In September 2024 I was lucky enough to get to go on a solo mini-break to the beautiful city of Barcelona in Spain. Spain has always been close to my heart. I visited a lot as a child & young teen as I had family who lived in Nerja on the Costa del Sol, plus…
For the last year Ella and I have been travelling the length and breadth of the UK for various university open days. At the end of June we spent three days in York so we could visit the University of York – one of her top choices – and get a feel for the city…
Ella and I are spending the year travelling around the UK attending different university open days as she prepares to make her uni application this coming January. This post is about how we spent 48 hours in Brighton for the University of Brighton open day in June 2024. University Visits (so far…) We’ve already been…
At the end of May half term, Ella and I spent a weekend in Exeter for the University of Exeter open day. Exeter is one of the universities that Ella has been most excited to look around. University Visits The University of Exeter is about 180 miles away from where we live so it made…
Back in March, Ella and I spent a whirlwind 48 hours in Dublin for the Trinity College Dublin open day. 2024 is a year full of university visits for us – I still can’t quite believe we’re at this point and that my eldest girl, the one who made me a mama, will be flying…
Last autumn Ella and I spent three days in Edinburgh for the University of Edinburgh open day – the very first open day we went to. We caught the train up to Scotland, stayed in one of the best airbnbs we’ve ever had the pleasure of staying in (with the loveliest host you could imagine),…
In September 2004 my best friend Rachel and I, both 21 years old at the time, spent three days in Paris together. I’d returned to the UK a few months earlier from over a year of travelling in Australia & New Zealand and still had a desperately intense and all-consuming travel itch to scratch. She…
Phew, what a whirlwind few months it’s been since our wonderful stay at The Old Bakery in Bude. Summer came and went; the start of the new academic year brought with it a whole heap of changes for us as a family; and we’re now in the depths of a colourful Autumn with the festive…
Every year we travel to Cornwall at Easter for our annual holiday in Bude – our happy place for almost a decade now. This year our trip felt more important and necessary than ever – a final chance to rest and recharge before the intensity of our eldest daughter’s GCSE exams began the following month….
In the summer holidays of August 2022 we drove down south from where we live in the Midlands, hopped on a ferry and headed across the Solent for an Isle of Wight family holiday. We spent a week exploring the island and made lots of memories together, all of which I’ve added to the cluster…