Welcome back to Monday Escapes. How can the summer solstice be in just a few days when it feels like the summer has only just begun?! I’ve started to feel like a broken record but the only way to describe my last couple of weeks is crazy busy! Over the May half term holidays we hopped on a Brittany ferry and spent a fun week at a Siblu village in Brittany followed by five days in the Isles of Scilly. If you haven’t been you truly should consider booking a trip. Just 28 miles from the Cornish coast although it felt like we were on the other side of the world. I spent a fair few hours on Rightmove during and since our trip!
I’ve shared my first and lasting impressions here – Scilly Isles holidays: Island hopping, seal spotting & white sandy beaches!
Latest on Cruising with Kids
On Wednesday I flew out to France to witness three huge ship yard construction milestones for MSC. The highlight of my visit was exploring the MSC Bellissima…
On Cruising with Kids I’ve shared our round-up of our recent adventures including more details of my ship yard visit. Sarah has also written everything you need to know about cruising on Celebrity Silhouette and we’ve got not one but two great giveaways running over there too… a copy of the children’s travel book Great Voyages is up for grabs as is a personalised travel wall print from My Icon Story.
Without further ado, Monday Escapes…
Monday Escapes is a travel link run by Karen at Mini Travellers, Sarah from Extraordinary Chaos, Claire from Tin Box Traveller and myself. This week the link up is being hosted by Claire and I. **You’ll find the linky tool here on Tin Box Traveller’s blog**
Monday Escapes is all about looking back at wonderful, happy travel memories and sharing them with others. It doesn’t have to be about a trip abroad or even be a written post. If you want to share your favourite snapshots – whether it’s a famous sight, scene, dramatic view or even a favourite family photo, then please feel free to link those up, too. Likewise, posts don’t have to be about holidays or weekends away, they can also include day trips, walks, attractions – any travel experience that you want to share.
We are also absolutely delighted to link up with Lonely Planet to offer our number one favourite blog post of the fortnight either a destination guide, or a title from the Lonely Planet Kids range. (See T&C’s below). Just another great reason to link up with Monday Escapes!
What’s in it for you?
The number one thing is you’ll be sharing your fantastic posts with a like-minded community and grabbing some travel inspiration for yourself. As a bonus you have a chance to have your blog post featured on all four of the hosts’ blogs each fortnight, introducing your blog to even more people.
Our favourite posts from last time
Here’s the posts that caught Sarah and Karen’s eyes last time:
Karen loved this post about Visiting the Merlet Animal Park from Picolo Explorer. You just have to go over and look at the pictures of the goats.
Karen also LOVED the stunning photos in Kerri’Anne from Life As Our Little Family’s review of her wigwam glamping trip at May Half Term.
Sarah said she adored this post from Sharon at Exploring Our World. We all love a castle don’t we? And Sharon has gathered and awe inspiring collection in her post.
Sarah said that if street art is your thing Bryna from Dotted Line Travels’ post on street art in Montreal is awe inspiring. She said she could spend all day looking at street art. There is something so raw but so beautiful about it.
Hop over to Claire’s blog, to find out whose post was out favourite.
So, how do you join in this time?
- Link up one post/photo – old or new using the InLinkz tool on Tin Box Traveller
- Please make sure to include the Monday Escapes badge at the bottom of the post, on your site, or a link back to the hosts.
- Posts are anything travel-related, and can include photos, reviews, days out, attractions and walks – at home or abroad
- Comment on posts by the co-hosts and at least two others. Blog hops only work if you share the comment love. That’s why they’re so great!
- If you tweet any of us your links @minitravellers @sarahjchristie @tinboxtraveller or @travellovinfam, please use #MondayEscapes and we will be sure to retweet.
Monday Escapes will go live every two weeks, alternating between the hosts and will be open Monday to Wednesday. Every fortnight we will be giving a shout out to some of our favourite posts and photos. There is also a MondayEscapes Pinterest Board – so if you’d like to start pinning some of your favourite photos, do get in touch.
We look forward to reading your posts!
