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Destination UK

A Visit to Car Fest South

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September 22, 2016

Right at the end of the summer we spent our last weekend of freedom at Car Fest South in Hampshire thanks to an invite from Peugeot.
As it is less than an hour from home and we had just returned from a holiday abroad we made the decision to travel…

Thorpe Park


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Destination UK

#Win Four Tickets to Fright Night at Thorpe Park

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September 20, 2016

Can you believe that Fright Nights at Thorpe Park are celebrating their 15th birthday this year?
NEW for 2016, Thorpe Park unveil Platform 15 – the Park’s largest scare maze to date covering 450m in their woodlands which have never before been explored. Can you uncover the dark secret of…

Moors Valley


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Carnival Vista


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Destination Europe

Ten Things Not To Miss Aboard Carnival Vista

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September 13, 2016

We have just returned from an amazing holiday aboard the Carnival Vista cruise ship which has so much to see and do onboard that you don’t actually have to step onshore if you don’t want to.
Some activities only run on sea days and we only had one sea day…


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Destination Europe

Travelling to France: Ferry vs Plane

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September 12, 2016

Back in February we made the journey from Poole to St Malo in France for half term.
It was a holiday we thoroughly enjoyed, although surviving a ferry journey with kids in bad weather was a steep learning curve.
Taking the ferry is far less hassle than travelling by air, as…

Poole Thai Festival


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Trevi Fountain


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Destination Europe

Our top places to visit in Rome

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September 10, 2016

Our recent cruise aboard the Carnival Vista first took is to Messina, Sicily, then Naples where we made a visit to Pompeii and the next stop was Civitavecchia, the port closest to Rome.
There were plenty of planned tours to purchase onboard the ship, however, we made the decision to explore Rome…

Pompeii


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Destination Europe

Top Tips for exploring Pompeii

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September 4, 2016

When we first found out we were docking in Naples on our cruise aboard the Carnival Vista, a visit to Pompeii was a must.
Pompeii is a Roman town frozen in time, thanks to the devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD and is the only place in the…

Car fest


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Messina


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Destination Europe

Top 10 things to do in Messina

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September 1, 2016

We have just returned from a fantastic cruise aboard the Carnival Vista and much as the ship was amazing and there was plenty to do onboard, we were also keen to explore the destinations that we reached.
Our first port of call was Messina, Sicily, which perhaps the prettiest port we…

KARA GUPPY
Bournemouth

Are we nearly there yet? is a new online blog run by me, Kara Guppy, and is named as such thanks to my daughter Eliza who always asks that very question when we are less than 5 minutes up the road heading off on our adventures. You may know me from my other family blog chelseamamma.co.uk