Category Travel and adventures

A GLORIOUS DAY OUT AT ‘GLORIOUS GOODWOOD’

LAST week on Wednesday when most people were at work, I achieved two firsts. One – I went to the ‘races’ for the very first time and not just any old races, but the prestigious and oh so glamorous Qatar Goodwood Festival, fondly otherwise known as ‘Glorious Goodwood‘. And two – I wore a hat, a ‘proper’ fabulous hat and felt very much like a lady. As guests of Glorious

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ENJOYING ‘LA DOLCE VITA’ WITH BOOKINGS FOR YOU

BEING a blogger has brought me so much good fortune and happiness. But I have to admit, working with this super holiday company, is going to be right up there, at the top of my ‘jammy bugger’ list! Because today, I’m delighted to announce that I am going to be working in partnership with Bookings For You – a specialist provider of luxury Italian villas and apartments across Italy –

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ELSIE’S 3RD BIRTHDAY PARTY AT WIGFIELD FARM

IT’S not often I share our family life on this blog. But Elsie had such a wonderful party with her friends at Wigfield Farm on Saturday, that I’ve decided I just have to! Wigfield Farm is a local farm, near to where we live in Barnsley and it’s a working farm, which teaches students. It’s also one of Elsie’s favourite places and one of ours too. I’ve lost track of

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A SNEAK PEEK AT MY LIFE RECENTLY

I’M GOING through one of those fabulous phases in life at the moment. You know, the ones when life seems to be a little more exciting and jam packed than usual. So here’s a quick sneak peek of what I’ve been up to recently…   New additions to the family Ok, let’s start with the most exciting news first! We have two new additions to the family and nope I’m

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TWO LOVELY PLACES TO VISIT IN ‘THE LAKES’ WITH KIDS

A COUPLE of months ago, we spent a glorious few days in the beautiful Lake District. We stayed in a fabulous gypsy caravan (and oh and how we loved it!) and whilst we were there, we went to see a few local attractions as a family. Now Elsie is almost three, we are loving having all kinds of fun, visiting new places with her and watching her learn, explore and

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10 THINGS I LEARNED FROM STAYING IN A GYPSY CARAVAN

BACK in May, I achieved a lifelong dream. To stay in a gypsy caravan, and marvel at the romance of it all. *sighs* You can read all about it here, about how much we loved it as a family and see how beautiful these gypsy caravans really are, but for now I want to talk about what I learned from staying in one. Because make no mistake, it was a

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A VISIT TO WELEDA & THEIR BEAUTIFUL GARDENS

LAST week I spent a rather lovely day at Weleda HQ (UK). Which basically means I got to mooch around some of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen and play with fabulous skin care products. Sounds heavenly huh? And indeed it was. But I warn you, if you’re not into flowers and plants and the like, you might want to pop by another day because this post is

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MY TOP TEN ROMANTIC DESTINATIONS

I’M a sucker for love and romance. Aren’t we all? But one thing I’ve noticed since becoming a parent, is that often, romance comes way down the at bottom of the list of our priorities. It’s not that we don’t love our partners. It’s just that life gets in the way of us finding time to celebrate that love, spice things up a bit or appreciate each other. It’s rubbish

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