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Dear Decathlon…an Open Letter

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Dear Decathlon, We've shopped with you for a few years now, first discovering a Decathlon store in France to buy our first tent many years ago. (It was cheap and lasted well.) You expanded in Europe before coming to the UK.  My sister, living in Hungary, became a loyal advocate of your brand  first and lent us a Quechua pop up tent for a short break.  I was super … [Read more...] about Dear Decathlon…an Open Letter

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: decathlon, favourites, great customer service, love, Out and about, outdoor clothes, Rants and Faves, retailer, Review

Panasonic DMC-FZ200 Camera Time-tested Review

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What makes an ideal camera for a blogger and travel writer? We bought the Panasonic DMC-FZ200 in March 2015 and it's gone on a lot of adventures with us.  Over this period, I had a chance to test the camera under different circumstances and, with it's help, improved my own photography skills. This is a relatively old model by now, so why write a review? Well, I think … [Read more...] about Panasonic DMC-FZ200 Camera Time-tested Review

Filed Under: Technology for Families Tagged With: camera, my blog camera, panasonic, Panasonic camera- DMC- FZ200, Rants and Faves, Review, Technology, Time Tested Review

Dressing the kids for winter and wintersports, the Swedish way

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Deep minuses had had me worried and it wasn't long after arriving in Uppsala before we were to experience our first -20C  (-4F).  Thankfully I we were prepared, with the greatest help coming from Hugo's teacher who emailed us about all the gear we need, before we moved. Over the past month I've not had one complaint of being cold from the kids and we've been out enough.  At … [Read more...] about Dressing the kids for winter and wintersports, the Swedish way

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: clothes, country kids, kids, kids gear, Life Hacks, Natural Childhood, Out and about, outdoor clothes, outdoors, Parenting, Rants and Faves, skiing, Sweden, winter

Things that piss me off today- Tech fail Saturday

by Mumonthebrink 1 Comment

Some days you just wish you didn't need to get out of bed and I know it's a mindset to just brush these aside, but they are stressing me and making my eyelid twitch today. So I'm venting and ranting. What frustrates me though is how little longevity is apparently built into these expensive items.  They are contributing to a throw-away mentality and fuelling more … [Read more...] about Things that piss me off today- Tech fail Saturday

Filed Under: Technology for Families Tagged With: broadband, laptop, Lenovo, Lenovo Yoga, LG, LG TV, panasonic, Panasonic camera- DMC- FZ200, rant, Rants and Faves, Technology, technology fail, virgin media

Dear Sports Direct- an open letter about bad customer service

by Mumonthebrink 13 Comments

Dear Sports Direct, Over the past weeks you have managed to cause a huge amount of stress and frustration to me, but most of all you have disappointed a little girl who has not received her 7th birthday presents. Read: Dear Decathlon...just how different 2 stores can be I stumbled upon you through an online ad; knowing you had a store near us I had no qualms about … [Read more...] about Dear Sports Direct- an open letter about bad customer service

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: customer service, rant, Rants and Faves

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