We had our first taste of the Big Fish Little Fish family rave experience in Liverpool in the summer, so when we heard they were putting on another party in Leeds, we were in! If you’ve never heard of them, the events are like a…
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Tatton Park in Cheshire is continuing its year of celebrations of the children’s author Roald Dahl with a special Christmas event at its Knutsford mansion. You might remember we visited the grounds in the summer to check out some of the events to celebrate the…
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Forget hanging out at the soft play, lunching on fish fingers and chips and bad coffee. Harrogate has a new place to take your little ones which is as much for grown-ups as it is for children. Goose is part play area, part cafe, and…
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‘I miss daddy’, ‘I want daddy’ and ‘where’s daddy?’ are things I hear every single day from my little girl. When my husband died, my concern for how our children would cope was very much centred on my son. Sam was six and completely aware…
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I’m always taking photos and one of the reasons why I love blogging is that I have the freedom to write what I like and take photos of what I like too. My camera memory card is full of photos of my children, flowers, close-ups…
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Just over three months after moving into our new house and work has begun to convert our extremely cold garage – currently masquerading as a playroom – into a warm, useable room. The house is only a few years old and when it was built,…
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This month I went from having nothing to include in my five under £5 post, to having far too many things, and all thanks to a cheeky midweek trip to Ikea. That haven of all things small-priced and wonderful, where you can casually walk round…
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Rather than the last minute rush for a family photo, this month I’m pretty much spoiled for choice as we’ve been away this weekend and had lots of opportunity to pass the camera to a friend and ask them to do some quick snaps of…
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The Fifty Shades of Grey pun must have been used a million times before in posts about interiors, but it really does describe my hunt for the perfect shade for my living room wall. And my stair wall.. oh and my bedroom… because walls painted…
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Living in Yorkshire we’re spoilt for choice with places to go for walks, and the ones around Bolton Abbey are among my favourite. We headed there this weekend with our lovely neighbours and some of their friends, a gang of six little ones between us…
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Just when I was learning where all my favourite shops were in Leeds, a brand new and super amazing shopping centre opens in the city centre. I’m not complaining – the shops are fab and some of my favourite brands are in there. Step forward…
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Gin is most definitely having a moment. With every pub worth its salt now offering a gin menu, it’s a long time since the choice of your G&T was limited to Gordon’s or for the more adventurous, Bombay Sapphire. Now I like both of those,…
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It’s now been almost three months since we moved into this house, and things are just beginning to take shape a little as I decide on how I want things to look. I can hardly believe it’s been that long as it has absolutely flown…
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As time goes on I seem to be writing less about the sad parts of our lives and more about the practical, day-to-day stuff and the nice things. I mean it makes sense, doesn’t it? Who really wants to keep reading about the days when…
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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 a place called Greenbank Barns, nestled in a village called Ravensworth halfway between Richmond…