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Last week, I was very excited to be invited along to Bluestone in the very far reaches of West Wales as a Bluestone Blogger, and attend the Bluestone Kingdom of the Elves! December is, traditionally, a bit of a chilly and wet affair in Wales. I lived there for three years, I remember it well. Whilst I suspect they may […]
A festive trip to Bluestone Wales and the Kingdom of the Elves 2016 Read More >>
Well well; the log cabin garden office which we’ve been deliberating over for a year, and planning for about three months is finally here. We started looking at getting ourselves a garden office back in 2015, but once we’d factored in the electrics, the insulation, the build etc etc we dismissed the idea as too expensive and instead decided that
The desk at the bottom of the garden: Our log cabin garden office Read More >>
We’ve all done it. You get carried away with festive spirit (mine is usually gin) and the next minute you’ve signed up for the office Secret Santa thinking ‘it’ll be a bit of harmless fun’. Only rather than one of the colleagues that you actually don’t mind passing the time of day with, you’ve been allocated sexist dickhead Nigel from… well
Christmas sorted: Our inappropriate Secret Santa gift guide for people you hate Read More >>
The last time I went to Paris, I was 11 years old. My overwhelming memory of it was being sick, lots, and crazy traffic. Somehow, despite visiting a lot of European cities in my late teens and early 20s, I never returned. I very rarely travel these days (for very good reason) and I haven’t been on a city break
Blogueurs dans Paris: E-Fluent Spot 5 Read More >>
Wicked Uncle was the very first brand I worked with as a blogger, in this post back in April. We were totally spoilt. They were a great company to work with and the kids loved their toys, so when I saw that they were looking for bloggers to work with in the run up to Christmas, naturally I begged them
A small Whingelet’s Christmas list with Wicked Uncle Read More >>
As readers of my blog will know, I recently returned from a very ill-fated family holiday. Before I went, I had a post in mind about travelling with two small children. It was going to be something wise and profound which would have people nodding sagely and thinking ‘I learned something today‘. Obviously I got more than I bargained for
Ten top tips for harmonious holidays: Making travelling with kids less painful Read More >>
I promised I would update on the catalogue of errors that was our Thomson holiday to Protur Bonaire Aparthotel in Cala Bona, Majorca. This is going to be fairly long but hell, even if no one reads it, it’s cathartic. And God, I need that after our Thomson holiday from Hell. We last braved a holiday nine months before the
The holiday from hell: Definitely not the most relaxing holiday ever Read More >>
I was very excited to be contacted by a website, Wicked Uncle. It might sound like a dodgy band name but Wicked Uncle is in fact a website aimed primarily at relatives of children who have been tasked with buying a gift and have absolutely no idea what to go for. The idea was that I could choose some toys
How to not give crap presents with Wicked Uncle review Read More >>
This was written on 12 May 2008, when I’d just had my Lasik laser eye surgery. It’s now November 2017 – nearly ten years later! – but, having had to go searching for this sporadically during the last eight years when the subject of laser eye surgery came up, I thought I’d move it over to the blog so I
My experience with Lasik laser eye surgery (A Review) Read More >>
