Dear family and friends, it’s Christmas time So here is the latest edition Of the last year’s news, set out in rhyme As now has become our tradition January: a cardiac catheter op – Jessica’s arteries need to grow more Before her next big op takes place Hopefully some time after she’s four February: Sophie’s… Read More
Jessica’s birthday marks the end of the summer for us (although with return of some warm sunny weather at the moment, it still feels like summer is lingering for a while longer). Our first summer as a family of four has been a lovely one – we have been out and about a lot and… Read More
Our fourth and final book bench trail was the Bloomsbury trail. With just 15 benches left to find, we were determined to finish off our summer Book Bench challenge. Our trail started at St George’s Square, which was a burial ground back in Georgian times (one of Oliver Cromwell’s granddaughters is interred there). It was… Read More
Having completed the City trail and almost completed the Greenwich trail – it was time to set off on the Riverside Trail and find the book benches situated along the banks of the River Thames. We started off at Southbank just near the London Eye as I’d thought there was a bench near Waterloo but… Read More
We love to get out and about together as a family, embarking on challenges which encourage us to go and explore. Over the last couple of years, our challenge was to find all the Olympic gold post boxes (and if we could get all the Paralympic ones too, then that would be a bonus –… Read More
With the sunny weather continuing, we decided to embark upon another one of the Books About Town trails and find the book bench sculptures around Greenwich. We started at Greenwich station where we found the first bench of the day (no. 16 in our running total of benches): Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Jessica loved… Read More
We love getting out and about as a family and having a challenge. In previous years, hubby and I have visited the seven wonders of the British waterways, and over the last couple of years, we have been travelling around the country to try and find all the Olympic and Paralympic gold post boxes. So… Read More
