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, neice 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 […]
Roarr! The Norfolk Day Out We Love… Even When It Drives Us Mad! There are some places that just become part of the family rhythm, aren’t there? The ones you return to again and again because they slot so neatly into real life and when somewhere embraces every kind of day: sunny days, drizzly days, days when the kids are bouncing off the walls and you need somewhere that can absorb all that energy without absorbing your sanity, well, what […]
Summer Holidays 2026 – Week One! I don’t think we’ve ever been more ready for a holiday and it seemed to be crawling over the finish line for the little two to finally break up from school, but we got there! After the big kids had already been off for a week and a half, taking advantage of school’s sports camp for Jimmy and dancing days at Pineapple for Florence, and after a mammoth and epic weekend for our annual […]
Wroxham Barns – Summer Holidays 2026! I’d probably say it’s my favourite season at Wroxham Barns whichever time of year we visit! The family who run it help the farm chameleon so beautifully into each with each school holiday, to match the weather and the vibe, that it’s very hard to not think “best day ever”, whenever we get home from a day there! Perhaps then, every season is actually my true favourite, but boy… Summer is glorious! They have […]
A Taste Of Leon – London! Leon is one of those fast casual spots you see dotted all over London, and for the most part it delivered exactly what it promised: quick food that felt fresher, more substantial, and a touch healthier than your standard grab and go. I lived in London for 15 years and always meant to try it but never did… That’s changed now and I have to admit, I will definitely consider it more now as […]
