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We love to get outdoors with the children as much as possible but sometimes its worth spending a little money and taking them somewhere to really let off steam. We made the most of our Easter holidays and decided to try Rock-Up in Whitley to get everyone active, encourage the children to step out of […]
This year is a year of firsts, everything I do this year is new and different now that I have Wilfred attached to my hip, and that includes St Valentine’s Day. In an attempt to save money and partly because it’s near impossible to find a babysitter on this day we opted for a date-night […]
Up until a couple of weeks ago I couldn’t even tell you if there was a changing table on a plane. I mean have you seen the size of the toilet cubicles?! But having just booked our first holiday and with a few other trips lined up I made it my mission to immerse myself […]
I was lucky enough to visit two different restaurants that go against the grain when it comes to a franchise food eatery. I’m not often a fan of the chain restaurants that crowd every major city and would always tend to opt for the independent family run business. That being said I was more than […]
With a winter birthday I am constantly asked ‘What do you need?’ or ‘What do you want?’ over the Christmas period. The truth is once you’re a mum your priorities are naturally completely different. Any money we have left over we are looking at the Kids section in Next or paying for the new top […]
At 2 weeks old we took our little grub to the Pen Y Pass YHA in Llanberis for his first hostel experience whilst Daddy (Sean) did some 3 peaks training. When we arrived, winding through endless country lanes, we were at least 1000ft above sea level and the views were breath-taking. The hostel itself having been […]
I was lucky enough to be included around the adult table from a very early age. With or without guests we always sat around the table as a family. As I said in my previous post ‘I Live To Eat‘, it was after World War II when a family meal started to become more of […]
You may have noticed Miss Barlow’s ‘radio silence’, and if you have put two & two together you will have realised that I have finally had my ‘bundle of joy’…or ‘bundle of snot’ – it depends what mood you find me in. Yes, I have given birth to a bouncing baby boy, born at the end […]
Last weekend I had the pleasure of test driving the all-new 2017 Ford Fiesta, courtesy of Keith Motors in Christchurch. When they approached me I actually was pretty surprised, it’s not really like anything I have ever done before and although I love cars I’m certainly no expert. However, Keith Motors explained that they were […]
Having had such a good experience camping in Cornwall I decided that maybe we could squeeze in another mad outdoor mini break. 1 extra week pregnant (34 weeks by this point) wasn’t going to make any difference was it? Oh how I could be so wrong. We headed to the Brecon Beacons in South Wales, […]
I decided, by some stretch of the imagination, that it would be a great idea to go camping at 33 weeks pregnant. I don’t mean a nice caravan trip, glamping experience or VW retro vacation – I mean real camping. A teeny, tiny tent, a couple of gas stoves, a dodgy airbed and a 7 […]
If someone had told me 30 weeks ago I’d be at the top of Snowdon in North Wales, with a baby bump the size of a watermelon clinging onto my partner in blistering winds I’d have probably laughed in their faces! But life has a funny way of throwing surprises your way, so there I […]
I sit here, feet up, surrounded by two empty bowls of cereal and a couple of musty damp flannels (cravings in full swing), wondering how I have now hit my 3rd Trimester. This has already felt like the longest pregnancy, having found out I was pregnant at 4 weeks and knowing deep down that I […]
Staying at Bloomfield Campsite was like being dropped out of a plane in the middle of Dorset countryside with nothing around but luscious green vegetation. The surroundings were all beautifully carved out into secret paths giving way to four idyllic, hidden spots. Such spots include a luxury Yurt, private kitchen with covered dining area and […]
Arriving at Common People this year was worlds away from my previous experiences, two kids in tow, a baby bump on my front and emergency snacks in my backpack – this was the first time I had arrived at a festival before midday. Luckily, what with this being such a family friendly festival, the atmosphere […]
I am absolutely buzzing for this year’s Common People Festival, with just under 2 weeks to go we are praying for some blue skies and sunshine! This year is going to be hugely different for me, in previous years I’ve partied the night away to Fatboy Slim and Duran Duran, with two drinks in hand, but this year I will be 5 […]
If you had told me 6 months ago that I would have been going glamping in Winter with my boyfriend and two young children I would’ve most likely laughed in your face. Going away anywhere with children can be a challenge, albeit also a good challenge. Clearly I felt the need to push myself to […]
For us Southerners I think sometimes it’s easy to forget the quaint underrated towns that lie North of the capital, it’s easy to get waylaid flitting between the Cornish coast and the big smoke. I can’t believe that this was my first visit to this medieval city. The dreaded drive wasn’t even as bad as […]
So often I see and hear friends moaning about how they have kids now and they can’t do anything. I’m starting to wonder whether it’s just an excuse to avoid the small hassels of organising a trip away with children. I always knew that I would have children one day and can’t wait to be […]
In less than a week I head to the beautiful city of York; according to BING the ‘Most’ beautiful city in the whole of the UK. Having never been I’ve only got my imagination and pictures from endless travel guides to paint some kind of picture of what I am to expect. There’s something I find so […]
We love to get outdoors with the children as much as possible but sometimes its worth spending a little money and taking them somewhere to really let off steam. We made the most of our Easter holidays and decided to try Rock-Up in Whitley to get everyone active, encourage the children to step out of […]
This year is a year of firsts, everything I do this year is new and different now that I have Wilfred attached to my hip, and that includes St Valentine’s Day. In an attempt to save money and partly because it’s near impossible to find a babysitter on this day we opted for a date-night […]
