Advice for a first proper holiday please

Not far from you is the Orchards on the Isle of Wight. That way you get the feeling of travelling abroad by catching a ferry from Lymington and only having to travel a few miles to the site. The site has an indoor swimming pool and the island is a lovely place to tour around. You can possibly get discounted deals from the ferry company or through the club.

You could go west instead. It sounds as though you might like Woodovis Park on the edge of Tavistock.

Write your comments here...I took my 3 children to Woodovis park last year for my sons 7th birthday. for 2 nights. The indoor swimming pool on site is small but nice and a jacuzzi too but the pool in tavistock is better. Also, Plymouth is not to far where there is an aquarium,'jump' play centre (for rainy days), beaches etc.

Being empty nesters we don't look for sites with things for children to do, but in their time my youngsters thoroughly enjoyed full facility sites. Your thoughts on the Waveney Centre seem fine to me. As I don't know where you live in Hampshire I don't know how long the trip would take you. I'd guess at 4 hours from the New Forest. Your route would be motorway or dual carriageway until you pass Woodbridge, then it's mixed with decent width single and dual carriageway. We've travelled a fair bit on the continent and it certainly isn't difficult, but for a first trip I'd stick with what you know in the UK - but next year... The Broads are a lovely area to visit and fairly compact too, which makes days out easy. Personally I'd advise against super pitches at this point and concentrate on the basics, otherwise you could find yourself dependent on luxuries, whereas there's a much wider world to chose from if you have a full choice ranging from super to no EHU pitches.