This summer we decided to take a holiday in the town we live in – London.

We packed, piled into a cab and, just 20 minutes later, piled out again. We stayed in a drippingly gorgeous family apartment at the Athenaeum Hotel in Piccadilly only a couple of miles from our very own front door, but a world away from home. Read more about our holiday here.

We learnt If you want to travel around the world, the first stop should be home - Dea

We have just come back from 2 nights at friends out in rural Herts camping in their back garden. This made it possible for one other family to stay too, so we had 6 children playing together. Noisy hedgehog visited late one night and we also learnt that cows moo at 2.00am!

We often also camp at home in the back garden when too hot in the house.

Adam