Lola Rose by Jacqueline Wilson
Ever since we read The Dinosaur’s Packed Lunch when she was very young, my daughter and I have loved Jacqueline Wilson books. From Hetty Feather to The Butterfly Club and Clover Moon to Katy, Jacqueline Wilson has written some really brilliant stories. Sadly I fear my daughter might be starting to get a bit old for them, but she never seems to tire of them and there are still a few books she hasn’t read. She’d heard...
Exbury House, Padstow
After three years staying at the perfectly nice and comfortable One High Street in Padstow, my husband decided he wanted to stay somewhere with a bit more of a wow factor for our holiday in Padstow this year. After a lot of searching (there are a lot of houses with wow factor), he came across Exbury House and booked it. Flat 2 of Exbury House is the ground floor of a large house, which is fitted out to a very high standard. It has...
Parkrun holidays
This year, for the first time in seven years, our holiday to Padstow was a Saturday to Saturday holiday (rather than a Friday to Friday holiday). There are a number of disadvantages to a Saturday to Saturday holiday, mainly that the traffic is a lot worse. But the worst thing for us was MISSING TWO PARKRUNS instead of one. We’ve been very dedicated to parkrun this year. I missed one to take my son for his D of E Bronze practise...
The Not So Secret Emails of Coco Pinchard
During the summer holidays, I struggle to find enough time to read and a book often lasts me most of the six weeks. It makes it hard to follow complicated plot lines. So this summer I decided to deliberately read ‘easier’ books than I read the rest of the year. Which is how I came to be reading The Not So Secret Emails of Coco Pinchard by Robert Bryndza. Regular readers will know I LOVE Robert Bryndza’s Detective...