Of all forms of transport undertaken with my children, I like car travel the very, very least. Only in "beep beeps", as the 21-month twins now call them, do kids have to be strapped in their seats for longer than an hour at a time. Keeping them stationary is a challenge I haven't yet conquered, even with the aid of the children's books I recommended last week.

Reader Hilary Reynolds wrote to disagree with my suggestion to only take paperbacks in case they get left behind. Her family - four kids aged 3-13, with another due in March - make regular trips to relatives in North Wales: "To go with the individual ration boxes (usually started by the time we reach the North Circular) is our large and growing hardback collection of Asterix, Tintin and Where's Wally books. These entertain all the children on different levels for surprisingly long. We have found the hardbacks withstand the rigours of relentless page-turning (and living on the floor of the car) very well, much better than softbacks."

But Simon Tregoning, managing director of Classic Cottages, told me he doesn't supply his two kids, five and four, with hard- or softbacks, but with his laptop. "We put it between the two back seats, plug in two sets of headphones, and play them DVDs. The Emperor's New Groove is very popular. The battery usually lasts just about long enough to get 60 miles from Gatwick." The only problem is, the Tregonings live in the boot of Cornwall.

Classic Cottages, which provides self-catering accommodation in the West Country, may well appear on a list I'm compiling of best accommodation, restaurants and attractions around the world. By "best" I mean, of course, the best for us families. So I hope you'll make some suggestions, too. If we don't tell each other, who will?

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