However, this year I am not so sure that I can really be bothered with all the hassle of travelling abroad.It doesn’t matter how we plan our holiday, be it at the beginning of the school break, or right at the end, somebody, somewhere is on strike ruining my whole holiday.  It is such a nuisance when you have saved all year for a holiday and some little twerp somewhere decides to put a spanner in the works by going on strike.

It’s not just the strikes that can delay you though.To make sure you get through all of the security checks, it would seem you have to be at the airport at least 3 hours before your actual flight departure time.  Of course we all want to be safe when we are up in the air, but surely they know that August is a really busy month at the airports, so perhaps they might do a bit of forward planning and employ more staff to deal with the surge in demand.

Bearing all this in mind, I think this year I am going to buck my usual trend and have a look at what some of these UK family holidays have to offer.  I know I won’t be guaranteed the sunshine, but does it really matter.  I am sure there are some brilliant UK Activity Holidays that we could all get involved in and surely that is what it is all about, spending time with the family. 

I have some fond memories of a school trip taken to the Brecon Beacons when I was 13, so it might be a good idea to start my search by looking at some Hotels in Wales and see what delights they can offer us as a family.

One thing I am very happy about is that this year I have no schedules I have to adhere to, no waiting in airport lounges for hours on end and best of all no miserable passport control personnel to endure.My UK break is sounding fantastic already. 

All that is left for me to do now is convince everybody else that a UK holiday is going to be fantastic, I have a feeling that I will need to use all my female ways of persuasion!