain, through heavy traffic with a car loaded with stuff and four crying, whingy kids, but hey, you’re on holiday!! Enjoy!!!
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