What’s your skill/tip that you always feel smug about when it pays off?

[PepperPepperMan]

Reading the comments on a FB page, included things like, taking boiled eggs with you on days out, taking a wet flannel out with you instead of baby wipes and hot dogs in a tea flask with rolls and sachets of ketchup.

I was always really disorganised on days out with DC what did your mum/nanna do as a little survival tip that you carried forward?

@motleymop like this but do both hands! (I’m in on my own and had to hold the phone between my knees and set the timer off :-D )

Thank god you replied! I couldn't bear the unsolved mystery.

I need to know what flasks you’re using for hotdogs!

Thank you @SweatyBetty20

PS appreciate effort taken to send photo unaided!

And to do it to yourself you do this - a bit like heavy metal devil horns!

I take a small quick drying towel out with us to the park that can be used to dry off rained on/dewy slides and play equipment.

I keep a plastic bag in the car as a car ‘bin’ so it doesn’t get full of the kids snack wrappers, bits of random paper etc that they bring from school.

Keep a kitchen roll in the car, it’s handy for: carsickness, bird poop on windshield, runny noses, muddy shoes etc.

Talcum powder to instantly remove sand from feet when you come off the beach to go home.

Reciting the alphabet backwards v fast

My parents had holiday travel down to an art, we had lots of U.K. caravan holidays which required a 3-4 hour drive to get to the destination.

We would be loaded into the car at 5am, in PJs and there was "no room in the boot for the duvet" so it would have to be draped over our knees as the only place for it. Us 3 kids would be asleep within 10 minutes.

Dad would drive for 3 hours and stop at the last Little Chef on the route. At that point we'd all be woken up, off to the toilets to get changed, brush teeth and freshen up then go into little chef for a full English breakfast. Final trip to the loos then we'd drive to the the caravan park and leave the car there till check in time and take a walk to the beach. Mum would have a cool box and a bag with beach stuff right on top of everything in the boot. The cool box had ice packs, boiled eggs still in shells, chicken legs, crisps, satsumas, kitkats or penguins, cheese sandwiches, cherry tomatoes and cucumber rounds. And a big bottle of squash which had been frozen the night before so it acted as an ice pack and melted in time for lunch.

@thefirstmrsrochester

Was coming on to say hotdogs in a flask.

Hot choc in a big flask, can of skooshy cream, mini marshmallows and flakes for DIY fancy hot choc.

I read this a fancy hot dog choc 🤮

Another hiccup one...rub both earlobes fairly firmly! Works every time!

Keep the following in your car-

Waterproof jacket
Umbrella
Fleece blanket
Spare clothes for DC
Loo roll & hand sanitizer
Phone charger
Water bottle
£10 in cash
Long life Shopping bags

If you feel you need to sneeze but it's not quite coming, look at a bright light and that will get the sneeze out.

@ineedsun just look on amazon or ebay for food flasks - they have wide necks so you can put any food in them. We put warm cornish pasties in ours - they're much nicer than sandwiches. Heat them up in the oven first then wrap tightly in foil and put in a pre warmed (with hot water) food flask. They keep warm for about four hours.

Got buttered toast wrapped in tin foil for cold morning, early journeys.

Are these those boiled jar Hot Dogs that everyone is taking out in flasks for picnics?

@Dirtystreetpie

Are these those boiled jar Hot Dogs that everyone is taking out in flasks for picnics?

I cook up nice sausages in the oven then put them in a food flask to keep them warm for the park. Nothing nicer on a cold crisp sunny day then sitting on the park eating hotdogs with a mug of hot chocolate. Feels really indulgent somehow.

I think I have some of them, never thought about putting anything other than soup or porridge in them

So just plain sausages in a flask ? Not the rubbery ones floating in hot water. ?

Rucksack in boot of car, containing change of clothes for both dc, travel towels, water shoes, first aid kit, sun cream, bottle of water, pocket kites, wipes, a plastic bag and nappy sacks. So handy when out and about.

@HalfShrunkMoreToGo

My parents had holiday travel down to an art, we had lots of U.K. caravan holidays which required a 3-4 hour drive to get to the destination.

We would be loaded into the car at 5am, in PJs and there was "no room in the boot for the duvet" so it would have to be draped over our knees as the only place for it. Us 3 kids would be asleep within 10 minutes.

Dad would drive for 3 hours and stop at the last Little Chef on the route. At that point we'd all be woken up, off to the toilets to get changed, brush teeth and freshen up then go into little chef for a full English breakfast. Final trip to the loos then we'd drive to the the caravan park and leave the car there till check in time and take a walk to the beach. Mum would have a cool box and a bag with beach stuff right on top of everything in the boot. The cool box had ice packs, boiled eggs still in shells, chicken legs, crisps, satsumas, kitkats or penguins, cheese sandwiches, cherry tomatoes and cucumber rounds. And a big bottle of squash which had been frozen the night before so it acted as an ice pack and melted in time for lunch.

This sounds so idyllic. What lucky children you were.

@NoProblem123

So just plain sausages in a flask ? Not the rubbery ones floating in hot water. ?

Yup.

Cook like normal then instead of snarfing them immediately, pop them in a food flask that's been pre-warmed with boiling water. I sometimes fry up a load of onions and put them in there too. The flask keeps them hot for 3-4 hours. Take a load of pre-sliced finger rolls and any condiments you want and you're ready to go.

Put the toilet brush in-between the base and the seat to air-dry after cleaning the loo

@HalfShrunkMoreToGo

My parents had holiday travel down to an art, we had lots of U.K. caravan holidays which required a 3-4 hour drive to get to the destination.

We would be loaded into the car at 5am, in PJs and there was "no room in the boot for the duvet" so it would have to be draped over our knees as the only place for it. Us 3 kids would be asleep within 10 minutes.

Dad would drive for 3 hours and stop at the last Little Chef on the route. At that point we'd all be woken up, off to the toilets to get changed, brush teeth and freshen up then go into little chef for a full English breakfast. Final trip to the loos then we'd drive to the the caravan park and leave the car there till check in time and take a walk to the beach. Mum would have a cool box and a bag with beach stuff right on top of everything in the boot. The cool box had ice packs, boiled eggs still in shells, chicken legs, crisps, satsumas, kitkats or penguins, cheese sandwiches, cherry tomatoes and cucumber rounds. And a big bottle of squash which had been frozen the night before so it acted as an ice pack and melted in time for lunch.

We used to do this when the kids were little. Happy memories of stopping at Asda at Cribbs Causeway with the boys in their finding nemo pyjamas and slippers, with bed head having the cheapy breakfast and then heading down to Devon or Cornwall to set up the tent while they had a picnic. They’re 16 and 17 now amd we have a similar but more age appropriate routine 😂