One of my best friends, who I have known since I was seven years old, lives in Southampton – about 160 miles south of where we live. She and her husband have come up to visit us for a weekend a few times in the past and we always have a lot of fun – the girls adore…
This is part two of a blog all about our unexpected little mini-break in Dorset over half term. You can find part one here. MONDAY I woke up early (as always) to the sound of torrential rain. I’d checked the weather the night before and it had forecast rain so I’d been expecting it, but…
I’d had half term all planned out. Sophie was coming to visit for the week, we were going to have fun doing some of the things on our Autumn Bucket List and I’d factored in some much-needed downtime as well after a jam-packed and busy first six weeks back at school. And then, as so often happens…
Wanderlust: “a strong, innate desire to travel” I had the realisation recently that my husband and I approach holidays in completely opposite ways. After twelve years together you’d have thought I’d have picked up on this before now! At the end of July we had a wonderful week in Jersey with our three girls – exploring,…