I'm a single dad as separated from my wife. Left it quite late to be a dad i'm in my early 50s and have two boys aged 7 and 9. I have them every other weekend and see them once in the week. School holidays we split the time equally, so for example i'll have them for 3 weeks over the current school summer holidays. I take them on holiday twice a year - one holiday in UK and one abroad. This year I took them to Isle of Wight and just got back from Kos (chose the right Greek Island, no wildfires and temps were bearable in early thirties).
Would consider myself a hands-on parent - encourage their activity in school clubs, do a lot of educational work with them not just the fun stuff, the eldest also has private tuition, the younger will follow soon. Their school reports are always glowing - eldest is regarded as the cleverest in his class that's in an affluent area in the home counties. Chuffed that although they have southern accents they've inherited the short vowel pronunciation from the ex and me - so they pronounce bath as BAFF and not BORTH :D They are very loving and I have an incredible bond with them despite the fact that I don't have them most of the time. Hoping to move to 50/50 custody arrangement soon.
My holiday in Kos was great but in a large hotel complex of 550 apartments I think i was the only single dad there - some awkward moments when i'd sit down for dinner and the waiting staff would ask if someone else was joining !
