Adrenalin Quarry, Cornwall (and not being the mum holding the bags)
My daughter is an adrenalin junkie (she takes after her dad) and is constantly asking to do things that are exciting, dangerous and expensive. We’ve…
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Return to Gromit Unleashed 2 (and being brave)
We haven’t really had days out with the kids since they started doing sport at weekends, when the boys were aged 7 and 10. To…
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Gromit Unleashed 2 – my husband’s first Gromit trail
It’s five years since Gromit Unleashed landed on the streets of Bristol. The kids and I absolutely loved Gromit hunting. Two years later came Shaun…
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Wychwood Festival 2018
The Wychwood Festival, at Cheltenham Racecourse, has become an annual event for our family – and one of our favourite days of the year. It…
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Going to the circus with my daughter
Ever since she read her absolute favourite book in the world ever, Hetty Feather, my daughter has wanted to go to the circus. Yes, she’s…
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A tale of three cities
My husband works very long hours, my kids play a lot of sport and my daughter does a lot of dance lessons. We don’t have…
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How much do we spend on holiday?
Holidaying self-catering in the UK, it’s easy to think we don’t spend much on holiday. Because we’re just living in a house, like we do…
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Avoncroft Museum
Regular readers will know I don’t take my kids out for the day much. I’m a nervous driver and it’s not easy to find activities…
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Shaun in the City in Bristol
When I told the kids we were going to hunt down Shaun the Sheep at Shaun in the City, my eldest and my daughter were pleased….
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Bristol Zoo and the baby gorilla
These days, we don’t often have days out. The boys’ sport dominates our weekends and there is just no spare time. But with rugby finished…
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London part 2
We arrived at Stratford Westfield shopping centre for our family trip to London just before lunch. Getting into the shopping centre is like Fort Knox,…
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