For day 4 of our #30DaysWild challenge Louis wrote a poem about his favourite creature: the bat. We have spent a lot of time as a family looking at and talking about bats. We even sponsor one in Louis’ name through the Bat Conservation Trust. We have visited all manner of sites with our bat …
The boys are very interested in life and death, with how things work and how things come to be. The imminent arrival of their baby brother has probably heightened their interest too, so I thought we could take a look at life cycles. I thought it best to start with something small. We opted for …
Day two of our #30DaysWild is all about building a shelter or den in the woods! We went over to Tatton Park in Cheshire to attend the Geronimo Festival that was held there. We had an amazing time and the boys were exhausted when we left. The highlight of their day though was heading into the …
Today is the first of June and therefore the first day of our #30DaysWild adventure, and we started with Nature Bingo. I saw a tweet about #30DaysWild a few weeks ago and signed up for the free pack they were offering to participants to help them get out into the wild and appreciate the natural …
When I had Louis and Rowan I wanted to do as much breastfeeding as I could with them. Unfortunately, my epilepsy complications meant I couldn’t hold Louis properly to feed him for the first couple of days and I had to use formula. When we got home, things weren’t what you’d call plain sailing and …
30 Days Wild As a family, we are big fans of the outdoors. We love to explore new places, learn about our natural environment and see the boys appreciate the wonder of the natural world. Next month we are taking part in #30DaysWild, an initiative by The Wildlife Trusts designed to encourage families to get …
On our second day of backpacking as a family along the Jurassic Coast we arrived at Cummins Farm Campsite just outside Lyme Regis. Our plan was to stay here for one night and move on, but we decided in the end to take a full day to explore the area and stay for two nights. The …
Every so often I try to write about making time for myself or treating myself to something special or new. I remember for a week or two and then life gets in the way and Tuesday Treats takes a back seat for months on end. Well since I can’t drink, I’m barely awake past 9pm …
Oh, how rubbish I am at sticking to this meal planning lark! Out of last week’s plan I think we probably had around half of our planned meals, and I couldn’t tell you whether we ate them on the ‘right’ day or not. We did, however, manage not to have any takeaways this week which …
As we made our way home from our recent holiday in West Wales, we decided to take a rather scenic route and set off to find a place called Devil’s Bridge. There’s something a little bit magical about a waterfall isn’t there? This one is one of many at Devil’s Bridge in Wales, around 12 …