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#1 Post by BikerGran » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:38 pm

On me hols again!

Wish me luck, cos this time I'm taking two of my grandchildren, Grace 10 and Elliot 5, to a holiday camp! Elliot has never been away from his mum for that long but he's very excited!

And sneaky too. The other when I collected him from school he said "You can carry stuff on top of your car can't you?" I told him I could if I had roof bars (it's an estate with roof rails) but I haven't got roof bars so I can't. Apparently he asked his mum to ask me if we could take his bike!

I won this holiday, and when booking was amazed to find it includes breakfast and evening meals - and I NEVER win anything! As it's for 2 adults and 2 children it would have been a waste not to take the grandkids, and it will be lovely for them and for us to really have some time to spend together!
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#2 Post by HowardQ » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:41 pm

Hope you have a nice holiday.
I'm sure the kids will enjoy it.
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#3 Post by Nooj » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:41 pm

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Have fun on holiday :smt001
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#4 Post by HowardQ » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:43 pm

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Kids on holiday are great to photograph, but I'm sure you've done that already.
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#5 Post by BikerGran » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:49 pm

I'm not very good at 'people pics' as landscape and bikes are more my bag - so I'm hoping to get some practice!
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#6 Post by HowardQ » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:55 pm

Use the telephoto setting when you can, so you are not close, as that will intimidate/distract them.
It's great to just catch them in their own little world or interacting with other kids whilst playing.
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#7 Post by D-Rider » Mon Jul 25, 2011 9:57 pm

Have a nice time
BikerGran wrote: And sneaky too. The other when I collected him from school he said "You can carry stuff on top of your car can't you?" I told him I could if I had roof bars (it's an estate with roof rails) but I haven't got roof bars so I can't.
I've an estate car with roof rails and I didn't have any roof bars until very recently. I noticed that Lidl had some that fitted a multitude of cars and for the princely sum of £25 I thought I'd take a punt on them.
I'm really pleased with them and they've already been really useful on a number of occasions.
They've probably run out of stock by now but worth keeping an eye out for them the next time they have them.

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have a lovely time

#8 Post by flatlander » Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:03 pm

some of my best memories were NOT holidaying with my parents but I am not sure that is the recommendation I meant it to be :smt002
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#9 Post by Falken » Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:22 am

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Have a great time BG.
Enjoy the grandkids, if they're like mine you'll need another holiday to get over it.
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#10 Post by BikerGran » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:21 pm

We had a wonderful time but it was exhausting - they have boundless energy and I don't! It was lovely to spend so much time together, and for anyone holidaying in North Devon with children up to about 12, I can thoroughly recommend Watermouth Castle theme park . It's the best place I've ever been with children, even if we had to miss a bit of it as Mike and I couldn't manage the slope up to the last bit!
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