My parents’ big double parkrun milestone
My dad, who is 79, recently reached his 250th parkrun milestone and my mum, who is 76, reached her 100th parkrun milestone on the same…
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A multi-generational holiday to Center Parcs
We recently went on our third multi-generational holiday to Center Parcs Longleat. My whole family went – 13 of us ranging in age from my…
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Generation X
I saw a meme a while ago which said something like: For every Boomer that hates the Millennials, there’s a generation in between that hates…
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Easter Sunday 2021
Easter Sunday this year was a special one for us, just as it was for so many families in the UK. On 29th March, lockdown…
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Becoming the sandwich generation
Most of us who are lucky enough to have parents still alive will, at some point, become part of the sandwich generation. The sandwich generation…
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The family holiday
We recently took a family holiday to Center Parcs, to celebrate my mum’s 70th birthday. It’s the first time we’d all been away together. There…
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Best panto ever
It felt like a long time since I’d last seen the panto. Both my family and my in-laws decided to go to see it towards…
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The matchbox challenge
When the school set a matchbox challenge as a fundraiser, I thought that sounded interesting. You needed to fit as many different items in a…
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A different kind of Easter Sunday
When the phone rang before 8am on Easter Sunday, I knew it was bad news. Nobody rings at that time for any other reason. Least…
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Wychwood Festival 2015
The Wychwood Festival takes place at Cheltenham Racecourse every year in the last weekend of May half-term. It’s consistently named as one of Britain’s best…
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When did Easter become a ‘thing’?
Looking at Twitter and Instagram yesterday morning, at piles and piles of chocolate eggs, decorations and presents, I found myself wondering when did Easter become…
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The Gallery: Mothers
I was the first of my generation to become a mother. No friends or family had gone before me, so I had nobody to learn…
