Red Letter Days provided me with a voucher to cover our glamping experience
After so long under one roof, I have been keen to find ways to spend quality time with each child individually before school restarts and thanks to Red Letter Days, Finn and I escaped for an overnight glamping experience close to home.
I have been trying to spend special time with each child but it isn't always easy. I managed to get away camping for a couple of nights with the bigger two, but Finn missed out and I wanted to do something special with him. Red Letter Days offered me a voucher for a glamping pod experience and I found a site less than half an hour from home which gave us the ideal balance of being somewhere new and feeling like we had gotten away, but being close enough that it was easy to get there and back for just an overnight stay.
We picked Hawk Place Camping which is set alongside a stables, surrounded by countryside in three directions and the coast in the fourth. We stayed in one of two pods and it was ideal for the two of us. With electricity, a kettle and a proper bed, the pod felt comfortable and a home from home but being in such beautiful surroundings kept us feeling close to nature. We were surrounded by horses in fields and there was plenty of places to explore.
In the other direction was a footpath that led straight down to the sea. From there we could walk about 10 minutes to Minnis Bay which is a sandy beach with safe swimming, fish and chips and a restaurant and there were cycle trails/walking paths going in both directions as it is a lovely stretch of coastline to explore. We walked down along the sand to Minnis Bay and got chips to eat by the sea before exploring the area further. The sun sets over the sea on this corner of the county and it is the best place to watch the sunsets. The sky was beautiful as we walked back to our pod.
The campsite was clean and easy to navigate with Covid measures in place like contactless check in. Our pod was clean as were all communal areas and it was easy to stay away from others at all times. Camping and glamping feels like one of the safest ways to get away at the moment and it was lovely to explore more of Kent and the UK. It has been one of my favourite things about this summer as we are usually away for most of the six weeks. I have discovered so many local gems and I think Hawk Place will be somewhere we come glamping again, especially with Red Letter Days as it was easy to book with my voucher.
Finn loved getting some quality time with me, setting the pace and it really helped me feel closer to my special boy. This is definitely something we will both remember for a long time.
