We took our daughter's friend with us on this holiday in the hopes that they woukd do some activities together and she wouldn't spend the entire holiday in her bed as she usually does. They came out with us most days and went to the tots disco most evenings too. There were still days and vast periods of days where they were in their room, daughter refusing to go out and friend bored and stuck there.
We were able to leave the caravan and go to the bar, pool, entertainment, beach and shop knowing they were safe and close by. Our son was able to go out to the shop and arcade and not have to babysit for us all the time. We changed our diet completely for the week and I dont want to have chips for some time now, but it was all eaten without complaint.
Spending money was a point of contention as daughter refused to spend even 1p of her pocket money, only using the extra we had pricided for the week, despite at one point her having more money than we did and we were paying for 5 people's drinks and meals!
Being able to get around, access everywhere and feel less of a burden was everything.
Our caravan was truly accessible although I dont understand why they insist on not having a double bed for disabled people. We do get married too. I spent the week sleeping in the gap between the two beds we pushed together.
Today we are travelling home in the rain, again stopping for chips en route, then back to clean the house as our pet sitters have historically left it in a dirty mess and then with loads and loads of washing to do of all our clothes, bedding, towels and swim wear too. Worth the break.
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