And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is And just like that, Christmas is here! Our tree is up, the Santa hats are out and the first doors on our advent calendars are open.

I love this time of year. It is my favourite. And it’s one of the few times still full of magic even as an adult. I’m going to be soaking up every minute of joy the next few weeks bring and I hope December is full of moments of joy for you too.

Happy December! 🎄
AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell AD | Christmas has arrived at @thelexiconbracknell and there’s so much to entertain the whole family whilst you do your Christmas shopping! 

Visit The Lexicon Glow Room for a magical light experience that will dazzle you with 20,000 LEDs. It feels like the room goes on forever! Then, take a dip in the Light Pool, a magical ball pool with golden balls to be found and prizes to be won!

If that wasn’t all, have a photo in the giant Christmas bauble ‘sparkling selfie station’ and follow the Twinkle Trail, spotting baubles in shop windows to collect the clues and enter to win fabulous prizes this Christmas. Plus, share your sparkling selfie station pictures, tagging #thelexiconbracknell or email them to marketing@thelexiconbracknell.com and you will automatically be entered in a competition for the chance to win a restaurant gift card too. 

There are also special performances from local choirs, bands and singers and even the chance to meet Bluey, Hey Duggee and Chase from Paw Patrol! You can be sure that a trip to The Lexicon will have something for everyone over the festive season this year. We loved our visit to The Lexicon last weekend and know we’ll be back again before Christmas!

Find out more on @thelexiconbracknell website.

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AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! AD - Press Trip | What a lovely evening that was! We had our first Glow Marwell experience tonight - and we loved it. It may even be the best light trail we have been to.

We spent well over two hours at @marwellzoo, enjoying the light installations, indulging in the food stalls and cafe, toasting marshmallows and even meeting Father Christmas! 

Glow Marwell was such a nice way to kick off the festive season - and it’s on all the way through December! If you’re looking for a really nice festive activity the whole family can enjoy, this could definitely be it!
AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparent AD | Are you looking for gifts for the grandparents this year? @famileo_uk is a wonderful gift, giving the recipient a personalised gazette of family news regularly throughout the year - and it costs from just £5.99 a month. 

Multiple family members can use the same subscription, all posting messages to be added to one gazette - and sharing the cost of the subscription too! It’s great for parents, siblings and children to all share their news with grandparents each week, fortnight or month. 

We’ve been sending my dad Family gazettes for a while now and he absolutely loves them. It means we tell him all the little things that are happening and not just the big news you remember to mention in phone calls. The children get to upload their own messages to their grandad and it’s definitely made them feel closer, building a stronger relationship despite living far apart.

Find out more about Family over on the blog - link in bio - and buy a subscription for your nearest and dearest this Christmas. It’s a gift they will definitely love to receive.
Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing the Two weeks of Fred & George! I won’t be doing these updates every week but I like having somewhere to put all these photos!

They’re now three months old, super loving and happy, making biscuits and purring constantly.

They stay in ‘their’ room overnight but explore the house during the day, getting more confident as time passes. They even got to the point of relaxing on the sofa with us last night.

Fred & George are now very much part of our family and I can’t imagine them not being there now - even at 7am when they’re miaowing at the door for breakfast!
AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your AD | Stuck for screen-free entertainment that your kids will love? Claim your FREE Banjo Robinson activity pack today!
 
Reading for pleasure is a key indicator of a child’s future success, but if your child doesn’t love to read, what can you do? We know it’s not always easy keeping kids entertained and away from screens, so we’ve partnered with the award-winning @banjorobinson to gift you a FREE activity pack, worth £9.99.

Here’s a little look at the Banjo Robinson subscription - Troy loves it! Travelling to world with Banjo is so much fun! You can read our full review over on the blog and claim your free activity pack too - link in profile.
A whole week of Fred & George. We weren’t meant A whole week of Fred & George.

We weren’t meant to get more cats just yet but sometimes the universe sends you things when you don’t expect them.

These little guys needed a home and a family to love them. And we had a home and a lot of love to give. We still miss Leia but this pair are definitely helping make me feel whole again.

They are both used to us now, and love us. They’re less nervous, give us cuddles and let us pick them up. They’re still living in our spare room but starting to explore the rest of the house under supervision. 

They play fight constant. Love toys, especially a crinkly feather thing on a string attached to a stick, and love being up high. They are an awesome pair and we are so glad to have them.

Thank you @millbrook_rspca @rspca_official for trusting us with ‘Lonestar and Starfish’. We could not love them more. 

#catsofinstagram #catstagram #catsofig #catsofinsta #catlovers #adoptdontshop #rspcarescuecat #kittensofinstagram #kittens_of_instagram
[AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing abo [AD - Press Trip] I’ve just finished writing about our half term break at @pottersresort and it’s over on the blog if you want to go have a read.

I wanted to put some of my favourite photos on the grid too as the kids did so many fun activities - they had THE best time. 

Giant swing, segways, climbing, archery, laser clays… there was so much to do that we couldn’t fit it all in - we need another trip!
And there ends our October half term - well, apart And there ends our October half term - well, apart from Troy who has a bonus week off!

This half term has been pretty lovely. Troy had his school residential the first weekend and then we had a really lovely few days in Norfolk before heading home and picking up two new members of our family - Fred and George. 11 week old rescue kittens who have pretty much stolen our hearts.

It’s been so nice to have a chunk of quality time with this pair and now I’m looking forward to the Christmas holidays. These two are the best company and I really do live for the school holidays. 

