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Top 10 Things to do in Jersey with Kids aged 5+

22nd October 2016

Whether it’s sandy beaches, water sports or history that floats your boat, Jersey is now the hotspot of the UK for family holidays. Post Brexit, the increase of terror attacks in Europe…

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Review – Family Days Out  – Outdoor + Active, Wimbleball Lake, Exmoor

7th May 2016

This weekend we were the guests of Outdoor + Active, a fantastic adventure activity centre nestled into the South East corner of Exmoor National Park.  With a glut of water sports activities…

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“WE TRAVEL NOT TO ESCAPE LIFE, BUT FOR LIFE NOT TO ESCAPE US.”

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Hello and welcome to our family travel and outdoors blog. We are the Nixon family who relish outdoor adventures near and far. Whether it be in Devon, our home county or Chamonix Mont Blanc, our Winter abode, we hope our travels & adventures will inspire your family to get out and explore. If you've any questions on anywhere we've been or anything we've done, ask away on mags@thefamilyfreestylers.com

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  • One of our favourite methods of travel has got to be by train. There’s something so relaxing about the pace of a train, the clickerty clack & rocking of the carriages, the excitement of the end destination & the people you meet. I’m always as excited as my kids are to board a train whether it be the short 20 min haul up through the snow clad forest on the high mountain #montenvers train here in #chamonix or closing my curtain, bedding down for the night on a sleeper train across Thailand. The excitement is palpable whether it was taking the night train into Russia back when the Kosovo war kicked off (we were advised to pretend to be Canadians!) & were stopped in the dead of night at the border with barking dogs & flash lights, to the simply beautiful Kandy to Ella Sri Lankan train that rolls through stunning tea plantations or sitting astride the top of a Cambodian train with locals, wind blowing through our hair & laughing carefree on our way from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville. Trains rock! Who’s with me? I want to do lots more train journeys please! What’s your favourite train journey or an epic train journey you’d love to go on?
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  • F U N today at the closing weekend of Brévent-Flégère in #Chamonix. This one ragged it all over the mountain today, including the boarder X, banked slalom & her first time on the notorious la Floria drag lift (before it closed for avalanche risk). Loving these cheeky helmet covers by @headztrong_official - aren’t they super cute! ✨
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  • Nights like these ......
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  • We seriously don’t want the Winter to end! Look at all the snow still left!! 🤨 One by one we’re saying goodbye to our beloved mountains as they close for inter-season 🙁 - a few more days to shred though & still open on weekends for a few weeks! 🤗 -
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  • Spring in a ski resort finally appears & now we can ski in the mornings & climb in the afternoon! .
My girls have only ever climbed on an indoors climbing wall so it was amazing to take them to a rock face (still surrounded with Spring snow!) to give them their first taste of ROCK climbing! They were frothing with excitement & managed to climb super high before facing their fears! Climbing can be super scary (!) but feeling the fear & doing it anyway is half the battle & applies to everything for everyone of all ages! .
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  • With the wind and rain blowing here in the Alps (where is the Spring sunshine???), we're excitedly busy planning a UK road trip. One of our favourite road trips EVER was driving down to the coast of Cornwall and ending up at the beautiful Treen campsite perched on the edge of the cliffs looking down into the Atlantic. Can you believe this gorgeous beach belongs to the UK? Pedn Vounder is shockingly beautiful with it's own lagoon & with a semi challenging route down, you might just get it to yourself (if you're very early in the day!). ☀️
So people, I'm asking you today what is your favourite UK roap trip? Where should we go? The UK is full of sweeping wild, stunning beautiful landscapes - so many places to still discover or discover again! ☀️
The Highlands and Skye is high on our list, or maybe Wales? We're looking for beautiful mountains to climb, stunning beaches for blustery walks & cheeky dips and wide open spaces for the kids to run wild. ☀️
#wildbeaches #ukroadtrip #planning #ukwildspots #wildswimming #familyroadtrip
