Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page discusses what makes a Great British holiday so special

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The beloved Welsh star highlights why having a family holiday in one of our home countries is so special.

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00:00The views there of people locally.

00:03And earlier, I caught up with Gavin and Stacey Starr, Joanna Page,

00:06to discuss what makes a great British holiday.

00:10We are a nation who love playing with our children,

00:13which I don't think is a surprise.

00:15You know, I've got four children and I love playing with them,

00:18but we found that 80% of parents say that it just makes them feel younger

00:22when they play with their children.

00:23And it's really good as a family, you know, because of all of that,

00:26to end up reconnecting as a family

00:27and going off on placations together,

00:30just having a couple of days together in this country

00:33where everything is all centred around playing and the children.

00:37So instead of going away and going, right, OK, you go off to the kids' club,

00:41we're going to go over here to just go away somewhere and go, right, come on,

00:44we're a family here, we're not going to have screens,

00:46we're not going to do any of that.

00:47Let's all, you know, just play together.

00:49And I recently had a placation with Ho Seasons.

00:53It was at Darwin Forest in the Peak District,

00:55and it was absolutely and utterly beautiful.

00:58It was just a joy because I've got four children,

01:00so packing, travelling, putting everything in for them.

01:03And then, you know, if you've got to go somewhere and travel

01:05and then it takes ages to get there, I mean, that's just exhausting

01:07and a bit of a nightmare.

01:09But the fact that it wasn't far away,

01:11we could just chuck stuff in the car.

01:13We got there, we were seeing the most gorgeous lodge,

01:15which had a little hot tub,

01:17which my son Kit just adored because he's very technical.

01:20And so he was there pressing all of the buttons

01:21to make all of the different lights come on.

01:23And then we went straight out.

01:24There was a little field with some goalposts opposite the lodge.

01:28We went and played football.

01:29We then went and had a trail walk all the way through the woods.

01:33We were doing the monkey bars, climbing up the climbing wall.

01:36We did sea scooting in the swimming pool,

01:40where I felt a bit like James Bond because I had this thing.

01:42And you sort of go under the water

01:44and then you swim around in the water.

01:46And, you know, just being in nature together

01:47and collecting pine cones and things like that.

01:50I mean, just being together and being with a family

01:53and being a unit and going,

01:54oh, it's just lovely and it makes you reconnect.

01:56Do you have any tips for how to make these holidays

02:00as big of a success as possible?

02:02Oh, take a nice pair of trainers or walk-in shoes.

02:05You don't necessarily need to have walk-in shoes.

02:07Just make sure you've got your trainers on you

02:09so you can get out and about in the countryside

02:11and take a little jacket or something.

02:14What's nice about these is that you can take all sorts of,

02:16you know, a T-shirt, a jumper, a jacket.

02:18You've got your jeans and, you know,

02:20I'd say, you know, take that out and about with you

02:22and also maybe pack a pair of wellies.

02:24Thank you very much for your time, Joanna.

02:26It's been a pleasure.

02:26Oh, it's a pleasure.

02:27Nice to talk to you.

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