Hi,

A lot has been covered in this thread, from what I see if you get on some trips you should count yourself lucky.

What works for us, is managing to get a decent amount of time off in one block each year, we have had 3 or 4 weeks most years, in fact the last 3 years have been a month at a time. In order to do this we had to make a couple of changes in life, my wife took a job at a school sacrificing money for leave. This means we have to watch our pennies. We live in a modest flat rather than a house with garden etc, which we would love.

On our trips. my wife, daughter and I all jump in the Landy and disappear for a month. It is nice to have no fixed itinerary and travel together. I am not sure if I would ask to go on a trip of more than a weekend with out them. That said I have been mountain biking for a weekend. Our travels together have taken us all over Europe and further. We wild camp, off road, hike, swim, eat and drink together and with others. People often request to join us.

We would like to have a big trip, one day. At the moment the plan is to go later in life. When my daughter is 20 I'll be 45 years young. So plenty of time. In the meantime we enjoy and feel lucky to be able to do smaller trips. One thing I am grateful for is being young enough to be young with the daughter. I can do what ever she wants to do.

If I were you I would travel as much as you can with them. You may not always have that opportunity.

You may need to change you transport method slightly thou.

Cheers

Dan