Edinburgh: Panda to the kids?

Since our little ones arrived, Mummy has become averse to holidays, breaks, weekends away, overnighters and day trips. The thought of trying to cope with a livewire three-year-old boy and his one-year-old sister, even on a two-night city break to Edinburgh, got us into our usual discussion about the endless pitfalls of holidaying with under-fives.

Admittedly, she’s the one who takes charge of packing the 1,001 essentials, so she has every right to be reluctant. After a particularly traumatic camping trip to France last year she vowed never to go on holiday again.

“What will Harry be like on the train,” she asked. “Who will entertain him for three hours? What if we are delayed? Won’t Lottie want to crawl around on the filthy train floor?”