We recently had a three night stay at Real Family Holidays Box Hill. It couldn’t have been more perfect! We are three sisters with our own families and our Mum, with two of my sisters living abroad so finding an affordable place for us all to meet is difficult. This break was so ideal for every one of us. The children were constantly occupied, either by organised activities or playing football with other children, hide and seek, air hockey, table football, etc etc either with us or without us adults. We loved being able to eat together but no one be responsible for the food or the cooking! We all loved the organised activities, especially when an element of competition came into play! The campfire, songs and marshmallows was also a really lovely evening. Simon, one of the leaders, was happy to talk to us about the area and the history of the house and area which was fascinating.
Every member of staff, whether they were leaders, office staff, chefs and kitchen staff….were all, without exception, so, so lovely. They made the holiday so much more memorable.
The food was great….enough choice for everyone, even one of my sisters who is vegan.
One of the nicest things about the holiday was how everyone joined in with everyone else. We played a game on one evening on the lawn that a number of other people joined in and it was such a fantastic evening. A lot of fun!
The emphasis of the whole project is to encourage the children to enjoy the outdoors. That was certainly achieved on our break. The weather obviously helped but it did us all the power of good to be so carefree, all of us together, with no one having to think about going indoors to make dinner and none of the children asking to go on an iPad or watch TV!
The local area is stunning and we had a couple of trips out to enjoy the villages and surrounding countryside and local streams complete with stepping stones and tyre swing….so beautiful.
We will definitely do a RFH again. We met some lovely people, all sharing the same laid back time, not worrying about their children! We were originally thinking of looking to go to other centres but enjoyed Box Hill it would be hard to top it!
Thank you so much to Simon, Dawn, Ben and everyone there for making it so special for us. Our first break away together since losing our beloved Dad….and although it made us sad that he wasn’t there to share it with us knowing how much he’d have loved it….it was the perfect way for us to enjoy being together in a completely stress free environment. We HIGHLY recommend it!
