Sometimes different events collide and help create something better. The way Angelina’s birthday party and cake together was a bit like that. We’d postponed Angelina’s party a couple of weeks as we had such a hectic April. She asked for a sleepover party, I put a twist on it and suggested a camping sleepover party. […]
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A postcard…with love: Nieuwpoort, Belgium
My dear Friend, Today we planned to travel, drive and get to our stop over for the night quickly. Instead we ended up on this gorgeous beach in Nieuwpoort, Belgium. We had a delicious picnic lunch, a splash in the North Sea and enjoyed the warm soft sand tickling our feet. Although it was a brief […]
3 great outings on the Gower with kids 2 to 7 years old
Having heard so much about how beautiful the Gower peninsula is, this week came the time to explore it for ourselves. Our short week in this beautiful part of Wales did not disappoint. Exploring it with my brood was great fun, perfect for bonding with little modern life distractions. I had no agenda for […]
A Postcard…with love: the Gower Peninsula, Wales
Hi, We’re sending our love from the Gower. If you are ever after endless beaches to share with few others, this is the place! We’ve had lovely long walks, splashed in the shallow waters and delved into rockpools. Little mobile reception, little interruption from modern life. We bought our veggies straight from the farm from […]
My favourite beach holiday destination: Barcelona
A beach holiday in Barcelona?! You might be forgiven for thinking you read that wrong. However, I stand by it. I’ve had a quite a few holidays which took me to the beach- New Zealand’s deserted beaches with thermal springs, the famous Bondi Beach in Sydney was our weekend haunt for some formative years of […]
Rock pooling with Jane #50things
What lives in a rock pool off the coast of Northumberland? Call me naïve, but I never realised there were hermit crab living in UK waters, let alone in the cold North Sea in Northumbria! Oh were our eyes set to be opened to the richness of sea life in simple rock pools […]