My longest day of the year tradition now appears to be to swim in the cold, cold waters of Ilkley Lido. I did it last year so kind of felt I’d…
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We spent five days in Malaga over February half term and while there discovered it has so much to offer, perfect for a city break and fantastic for kids. Less than…
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In the early hours of Saturday, I joined a group walking up Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales, to raise money for a fantastic cause. The group was from Wirral St…
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Growing up I was lucky enough to live in a town which had its own outdoor pool, something I always thought of as normal and not at all fancy. Now I’ve…
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Family life, Holidays, TravelOur holiday at Levante Beach Resort with Mark Warner #MarkWarnerMum
June 18, 2017A while ago I wrote about my ten travel essentials and it won me a place as an ambassador for Mark Warner holidays. I know! How amazing is that? The chance…
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Beautiful countryside, a luxury barn conversion, a hot tub and friends – that’s how I spent a night away in a picturesque part of North Yorkshire last weekend. I stayed at…
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I went on my first trip to Brighton at the weekend for the wedding of one of my dear friends Shannon. We have been friends since university, when seven of us…
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We’ve just come back from a wonderful week on holiday in the Algarve, and I must admit I am suffering a bit of the post-holiday blues. Who wouldn’t after seven whole…
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I started writing this before we went away, but you will all know how hectic things are the few days before a family holiday (especially if like me, you moved house…
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‘And above all watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you, because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will…
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We spent a few days away last week at a beautiful little cottage in the village of Pickering, North Yorkshire. I had the week off work and wanted to take Sam…
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Living on the coast in Wirral we are pretty spoilt with nice places to go for a walk on a sunny spring day. There’s the beach and Hilbre Island at West…
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The last summer sun holiday we went on as a family was spent in the beautiful town of Uzes in southern France. Back then, we were a family of three and…
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We spent some time up in the Lake District last week, staying with my parents in a house in Bowness-on-Windermere. It was such a breath of fresh air and felt like…
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We’ve just come back from a lovely long weekend in the Lakes with my parents. Despite the weather forecast predicting biblical rain, we got away with just one or two moments…