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We hope that you enjoyed our 'Keeping Kids Amused' blog that we published last week in collaboration with our friends Volkswagen Camper Adventures. This week, we're very pleased to be publishing Volkswagen Camper Adventures tips for 'Keeping Kids Amused'. Enjoy! How To Keep The Kids Amused When Camping I've been asked on numerous occasions, how do I keep my kids occupied when we go away in the campervan. The truth is, I don't find it too difficult. The majority of times we book a campsite, it's usually because of its local attractions. That may be a beach, a theme park, a museum or whatever else we decide we wish to experience. When we are visiting these attractions, the van is only really a space to sleep and eat breakfast, so we don't really spend much time in there. My wife and I have camped at coastal sites ever since our first trip away together, and as a youngster I spent many a holiday at the seaside in my parents caravan, so it...

Keeping Kids Amused Whilst Camping We are very excited to again be releasing this months blog in collaboration with our friends over at Volkswagen Camper Adventures. Volkswagen Camper Adventures are a family that love camping, campervanning and caravanning. Next Friday, we will be publishing their blog about 'Keeping Kids Amused whilst Camping'. But if you want to head over to check out their blog, then follow  this link. We;  The Chaotic Campervaners; love camping and campervanning!  But the first time that we felt brave enough to take our son camping was when he was 2 years old. The reason that we were so reluctant to take our son camping was that he is (and always has been) a very active child, who is always on the go and is full of energy! In fact, on this first camping trip, the woman in the next tent told us at the end of our holiday that she had thought that we had twin boys because she didn't think that it could be the same child running around the wh...

Charmouth Camping & Caravanning Club Site, Monkton Wyld Charmouth Campsite ,  Monkton Wyld   Deer feeding, fossil hunting, digger driving and lots of animals! We arrived at the Charmouth Camping and Caravanning Club Site in the sunshine ready for a busy (but rather wet) 5 nights of camping. Charmouth CCCS in Monkton Wyld is an award winning campsite with plenty to offer! This site; on the Dorset and Devon border; has approximately 200 pitches, free WIFI, a shop, 2 facility blocks which have toilets, showers & washrooms, a large play area with swings, slides, climbing apparatus etc, a games room, laundry facilities and so much more!  Having pitched our tent, we decided to try out the takeaway pizzas from the amazing onsite pizza van. There are 3 different food vans at different times throughout the week. We ordered a meat feast and a vegetarian pizza, plus also a chicken curry (as they also serve a meat and a vegetable curry). The food was...

  The Bunny Whisperer's POV on Road T rips Hi, i'm The Bunny Whisperer, I always get bored on long road trips. I love my 3 bunnys named  Apple, Ginger and Crumpet. (They're all named after food). We only adopt rescue bunnys. I love my bunnys so much that I find it hard to go camping. I also play piano...but back to bunnys. When we were camping at Cheddar someone brought their bunnys there the week before we came!  Crumpet is the small one in the middle Apple is the big one and Ginger is the one closest to Crumpet. But on to road trips... My mum Bluebell brings a car activities bag with books, puzzles, dot to dots, snacks and lots more.   Conrad Berdekin's poem books always put a smile on my face because they are very funny! You can check out his website  here.  👈 When I am camping, I am allowed my devices in the morning but not in the afternoon, evening or night time. I am only allowed my phone to listen to music or to my favourite kids podcast c...

We hope that you enjoyed the first part of our Road Trip Playlist that we published last week in collaboration with our friends Volkswagen Camper Adventures. This week, we're very pleased to be publishing part 1 of Volkswagen Camper Adventures Road Trip Playlist. Enjoy! My Campervan Playlist Having the right playlist for your ca mpervan trips is absolutely essential.   If you're anything like me, hearing certain songs will remind you of specific trips, holidays or journeys.  For example, whenever I hear Vanessa Carlton's 'A Thousand Miles', it takes me back to a road trip to Cornwall for a lads holiday to Board Masters in 2007.  The song was five years old at this point, so it isn't like it was hanging around the charts and playing on the radio regularly, it was more about the funny moment where two, big, rugby league players and an Army engineer blurted out the opening lines in perfect harmony without thinking, when it played on whichever radio station we were ...

Campervan Playlist  We're very excited to be releasing this months blog in collaboration with our friends at Volkswagen Camper Adventures.  You can check out their road trip playlist and read their other blog posts by following this link to their blog.  We will also be publishing Volkswagen Camper Adventures road trip playlist on our blog on Friday 21st July. I wonder how many of the same tunes we will choose? There is nothing better than setting off on a road trip.  The open road stretching out in front of you, the excitement of the adventures ahead.  To otling around the countryside, we ( The Chaotic Campervaners ) love to listen to our favourite tunes. ...So we created a playlist of loads of tunes that we thought were perfect for playing in our campervan when we are on a road trip.  Have a look, see what you think and let me know if you have any favourite road trip tunes. Wake Up Boo! -   The Boo Radleys Shotgun - George Ezra Put Your R...

Top Tips for Visiting Stonehenge We had been intending to visit Stonehenge for a very long time!  Bakerboy had been there 3 times before many years ago, but The Bunny Whisperer and I had never visited it.  So whilst we were staying at the  Salisbury campsite , we thought that we would go to Stonehenge.  You can read all about our stay in Salisbury and what we got up to on our blog , but these are our top tips for visiting Stonehenge. Our Top Tips For Visiting Stonehenge 1. If you don't already have it, consider taking out  English Heritage membership  - If you haven't already got English Heritage membership it might be worth joining. It means that you will be able to visit Stonehenge free of charge.  Also, at busy times there may be charges for parking.  However, if you do have EH membership you won't be charged even when the car park is busy.  It does also mean that you can visit over 400 English Heritage sites free of charge such as  O...