It’s been too long since I did any proper meal planning! Since I’ve been pregnant I’ve struggled to find the motivation I used to have when it comes to preparing fresh meals for the family and if I’m honest we’ve had more takeaways than you can shake a stick at of late. I feel a …
Last August I took leave of my senses completely and spent 6 nights backpacking in the south of the UK with my husband, our four year old and our seven year old. We decided that we’d like to see some of the Jurassic Coast and so our route was based around that, as well as …
Bluedot Festival announces more acts and first wave of arts and culture programme Air, Brian Eno, Lanterns on the Lake, Helen Keen, The Clangers, Krysco, Marc Riley and many more join the line-up for Bluedot this year. Taking place 22-24 July at Jodrell Bank, the Cheshire observatory at the cutting edge of humanity’s quest for …
I don’t know exactly why I was so taken with the little beach that is Cei Bach. Perhaps it was because the place was near deserted. Maybe it was that we somehow managed to get the only 30 minutes of sunshine on that day while we were there. It could even have been that hard-to-please …
There aren’t many days left of the Easter break for the boys now and they’ll be back to school on Monday. So when Table Table invited us to come along to their John Milne restaurant in Milnrow, I thought it would be a lovely treat for me to take the boys for a meal before …
Easter wouldn’t be nearly as fun for us if we didn’t do a National Trust Easter Egg Hunt. This year we were in Wales over the Easter bank holiday weekend so our treasure hunt was at Cilgerran Castle just outside Cardigan. We’ve been members of the National Trust for a few years now and every …
A week in Talgarreg on the Welsh coast was the perfect break for us to take this Easter. With our original holiday plans for this year postponed due to the baby we decided to just take a week’s break now and then Ted will take the rest of his holidays from work when the baby …
I have worked in many different care settings and cared for people with a range of different needs. I’ve done domiciliary care for older people, worked in cluster homes taking care of adults with both physical and learning disabilities, and also worked in residential care and nursing homes for older people. Some of my time …
We have three bedrooms in our house and so until now the boys have had their own space. With baby #3 due this summer though the boys are going to be sharing a room, which means a freshly decorated room and new furniture for them. At the moment the boys both have high sleepers which …
When I was pregnant with my second baby I started suffering with pain in my pelvis, my hip and my back. Not too bad to start with but slowly getting worse as the weeks wore on. When I mentioned it to my midwife she told me I had SPD – Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction. It’s sometimes …