Family Holidays - Beside The Sea Holidays

Hello, it's Friday already and almost the end of the school holidays. Phew I hear so many of you cry! Juggling school holidays and work is not alot of fun but I hope you have all made time for some fun aswell.  Perhaps you managed to escape for a little while and recharge those batteries and enjoy some family time.  As it is Friday it is of course time for another idea for a family holiday here on Zoe & Drew and this week I am taking you to Camber Sands in East Sussex.  So pack you bucket and spade and let's see what Beside the Sea Holidays  have to offer on the South Coast of England.

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Sand Dunes at Camber Sands

 

Beside The Sea Holidays have a selection of stylish 2 and 3 bedroomed cottages in East Sussex, all within a stones throw of the beautiful beaches in Camber Sands.  Personally I think it sounds fabulous and I am not sure I would want to leave being so close to the beach!  With light and bright interiors complete with flatscreen tvs, a selection of DVD's and board games, fluffy towels and Molton Brown soaps you maybe mistaken that you are staying in a luxury hotel.  However all the cottages have kitchens complete with a variety of utensils, cookware and crockery to ensure your home from home allows you to cook delicious family meals.  Yet if the weather is good I am sure you will want to take full advantage of the BBQ in your own private garden.  Now that's something you wouldn't get in a hotel!

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Camber Sands is the perfect place for a family beach holiday here in the UK with seven miles of Blue Flag award winning beach.  The sand dunes offer ample space for running around for the children and make a lovely space for a run or walk for us grown ups too.  Also with that length of beach I can only imagine the sandcastle cities that could be built.  If you can drag yourself away from the sand or the weather isn't being quite so friendly perhaps a trip five miles up the road to Rye or visit the wonderful gardens at a local histroical house, perhaps Sheffield Park or Pashley Manor. There are also castles to explore or perhaps you could visit Canterbury Cathedral in neighbouring county, Kent.

 

Pashley Manor

I hope to visit Camber Sands very soon, just to spend time on that amazing beach, run in the sand dunes and of course I will be popping up the road to Hastings as I understand there are some amazing shops full of beautiful things from designer makers.  Have you stayed in Camber Sands before? Please share your top tips for places to visit, things to do in the comments below. 

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I hope you all hae a fantastic weekend,
Zoe

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This is NOT a sponsored post, just another fab idea for a family holiday!

Family Holidays - Country House Hideouts

Morning and thank goodness it's Friday! It's been a busy week with exciting projects in the pipeline and I'm still giddy from my trip to London and Top Drawer, so many ideas & so much inspiration!  Today I am going to continue my family holiday series with Country House Hideouts.  I discovered this little treasure last year but I can't remember where.  There has been a surge in holidays allowing us to get back to basics and be part of nature and I think Country House Hideouts has done this perfectly and at an affordable price too. It's not often you can have a weeks holiday for upto 8 people in August for less than £1200!

So what makes Country House Hideouts different to other camping style holidays?  Firstly you get your own encampment complete with a main tent, which sleeps up to 6 people, a hot tub, a shower tent, a cooking cart and a discovery tent, which sleeps two more people.  Ok so that all seems quite standard but the Discovery Tent is kitted out with a microscope and specimen slides, telescope to look at the stars, binoculars for nature watching, field telephones for tent to tent communications, artist paper, paints and an easel and a library with books for flora and fauna.  How perfect for letting your children explore and learn about their surroundings.  I know my children would absolutely love this, even Connor and Jack, infact especially Connor and Jack.  Although they are older they still love being outside, exploring just as if they were little again and a telescope, a microscope and books to explain their finds would add to the fun, every boy loves a bit of kit! 

Another thing that makes a holiday at Country House Hideouts different is that it is eco-friendly with a dynamo bike powering the battery that will then power the lighting in the tent when it gets dark.  Here you can be green and stay fit as I imagine it takes a fair amount of pedal power to keep the lights on all evening!  Wood fuels your stove and water heating ensuring that your holiday energy is carbon neutral. 

Set in the grounds of four country estates dotted around the country there is plenty to explore and if you prefer your pedal power to be used to explore rather than making the lights work you can hire bikes for a reasonable charge for the whole family. 

To order a brochure, check availabilty or to book your holiday with Country House Hideouts visit their website www.countryhousehideout.co.uk or telephone 01420 549150.

Hope you all have a fab weekend and I'm hoping that the rain makes way for some sunshine.
Zoe
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PS This is NOT a sponsored post, just another great idea for a family holiday.