We’ve just had a really relaxing and peaceful holiday, something I didn’t think was possible with a 20 month old (Freya) to entertain who is constantly on the go. The three of us spent a week in the Lot Valley at a Gite called Pagel in the South of France.

Widowed with children and holidays do not make easy bedfellows. The very idea of trying to have a ‘normal’ holiday often seems out of reach but now there is Pagel in April. Page, in the LOT region of Southern France, is an old farmhouse with guest accommodation run by Mark and Lara Bishop. In April each year, Mark and Lara offer WAY members the opportunity to go and stay for free in their beautiful Gites.

Unless travelling by articulated lorry it is not possible to include two travel cots, two highchairs, a changing mat, potty, steriliser, plastic plates, baby walker or listeners etc. in your luggage. Discover odds of finding a place with these items are longer than Rapunzel’s hair.