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It’s nearly been a year since we took the boys for a long weekend in Skegness, I wanted to share with you our time in more detail and why we have chosen to take them back again this year.

So go back to June 2021, myself and luke were looking for somewhere we could take the boys, in the UK without having to take them out of school.

Skegness came to mind, I’ve never been a fan of the classic tacky UK skeg Vegas vibes but I knew the kids were at that age where they would love it and Friday night to Sunday is the perfect amount of time.

I had a good nose at the accommodation, and we decided to go for a private host through booking.com, with us going in June it would be very hit or miss weather-wise so space for us to stay indoors if we had to was a must.

We stayed at North Shore Lodge

What drew us to this private property was that it would comfortably have the 4 of us stay, it was around the corner from Skegness Clock tower meaning it was in the perfect location to drive and park up with the boys. It also had a great kitchen dining area we could spend time in if the weather was pants which it was on the first evening, so we sat in and watched the world cup.

It was also handy that it had space for us to park our car along with a little outside courtyard style area for us to leave our shoes and wet towels etc and for the boys to run about.

Upon arriving the host was so lovely, she had done a welcome pack with some yummy treats and essentials for us and was on hand if ever we needed her. The beds were comfy and the kids were over the moon with how cosy it was.

Saturday Morning, we woke and the weather was dry! We took a trip to the local Morrisons about 5min drive and we had a Morrisons café breakfast before heading to Skegness Beach. The water was freezing but the sun was starting to come out and warm up. The boys loved paddling in the sea. We then nipped back got washed and changed and headed back out to enjoy the arcades and entertainment. There is so much to do, soft plays, arcades, mini-golf, bowling, little shops to explore and loads of food places, even a McDonalds with drive through smack bang in the centre of everything right on the beach.

We grabbed ice cream on the pier and had a good explore, the boys of course loved the arcades.

It got too late afternoon, and we jumped in the car and took a trip down to Ingoldmells about 15 mins down the road max, where they have Fantasy Island, Skeg Vegas. The vibe there is compliantly different to up by the clock tower.

Music blaring loads of teenagers and adults, fairground rides and of course the theme park and the big market. We wanted to see if they still had there Go karts from years and years ago (about 12 years before, I and Luke along with friends went to Skegness and he loved the go-karts there, the best place to go for karting) they were still there which blew my mind, so Luke had a good go on them.

We headed back home, and on the way stopped for a fish and chip dinner! Yum

After dinner it was late, but we wanted to head down to the quiet beach just next to where we wear staying. I’m so glad we did it was freezing, very windy but completely deserted we were the only ones there, the sea looked and sounded amazing the sun was setting and it was just lush. We took a kite down and it was perfect weather conditions for it. We ended the night by getting the kids a Mcflurry from the McDonalds drive-through.

The following morning was Father’s day which was so lush, we needed to check out but still had time to do cards and gifts, brought Luke breakfast in bed (pastries we had brought the day before from Morrisons) we then packed up and said goodbye to North Shore Lodge and headed over to Bowling by the pier. As it was early we had the place to ourselves, it was cheap compared to bowling local to us in Coventry we had a couple of games, spent some more time in Arcades grabbed some lunch and headed back home.

We had the loveliest little holiday and although Skegness really isn’t my vibe i think it’s important for the boys to experience and have fun at these sorts of places while there young. We got so lucky with the weather, the boys enjoyed it that much they keep asking to go back and we are again in June this year which they will be so excited about.

I really recommend the accommodation we stayed in, and the location in which we stayed, couldn’t of been more perfect.

Have you any holidays planned this year? I would love to know

Saff XO