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Panto 2022: For the record
Way back when she was 9 and in year 5, my daughter did her first professional panto. She was in the chorus and she absolutely…
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The emptying nest
My younger son has gone to university and my nest is a little bit emptier. I still have my 21-year-old son (who did an apprenticeship…
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Interrailing: A post-exam or gap year adventure
If your year 13 or final year university grown up child is already starting to think about how they might celebrate the end of exams,…
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Return to Disneyland Paris
At the start of July, my husband, daughter and I spent three nights/ four days at Disneyland Paris. It was our first trip there in…
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Long jump: Start of the 2022 outdoor season
Summer is here, which means the start of the outdoor athletic season and a return to long jump competition for my son. The outdoor season…
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Happy birthday, 18 year old son!
My younger son, my beautiful boy, is 18 years old. I can’t believe I now have two adult ‘children’. My son came into the world…
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English Schools national athletics championships
So it was third time lucky for my son and he finally managed his dream of competing in long jump at the English Schools national…
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English Schools athletics: Qualification!
For the last couple of months, my son has been determined to make it to the English Schools athletics national competition for long jump. He…
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Long jump progress
After getting a new PB of 6.75 in his long jump, my son plateaued a bit. It’s to be expected. You can’t get a PB…
