Days out

I do love a Christmas light trail. There’s something lovely about heading out when it’s dark, wrapping the children up warm and seeing a place you know during the day …

There is something brilliantly festive about ice skating in Kent at Christmas. You can wobble around a twinkly outdoor rink, book a quieter session for a nervous child or head …

Let’s wrap up warm, fill a flask with hot chocolate and prepare for a spectacular night out. Some of the best fireworks displays and Bonfire Night events in Kent return …

Meeting Father Christmas is one of the most magical parts of the festive season when you have young children. So what kind of experience would you like? A traditional Santa’s …

It won’t be long until Christmas markets begin to appear in towns, castles, farm buildings and historic city centres across Kent. I love a Christmas market. They bring such joy …

Kent is lovely throughout the year, but autumn gives the county a particularly dramatic makeover. Beech woods turn copper and gold, Japanese maples become almost impossibly red and fallen leaves …

There is something particularly satisfying about finding a newly fallen conker. One moment you are walking through an ordinary park; the next, everybody is scanning the ground for the shiniest, …