A Little Slice of Calm at Robin Lodge Robin Lodge is one of those places that instantly softened the edges of the day. We arrived with bags, children, snacks, jumpers, all the usual chaos, and yet the moment we stepped inside it felt calm. A proper little hideaway tucked near Burgh Castle, just far enough from everything to feel like a break, but close enough (especially to an M&S food hall) that nothing was a faff. It was exactly what […]
Kebab Festival At Colonel Saab September 2026! As much as Colonel Saab already feels like stepping into a story, visiting the Trafalgar Square branch for the kebab festival made it feel like Florence and I were walking into a celebration within a celebration. We had gone to toast her GCSE results, a proper mother and daughter moment, and honestly there could not have been a better place to mark such a milestone. Colonel Saab always feels like an occasion, but […]
The Start Of The Michelmas/Autumn Term 2026! Here were go again, another year flew by and we begin again, this time with a little girl not new to school anymore but somehow going into year one, a “baby boy” who grew so much over the summer it was almost visible as he did it, a young man going into his first proper GCSE year and a little lady starting sixth form. Lots of firsts, which follow lots of lasts and […]
Summer Holidays 2026 – Week Six (And A Half)! Oh goodness me, how did we reach the end of the summer holidays?! A week and a half for the last one too and it just all goes so quickly! We packed it all in, of course, with Rocknroll Circus over the weekend, days out despite the duffer weather, football, rugby and even managed a couple of nights away. And now… Oh no, back to school and roll on half term […]
Summer Holidays 2026 – Week Five! This was the week we had been building up to for Florence’s GCSE’s. We took it slowly, a birthday party, some football, a day at Roarr! with Gram, niece Rose’s birthday and then we eased into Thursday to find out our big girl had the best results. An 8 in maths and 9s across the board for everything else. We are so proud and the cherry on the cake was her getting into the […]
Florence Passed Her GCSE’s! There’s a train of thought that we shouldn’t boast about our children’s achievements but it’s a thought I’m afraid i can’t get on board with and if anyone doesn’t like it then I suggest they should look away now because I am absolutely bursting with pride for my biggest girl. Not for the results she has achieved, although of course that brings me great pride too, but for how hard she has worked to get them. […]
Summer Holidays 2026 – Week Four! We started the week on holiday in Cornwall, Florence was at Boardmasters Festival and the rest of us camped in Polzeath. The weather was glorious and we made plans but didn’t keep them as the beach called and we just stayed on it for the whole time. We had the most lovely few days and the only problem was that it was just that… A few days, when it needed to be more! Home […]
Summer Holidays 2026 – Week Three! Week Three headed up with a day watching NCFC for Jonny and Raffie, Florence was home for the first time in what seemed like ages and a chilled vibe was had by all with, of course, some family fun thrown in. A day in Southwold (would be rude not to) and some down time at home as well! Then it was a lot of time spent in preparation for the end of the week’s […]
FabriFotos By Stickers4Walls – Making My Stairwell Sing! I have been adding to the photo wall in my house for so long now that it feels like a living scrapbook, one that grows with us and changes as the children do. The stairwell up to my loft bedroom is the heart of it all, a tall sweep of wall that runs from the floor right up to the ceiling and winds around with the stairs, so that I see them […]
Summer Holidays 2026 – Week Two! Second week began rather strangely with a first SOS from Florence at Latitude together say she knew she had tonsillitis but that the medics there couldn’t help. So we hot footed to Southwold (again, but no hardship) to take her to a prescribing pharmacist. Antibiotics prescribed and she was sent back to the festival knowing she’d feel a whole heap better within hours and then… We realised I had driven off without the car […]
