Holidays with children and grandchildren

Last year for May half-term we took two children, their OHs, and four grandchildren 3,4,6 and 7 to a huge holiday house on a Devon farm. We did the catering (we both love cooking) and our children bought the booze. We got through quite a lot! We all had such a wonderful time that we are doing it again in the same place this year.

The safely enclosed garden gave the children a climbing fort, a huge sandpit, a little stream, room for bikes/scooters and two delightful farm dogs who would play fetch for hours!

The TV didn't go on all week, but that was partly because the sun shone the whole time so outside play was constant fun.

We do family holidays, usually where DS can do his astrophotography eg no light pollution. We have been to Scottish islands, mainland Scotland and France. We are travelling to France again this summer and we always rent a villa so that the children can have freedom and DS is not disturbing other guests with his late night outdoor activity. We will be six adults this year which means plenty hands on deck when it comes to supervising swimming etc. Mummy and Daddy also get to have the odd lie-in because the oldies always wake early and are happy to make breakfast.