I love a BBQ, we all do. Given the choice the children (and Penny the dog) would have bbq every day. Any excuse to be outside. Combine that with being an enthusiastic carnivore a good BBQ ticks all of the boxes. We were looking for a gas BBQ that we could take away with us on caravanning holidays. We’ve got an external gas connector on the van so a portable compact BBQ works for us. The Trekker by Outback ticked all of the boxes. It comes with two sets of legs, one for table top use, and a ...
Fruit, juice and Lolly pops
A favourite way to spend some time in the Summer holidays for my children is fruit picking. I actually really enjoy it too and you can find so many farms now that have parks, cafes and animals as well as the fruit picking so you can really make a day of it. It costs very little but it can easily fill a day. The other option is to go wild and pick from your garden or the fields. We have so many blackberries around us, plenty to share with all the wildlife. What ever fruit you pick be it from a ...
Nozstock 2018 – My type of festival
Nozstock 2018 - A reminder of what made me fall in love with festivals 25 years ago. A 30 minutes drive is all it is for us to get to Nozstock, so close we can almost hear it. We are lucky to live in Herefordshire and it does not surprise me that a festival in the Shires has grown from a family party 20 years ago to a large successful festival. I last came with Dylan to Nozstock in 2014. Working at other festivals and holidays having kept us away. The general lay out is pretty much the ...
Mud and Bloom review – Vases and seeds
I have recently discovered via Twitter the wonderful Mud and bloom. Having two very keen gardeners and slightly feral children anything that encourages and keeps them busy outside is a winner to me. Mud and bloom works by sending you a new box each month. The boxes are for children aged between 3-8 although my son at age 9 loved it too so I don’t think it has to stop at 8. Each box will be delivered through your letter box. Each box includes everything you need for two seasonal ...
Climb every mountain – Walking Skirrid Fawr
I made Dylan a promise this Summer. We will walk at least one mountain every other week. I’m going to have to juggle it around work and childcare for Matilda but a promise is a promise and I attend to keep it. We already did a waterfall walk a few weeks ago, known as water breaks it neck in Brecon. We got very, very wet but he loved it and declared the best thing about it was walking in the rain. Today we did the Skirrid, I’ve decided to try and start smaller and work our way up ...
Not just about the beach
Five years ago we went on the most perfect holiday. Dylan was yet to start school so we had the bonus of going in term time. We went to Ibiza. Somewhere I had always wanted to go, but I always knew with a young child in tow it wouldn’t be all about the nightlife and parties. I’m sure you have wonderful visions of lying on the beach and sun loungers but when you have young children those sun loungers don’t really get used much. This is why it’s important to do some research and check what ...