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  • Perfect day to head over to the SKI CAMP kids area at Les Houches - beautiful blue skies here in Chamonix Valley today. Bring on the sunshine! Happy Friday everyone! 😛🤩🤗😜
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  • So I went splitboarding for the first time at last! I knew I’d love it! Splitboarding is the equivalent to ski touring for snowboarders & let’s you access remote areas to freeride.  It’s so special to get away from the crowded pistes & trek into the silent white snowscape. I was just as happy hiking up as the freshies I got coming down! Massive thanks to James from @stentifordsnow for taking us up & showing us the ropes. New passion me thinks 😁 Have you been splitboarding? ❄️
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  • Our recent overnight stay up at the renovated Mer de Glace refuge hotel was simply unforgettable. The Terminal Neige Refuge du Montenvers sits above the famous Mer de Glace glacier in #chamonix surrounded by panoramic peaks. Accessed in Winter only by the rack & pinion railway (or by skiing the infamous 20 Km off piste glacier run, the Vallée Blanche) the sheer delight of a stay here is that once the last train of the day departs at 16.30 with all the sightseers, you are left completely alone in blissful solitude in this warm, cosy & ever so stylish refuge hotel. ❄️
Built in 1880 to house the first climbers & adventurers to explore the glacier, the only way to access the hotel was via a mule track. In fact 200 mules carried 12,000 visitors up a year! This place is steeped in history & the renovation has been carefully carried out with original wood panelling & faded black & white historical photos. ❄️
Rooms are on a half board basis so include a hearty 4 course Savoyarde dinner & a substantial breakfast. Choose from cosy doubles, suites, family rooms sleeping 3, 5 or 7 or the 10 bed dormitory. ❄️
If Chamonix is on your bucket list - do yourself a favour & book in here for the absolute experience of a lifetime. Mountain people, adventurous families .... this is right up your street. Check out review now live on the blog (link in bio)
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  • Winter holidays aren’t just about skiing. Nowadays family ski resorts have so much to offer. We’re loving the SKI CAMP kids area at #leshouches ski resort in #chamonix - with two snow tubing (doughnut) runs, sledging, zip lines, teepees & loads more outdoor games, it’s perfect for families to chill out in between runs. ❄️
Today on the blog (link in bio) we review Les Houches as a family ski destination. Tucked away in the corner of the Chamonix Valley, this ski resort is often overlooked. But with 55km of piste, spectacular Mont Blanc views & sweeping wide pistes through beautiful fir forests, there’s loads more to this resort than meets the eye. If you’re looking for a family ski destination that’s extraordinary, Les Houches, being only 10 mins drive from Chamonix can tick all your boxes. ❄️
SO! Whose been snowtubing this Winter? Guaranteed to put a smile 😃 on everyone’s face! #snowtubing #leshouches #winterholidays #doughnut #visitmontblanc ❄️
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  • Good morning! Today we woke up in the newly renovated legendary Grand Hotel du Montenvers (now Terminal Neige - Refuge du Montenvers) still standing proudly at 1913m altitude at the the Mer de Glace glacier in #Chamonix ❄️
This ancient hotel was built to welcome & house the first mountaineers & visitors to the glacier back in 1880. It’s accessed by the high altitude rack & pinion Montenvers train. Guests are left in solitude in the midst of this spectacular scenery as the last tourists take the last 4.30 pm train back to the valley floor. AMAZING!
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I snuck out at 6.30am to watch the sun rise in this very special, magical place, after having a wonderful savoyarde feast last night tucked up in this historical refuge whilst the elements blew outside.
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  • Powder (again!) on the pistes today at Les Houches #chamonix. This winter just keeps on giving! Just as we give in to the idea of Spring, it’s snowing down to the valley floor again! 😅. This is day 7 of consecutive ski days for my just turned 7 yr old! They’ve been skiing all week with school - a definite plus of schooling in a ski resort! She’s definitely got the hang of powder this season. We’re loving skiing the tree runs at Les Houches on bad weather days & today she got her first whoops from skiers above her on the chair for getting some air today! 😁. When I think of the moment 6 yrs ago we were told she had mild cerebral palsy, there’s no way I could have imagined that we’d be sharing so much fun hoofing it in powder & ragging it around the slopes! Always believe. And never give up! 👊✨❄️
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