The little boys were having a look at the big kids’ First News paper the other day and spotted Peter Rabbit. The paper was advertising a giant Peter Rabbit sculpture that wasn’t far so we headed out to take a look for ourselves. It just so happened that the sculpture was located at Snugburys ice […]
In September of 1998 I left home for University. It was such an exciting time and one that I really looked forward to. I remember spending most of the summer getting bits and bobs and going through things that I needed. List after list and box after box I gradually got things together and packed […]
Welcome to part four of our series of articles looking at ideal second cars for families. As much as many families could do without the expense of running a second car, and as much as many families really try to manage without, sometimes that just isn’t manageable. Work and schooling arrangements can make it impossible to […]
This year marked the seventh anniversary of The Just So Festival, produced by Wild Rumpus. The aim – to transform the Rode Hall Estate in Cheshire into an eccentric playground of circus, theatre, art, music and all things ridiculous. An annual, intimate, weekend-long camping festival for children and their families, the Just So Festival provides […]
As a parent it is impossible to travel light. Each time we go away I think I am going to take less…we won’t REALLY need it all…and then this happens… Now, it would be easy to blame the children wouldn’t it? You have children, you have more ‘stuff’ simple right? The thing is, that whilst […]
At the end of July we were at Lulworth Castle at the wonderful Camp Bestival. It was a great weekend weather wise, not too hot all of the time but dry at least. Although we got messy, it wasn’t the knee deep in mud kind of messy you saw at Glastonbury this year. We went […]
As much as going away can be lovely, with four young children there is also the potential for chaos, disappointment, stress, even utter disaster. With each child you have this seems to increase tenfold – how does that work? Packing for a weekend away is no different to packing for a week away, it is […]
As much as I’m really a winter kind of girl really and as much as we love the snow, we do also get quite excited when the sun comes out. The threenager has got a thing about blue sky. If he spots even a tiny bit if blue sky he gets very excited. When the […]