I think it started when I found myself standing on a heathery hillside, blisteringly cold wind whipping my hair, trying to keep one of my two children in check so they weren’t inadvertently trampled, hand-feeding a wild reindeer who looked as though they’d like nothing…
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A Bookish Adventure in Chicago ǀ Travel
Some of you may have spotted from my Instagram that I recently went on a trip to Chicago. This was a huge deal for me; my first time in the US and a meet-up with some ladies which I met through being on Youtube. It…
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British Music Experience, Liverpool ǀ Day Out
It wouldn’t be a school holiday if we didn’t jump on the train and head into Liverpool and this summer turned out to be no different when we were invited to come along to the British Music Experience and check out their new summer programme.…
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Exploring Siena {Holiday in Tuscany Part Three} ǀ Travel
I sat down to write this post, knowing that I was going to share with you how our trip to Siena was my favourite part of our entire holiday in Tuscany when I realised that I’d actually taken hardly any photos. I want to say…
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Holiday in Tuscany {Part Two} ǀ Travel
I have to apologise for not getting part two of our holiday in Tuscany posted sooner; life has just gotten a little crazy lately and I didn’t manage to sit down and get it written until now. You can see part one here if you…
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Holiday in Tuscany {Part One…} ǀ Travel
It was with no great amount of joy that we took off from a very rainy Liverpool and headed to Tuscany a few weeks ago. If I felt any trepidation about leaving the kids behind, and having to deal with the turbulence caused by the…
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Why You Should Learn the Local Lingo When Travelling
Having recently just returned from a trip to Italy, I was surprised at myself when we landed in Pisa and I realised I had forgotten to even look up a few of the basic phrases we might need. Cue a quick hop onto Google and…
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East Lancashire Railway, School of Wizardry ǀ Day Out
As the Queen of all things last minute it was with excitement that I spotted a comment on Facebook from a fellow blogging friend about the East Lancashire Railway’s latest event…a School of Wizardry. With two children who absolutely adore Harry Potter I knew that this…
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Next Stop: Tuscany ǀ Travel
Now I know I may have casually mentioned this once or twice but this year we are celebrating two very special occasions: the first is my 30th birthday in May and the second is our 10th wedding anniversary in August.In thinking about how I wanted…
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The Museum of Liverpool ǀ Day Out
With Storm Doris in full swing and nothing but rain clouds on the horizon, we decided to head into the city to take advantage of one of the fantastic free museums which are on offer in Liverpool. We have visited most of the museums and…
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Long Car Journeys with Kids ǀ Travel
Over the past few years we have made several long car journeys with Meg and Eli; having family who live all over the country means that we are fairly used to hopping in the car and driving for 2-3 hours at a time.However, we have…