Our adventures out and about in the UK, on the farm and further afield.
Metal detecting’s not something I’ve ever really been interested in doing, although in the past I’ve always seen metal detector toys at Christmas and thought what good presents they’d make for our nephews and niece. But my brother’s really got…
Last weekend was a bit unusual for us. No more parties after the excitement of January, and nothing arranged for Sunday. Usually Saturday is for doing chores, swimming lessons and all those usual things you don’t get done in the…
Read about our fleeting drop in visit to see the horses and donkeys at Redwings Horse Sanctuary
This is probably the last year that I’ll have N with me for all of a Saturday when it’s shoot season. On the farm, during pheasant shooting season, we’ll tend to have 5 or 6 shoots. To date, he’s been…
Visiting the Toy Fair as a blogger, my experience and my tips to get the most out of it.
Exploring National Trust property Baddesley Clinton on a day out in Winter, with preschoolers
I should know by now that nothing would stop N from going outside to play, but I’m still astounded at how little he appears to feel the cold. It just shows it’s true how there’s no bad weather, only inappropriate…
Like so many young children, N takes everything really literally, so trying to explain things on the farm can be quite hard. We’ve had several conversations recently which have either made me chuckle, or despair that it’s never going to…
Going to see Snow and Tell storytime at the Story Museum in Oxford for Christmas, plus a few others treats while visiting
Considering we’ve had a lot of time off over the Christmas holidays, we’ve not done much. I debated National Trust, but not many locally seemed to be open. So we did tend to hibernate quite a lot. It has meant…
Visiting the British Motor Museum with a preschooler, for a trail and enjoying the car displays and play area.
