A family group walking holiday in Exmoor: steam trains, tree climbing and lashings of ice-cream

Would walking buddies convince reluctant children that hiking can be fun? A group trip with an Enid Blyton vibe proved a hit with the whole family “I’m not going to wake her up,” I hiss at my 12-year-old son who’s standing half naked in a dark corridor of a Victorian house. “Please, Mum. She said we could come at any time! I don’t want to get Lyme disease,” he begs. This is not the kind of drama I was expecting when I signed up to a family walking holiday in Exmoor. A few meltdowns about an e...

By Antonia Windsor