If the children are still happily singing along to Old McDonald a farm then Sardinia offers some great opportunities for them to engage with farm yard animals. La Collina is home to a restored country estate, where the sheep go baa and the pigs go oink, and so on. There is a great deal of great self catering accommodation around, and the spot is near to some wonderful little beaches. I must admit, I generally abhor the self-help industry (and am also irked by the widespread use of ‘artist' to...