Is travelling with grandchildren a brilliant or terrible idea?

This comes while I'm actually on the road and it involves a big question.

The pros and cons of traveling with grandkids.

Is it a good idea or a terrible idea to take your grandkids on holiday? Anywhere, that is.

Now, I think it's a big question and with people living much longer, it's a very pertinent question.

As a travel writer myself, I'm here now on the way, the Camino, with small kids, an 11-year-old Cuba and a 9-year-old Maya.

And people are either in awe that I've taken on this task or in horror.

When we arrived in Porto, Portuguese immigration wanted to know why I had these two kids in my care.

And if it hadn't been My son being able to get on the end of a phone and confirm that everything was above board and this was actually something that they did regularly, things could have gone a little bit differently.

But anyway, we got on our Camino and it was a challenge because I was wondering, are two young kids really wanting to go on a pilgrimage route where all you're going to do is walk and possibly pray as a sort of a bit of light relief? And I had my doubts because there was no Mr.