This time last year, we were in Spain on a family holiday. Ted had been so looking forward to it. He’d been learning Spanish for three years and was really keen to speak with the locals. He loved that holiday, and the rest of us thoroughly enjoyed it too. We didn’t know it would be …
Our weekend at Butlin’s Skegness
Squidge and I are just back from a weekend in Skegness, where we spent 48 crazy, toddler-led hours at Butlins. We were accompanied by my sister-in-law, and Squidge’s cousin, Bear. It’s been ages since I did anything just for Squidge. Home Education means the boys are with me almost all of the time, and their …
Our Bat Walk with Wild Discovery
We have just returned from a 5 day break at Ribby Hall with fellow blogger Jane and her little boy, and we are full of tales of adventure! One thing I wanted to get written down while it was fresh in my mind was the incredible bat walk we went on while we were there. …
Finding the joy
It’s been a truly awful week here in Manchester. Awful. I have spent a few days in a weird sort of wallow. Sorrow for my fellow Mancunians, despair at the state of the world, anxiety about a whole host of things. How do you tackle those types of feelings and prevent them pulling you down …
#WeAreManchester
It’s 2am on 23rd May 2017. I have been glued to the news and social media channels since just after 10.30pm last night as news of an ‘incident’ began to emerge. The incident was just a few miles from here, at Manchester Arena. The arena is place I’ve been to many times, situated next to a …
Our 2018 travel plans: Scottish road trip
When my husband and I got married, we were fortunate enough to have two honeymoons. The first was a road trip around the Scottish coast and it was just perfect. We’ve been married ten years this year so it was a fair while ago now and I remember very little. Worse, I can’t seem to …
Becoming Wildlife Trust members
At the beginning of the year we decided to assess our household outgoings. We had been paying our National Trust membership for around three years, and neither of us could remember the last time we used it. While we think it’s a great charity to support, our location isn’t the best for quick trips to …
Barbados from above
It may be a fairly small island, but there is plenty to do and see in Barbados. We spent a couple of weeks there and had the most amazing holiday. As we went with extended family we were fortunate enough to be able to do some great child-free activities, including a helicopter tour of the …
Our 2017 travel plans: Disney
We took a fair few short breaks last year, went to a festival or two, and went on several day trips, but no big holiday as we waiting for our baby to arrive. Well now he’s here, he’s no longer a newborn and we are raring to go! As much as we love to get …
40 weeks
11th August. Today was my due date for baby number three. I think I knew this morning that I’d be going to bed still pregnant, but I’m one of life’s optimists so there was always that little bit of hope. I’ve been preoccupied for the last couple of days with thoughts of impending labour, the …