“Look, Mummy! I’m the winner!” The look of pure joy and delight on my daughter’s face as she crossed the finish line last was so beautiful to see. For her,…
It was a bit like stepping back in time into a miniaturised world – a tiny model landscape depicting 1930s England. A friend had recommended that we visit Bekonscot, which…
I must have driven past them at least a hundred times. Those four big mounds alongside the A40 near the Northolt roundabout. Watching the people walking up them whilst I…
We spent a couple of days in south Wales during the Easter weekend whilst completing our Paralympic gold postbox challenge. As well as visiting the gold postboxes though, we also…
During our travels around the country over the Easter holidays, we visited Discovery Point in Dundee, home of the RRS Discovery – the ship that took Captain Scott and Ernest…
During the London Olympics back in August 2012, Royal Mail announced that each gold medal winner would have a postbox painted gold in his or her home town. At the…
I’ve been enjoying reading about Hannah from Mum’s Days’ castle challenge this year after she set herself a challenge to visit all 45 castles in Northumberland. I love history and…
I am very fortunate in that my in-laws live just over a mile away from us and so get to see the girls very frequently. Jessica and Sophie both love…
I love joining in with Country Kids each week if I can and one of the things it has inspired me to do is to look for different outdoor spaces…
Last year we enjoyed several trips to Legoland before it closed for the winter. Today it reopened for the 2015 season and Jessica was very excited this morning when I…
