Travel – routes / maps / planning
So it’s a few weeks since we came back from our trip so we’ve had plenty of time to mull it over and think about how we got on. I must admit to feeling a bit deflated since we returned – we still miss the BMW i3s (we were only Read more…
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) is a world-renowned Eco Centre & charity that’s been educating the public on sustainable living for over 40 years. We thought it would be a perfect stop-off on our trip in an electric car partly as it has a free electric vehicle charging point Read more…
It is hard to tell how big somewhere is until you physically visit it. The National Botanic Garden of Wales was much larger than I expected – especially if you take into account the parts we didn’t go into but could see – the fields and areas around it was Read more…
This was my boys’ favourite day out of the trip – they are big animal lovers and said that was why they loved it – they spent ages looking at all the various creatures and learning about them. Our hotel was close enough that we didn’t have to drive and Read more…
I’ve wanted to go to The Eden Project for years – it’s something I never got round to for various reasons – mainly as it seems so far away! We had been to a few gardens / rainforests already – Kew Gardens and The Living Rainforest so I was almost Read more…
So as it gets nearer to our trip I’m naturally getting a bit nervous about certain things: RANGE ANXIETY The other day our car got down to 30 miles left and I started getting worried. The warning light had been on a while and my husband said ‘wow if you’re Read more…
I was lucky enough to go with my family to Amsterdam over the Easter holidays to visit a friend. One thing which was noticeable as soon as we arrived in Amsterdam Centraal station was the amount of bikes – they were everywhere – in fact there were double decker bike Read more…
So, choosing where to go in 2 weeks hasn’t been easy. I had originally wanted to go up to Scotland to visit places like the Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh and to Norfolk to take the kids on a fun day out to BerWILDerwood but having looked at the route and taking into Read more…
An electric car (also battery electric car or all-electric car) is a plug-in electric automobile that is propelled by one or more electric motors, using energy typically stored in rechargeable batteries. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_car I have been thinking of buying an electric car for ages but, like a lot of people, I have been put off by the upfront costs and concerns Read more…