Choosing holidays of any
length can be a complex exercise when you have children, particular when there
are a spread of ages or the family size is greater than four people.
Additionally the financial aspect has to be taken into account and let’s face
it while there are some fantastic options available many of them would hardly
be described as cheap, particularly during the normal school holiday period.
To be honest though the
selection can be somewhat bewildering, hotel, villa, camping, specialist such as
Mark Warner Holidays or Club Med, UK or abroad, there is something available
for everyone, at a price. This year we are planning to fit a couple of breaks
in the first of which is Camp Bestival.
We have actually been to
Camp Bestival before on two occasions and from a dad point of view it has been
pretty good, although to be fair the weather was in our favour on these visits,
quite how pleasant an experience it would be if it poured with rain all weekend
is not something that I care to dwell upon, fingers crossed for the sun again
this year. As far as accommodation goes
it is camping, although you can pay more for posh camping in a Yurt, Airstream
or such like if you wish, although as the vast majority of your time is spent
around the festival it seems like a bit of a luxury to do so.
Obviously as this is a family friendly festival there is plenty to keep the children busy with outdoor activities, which includes plenty of nature based activities in the fabulous Dingley Dell area set in the trees, which is nice, cool and calm. There are also art, science, sports and many other activities to keep a good spread of age groups amused.
The kids therefore are going to have a great time which is the main thing, but what about dad. Well if you are feeling energetic how about a nature run, there is also a Freesports Park but I warn you now it is normally full of seriously fit teenagers. If food is your thing then there are plenty of stalls scattered around the grounds the centre piece of which is the Feast Collective, catering for most tastes including seafood, Caribbean, Asian street food, DJ BBQ and much more, all of which was very good last year. Prefer to cook for yourself, then there are also supplies on site including a Farmers Market.
Music, well it is a festival after all, there is a large line up including Ella Henderson, Kaiser Chiefs and Clean Bandit, whom my daughters assure me are awesome, and many others. Alternatively if you come from my generation Level 42 and Bob Geldof, who I have assured my daughters was good before awesome became an expression.
Highlight from last year, well there was a shower one evening which 'forced' us into the Lego area, unlimited bricks to build with, fabulous, just hope they are back this year.
Obviously as this is a family friendly festival there is plenty to keep the children busy with outdoor activities, which includes plenty of nature based activities in the fabulous Dingley Dell area set in the trees, which is nice, cool and calm. There are also art, science, sports and many other activities to keep a good spread of age groups amused.
The kids therefore are going to have a great time which is the main thing, but what about dad. Well if you are feeling energetic how about a nature run, there is also a Freesports Park but I warn you now it is normally full of seriously fit teenagers. If food is your thing then there are plenty of stalls scattered around the grounds the centre piece of which is the Feast Collective, catering for most tastes including seafood, Caribbean, Asian street food, DJ BBQ and much more, all of which was very good last year. Prefer to cook for yourself, then there are also supplies on site including a Farmers Market.
Music, well it is a festival after all, there is a large line up including Ella Henderson, Kaiser Chiefs and Clean Bandit, whom my daughters assure me are awesome, and many others. Alternatively if you come from my generation Level 42 and Bob Geldof, who I have assured my daughters was good before awesome became an expression.
Highlight from last year, well there was a shower one evening which 'forced' us into the Lego area, unlimited bricks to build with, fabulous, just hope they are back this year.
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