“And into the forest I go, to lose my mind and find my soul” ~ John Muir One of our favourite local places to visit is Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It stretches far and wide, from Milford at it’s northern tip, Cannock in the South, it’s eastern edge falling just shy of Rugeley,…
In exactly three months time I’ll be on a plane somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean, on my way to Denver, Colorado. Back in January I entered a competition to win a space at Leap Retreat, an intimate workshop for just ten women, hosted by Sarah Cornish of My Four Hens Photography, who’s incredible family photography…
Sundays are pretty sacred in our house. It’s the only day of the week where all of us are together and so we try to keep them for day trips and adventures and exploring new places. Sometimes things get in the way of those adventures – lovely things like family or friends coming to visit, or a birthday party…
Hi, guys! This is the second part of my blog posts about our week-long holiday in Bude. ENJOY!!! Tuesday Tuesday was a really busy day. In the morning, we decided to go for a walk to see the shipwreck in Northcott Bay. When we got there, Mummy had misplaced the tide times and it was…
May has seemed like a really busy month and yet it feels like we haven’t really ‘done’ very much. Looking back through my diary and my camera roll it’s mainly been commitments at the girls’ school, work-related stuff and birthdays that have been keeping us occupied. As a result I realised that we’ve not actually had any adventures out and…
Regular readers of my blog will know that we visit Bude in North Cornwall for a week-long family holiday every single year without fail. We have family traditions that we to love to maintain and we also make a point of discovering and exploring new places that we’ve not come across before. You can read more about this year’s…
This is the third and final part of my mini-series of blogs documenting our time in beautiful Bude for a week-long family break during the Easter holidays. You can find part one here and part two here. We’ve been home for over a month now and looking back over all my photos and remembering all the fun…
A few weeks ago on a lovely, sunny Saturday, the girls and I headed up to Trentham Gardens for the afternoon. Trentham is somewhere we go several times a year – it’s one of our favourite places to visit as there are loads of things there for the girls to enjoy whatever the season – the lakeside walk and…
This is part two of my mini-series of blogs about being back in beautiful Bude for a week long family break during the Easter holidays. You can find part one here. As I started putting this post together I’ve realised just how much fun we managed to pack into the time we had. We had a…
If you’ve followed me for a while you’ll know that we visit Bude in North Cornwall every year and this year was no different – we spent the first week of the Easter holidays there. Whenever we go we make sure that we fulfill certain traditions (like having an ice cream every day) and do…