The Padstow double holiday
Every year, we go on holiday to Padstow in Cornwall. It’s a real home from home for us. And every year, my husband says he…
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Return to Morzine and Avoriaz
When we went skiing in Morzine and Avoriaz last year, my husband couldn’t stop saying how much my daughter would love it and how good…
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2025: That was the year that was July to December
July was a very good month for me. I started the month by travelling to Bushy Park, the home of parkrun, with my dad to…
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Parkrun end of year report 2025
It’s been another busy year of parkrun for my family – from my 10 year old nephew to my 80 year old dad. There’s been…
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2025: That was the year that was January to June
2025 started with a very wet New Year’s Day parkrun at Lydney in the Forest of Dean. Rather than going back to university, my son…
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Run Cheltenham (Cheltenham half marathon) 2025
My husband, daughter, sister, brother-in-law and I recently ran the Cheltenham half marathon – or Run Cheltenham as it is called these days. It was…
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Finding the joy (Gromit Unleashed 3)
Way back in 2013, when my kids were 7, 9 and 12, I took them to Bristol to hunt for Gromit sculptures. It was a…
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Promoted to (Hetty’s) second best
Hetty the cockapoo has brought so much love and joy to our family over the last three years. Life is so much better with a…
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2024: That was the year that was July to December
This is the second part of my family’s 2024. You can read about January to June here. July started with a general election – the…
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2024: That was the year that was January to June
The year 2024 started with a New Year’s Day parkrun in the Forest of Dean. On 2nd January, I took my son back to university…
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The empty nest
Well, it has happened. A few weeks ago, with my kids aged 23, 20 and 18, my home officially became an empty nest. My younger…
