Category: travel
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Misadventure: I fell off a cliff
If you’re from Cheadle, you’ll probably know about Hawksmoor. If you’re not from Cheadle, you won’t. If you take the Oakamoor road, just after the turn-off signposted to Rocester, Hawksmoor begins with the funny parking area in front of a big cliff with a wood around and above it. It’s where the fields end and […]
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Misadventure: I’d rather swallow Donald Trump’s plum juice than eat there again.
Picture this: Vietnam*. New Year’s Eve, 2018. The air was warm with a gentle breeze. Ho Chi Minh was buzzing, because even though they have a slightly different calendar, they have a massive tourist industry. We were staying in the Japanese quarter, at a lovely apart-hotel. The guy in the apartment next to ours was […]
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Misadventure: The can machine
When I was at middle school… Actually, I need to start by explaining that a middle school is year 5 to year 8 in England, or age 9-13. Some areas still have them. The education system in Britain is fundamentally indefinable and since I went to 13 schools around the country, I sampled most variations. […]
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Review: Cheap double buggy that fits in a hatchback
Tl;dr it’s the Joie Aire double buggy. When my oldest child was 18 months old I got pregnant again. I really wanted a close age gap but the practicalities were daunting. Most things were going to be hand-me-downs but I didn’t know what on EARTH to do about a pushchair. I looked at several options: […]
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How to have the best British picnic ever (with kids)!
Picnics are a national pastime in Britain. I don’t know about you, but in the past few years my picnics have been a bit uninspired. I got into this rut of grabbing a drink, crisps and a veggie sausage roll, stuffing them in my handbag and dashing out of the house before it rains again. […]
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Swimming adventure
Yesterday, we had a little swimming adventure at Finn Valley Leisure Centre in Stranorlar. We waited until after jellyfish had finished his afternoon nap, and took his new UV protection swimsuit (a €3.49 bargain I spotted in Lidl yesterday after ordering reusable swim nappies for him from Jojo Maman Bebe the day before, which probably […]