Mum's the word: Forget the emails - Go and have some fun with your children

Around mid-January we booked a week away in Portugal last minute. We had completely missed out on Christmas as all three of us got that nasty virus that struck down most of the country.

And frankly we couldn’t face January without having had some decent rest and a bit of fun too. So my hubby, daughter Joan, and I flew into Lisbon, rented a car (only €83 for five days) and took our time travelling south to Faro. We spent four amazing nights in a lovely Airbnb in Quinta do Lago.