How has your half term been?
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Holidays & Accomodation, Reviews, Travel · September 7, 2021

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm – Dorset

We finished our summer holidays with a midweek break at the Higher Moor Farm Campsite in Nottington near Weymouth in Devon. Our friends had stayed there a few times before and so we booked as a little family break near the coast and a nice way to end the holidays.

What is Higher Moor Farm?

Higher Moor Farm is a boutique campsite in the heart of the Jurassic Coast. It’s quiet, family orientated and has won numerous awards in it’s 40 year history. It’s set in a small village and we found it easily, stopping off at Stonehenge for a leg stretch on the way!

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

What accomodation options are available at Higher Moor Farm?

Higher Moor Farm caters for tents, touring caravans and motorhomes but also have a beautiful range of bell tents, pods and lodges available for hire. The also have a great range of facilities so that however you stay you will have a really comfortable break.

The pitches at Higher Moor Farm are perfect for camping as it’s such a flat campsite but with fantastic views across the Dorset countryside. They also have hard standings available for caravans and motorhomes and there’s space for cars to be parked next to your pitch or pod/lodge. The site has numerous toilet blocks, despite being a fairly small site, and they have really great facilities in them.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

There are individual power showers, hair and hand dryers, plenty of mirrors and great baby change facilities. There are both male and female sections as well as family bathrooms and they are always kept really clean and tidy. We saw staff around the site constantly cleaning and keeping on top of everything.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

As well as toilets and showers, there are plenty of washing up stations around the site and I never saw a queue for anything. There’s also a dedicated room with washing machines, tumble driers and even an iron and ironing board! There’s a freezer for ice packs and it really feels like Higher Moor Farm have thought of everything.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

There are also electric hookups, free WiFi although this was pretty hit and miss – not the biggest issue on a holiday though and we had good phone coverage throughout the site. There’s also phone charging lockers that we thought were a great idea if you’re camping!

The site also has a ball play area, a compact but lovely children’s play area, bikes to hire and a fantastic games room that the children loved. This is full of arcade machines, air hockey, table tennis and more. A great space for older kids to hang out in the evenings!

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset
Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

What are the Higher Moor Farm Pods and Lodges like?

We stayed in a four person pod at Higher Moor Farm and it was perfect for our needs. We ended up calling it a plodge – as it’s much bigger than a pod suggests and more like a lodge! The pods and lodges sit nicely around the edge of the campsite, facing all the tents in the middle. They frame the site really nicely.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

All of the pods and lodges have a car parking space next to them and an outside seating area – either decking or your own grassy area with a picnic bench. I loved being able to sit outside in the evening with a gin and tonic or in the morning with a nice cup of tea.

When we arrived at Higher Moor Farm the pod was super clean and ready for our stay. The main room has a sofa in it that pulls out into a double bed and then a sofa with a bunk above it. The bottom sofa turns into a bed, making bunk beds which are perfect for children.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset
Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset
Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

There’s also a little kitchen area with a sink, toaster, kettle and microwave plus all the crockery and cutlery you could need. There’s also a little fridge with tiny freezer compartment – big enough for ice packs – and a box of essentials to get you started like a new tea towel, washing up liquid and even kitchen roll. There’s even a folding camp table that stores neatly under the sofa.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset
Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset
Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset
Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

The pod also has a compact but functional shower room and it feels like such a luxury to go glamping and have your own toilet and shower. We really appreciated this, especially in the middle of the night! There were plenty of towels, toilet rolls and toiletries.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

Unlike most self catering or glamping holidays, Higher Moor Farm have gone to a lot of effort to make sure there isn’t really anything else you need during your stay. There’s even a TV and plenty of storage space too.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

We were nervous that the beds wouldn’t be comfortable or that the site would be noisy but we needn’t have worried. The site has a no noise after 10pm policy and everyone abided by it – the site was so quiet at night and the pod was really well insulated and soundproofed too.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

We slept so well in the pod. The beds were comfortable, it was silent and completely dark – the curtains were amazing. We couldn’t have had a better stay as far as our sleep was concerned!

Eating at Higher Moor Farm

The pod lodges we stayed in don’t have a full kitchen so you can’t really cook aside from microwave meals or toast but this wasn’t a problem for us. We had breakfast in the pod, made picnics to take out with us and then ate out in the evenings.

But, Higher Moor Farm does also have some catering vans that come along in the evening. We had amazing burgers from the Dorset Food Co who produced the best chips I have ever eaten. The burgers cost £7-£8 including chips which was great value for the quality.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset
Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

We also had pizzas from Dorset Pizza which ranged from £7-£9 and were freshly made. They had a standard menu, a specials menu and were happy to add or take off ingredients to suit the children’s tastes. They were fantastic and just the right size too.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

Higher Moor Farm was a fantastic family friendly base for exploring Weymouth. We went to Weymouth last year on holiday and couldn’t wait to explore more of the area. It’s not far to any of Weymouth’s attractions and it really is such a beautiful place to visit, perfectly situated in South West England.

Dogs are welcome at Higher Moor Farm camp site too and they even have a dedicated dog walking area. It really is a lovely place to stay for a family trip away – and it’s super dog friendly so you can even take your dog with you too.

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset

Higher Moor Farm has a lovely farm shop on site, selling local produce, essentials and activities for the children. The staff are really friendly and they will do all they can to help with any issues or questions you might have. It’s so nice to stay somewhere so friendly, so welcoming and just perfect for a family break away.

You can find out more and check availability over on the Higher Moor website and for reference the address is: Higher Moor Farm Campsite, Nottington, Weymouth, Dorset DT3 4BW

Glamping at Higher Moor Farm - Dorset
Glamping at Higher Moor Farm – Dorset

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