We did it! Hi-de-Hi is now all done and dusted. The show went very smoothly and, by all accounts, was a great success. The audiences each night cheered, laughed, joined in with shouting ‘Ho-de-Ho’...
How do you like your eggs in the morning?
According to the song, it doesn’t matter whether they’re ‘boiled or fried’ or ‘up or down’, as long as there’s a kiss on the menu. Toast comes with a hug. And if you don’t...
Mum’s gone to Birmingham: things to do with teenagers
Our usual family routine when we check into a hotel is for our son to scroll through all the channels on the TV, my husband to go back outside for a walkabout and me...
Chilling out in Birmingham with Staying Cool
Rotunda, Birmingham In 1958 the architect James Roberts was instructed to design a building that would fit onto a small patch of ground in the centre of Birmingham. It wasn’t quite wide enough for...
Anyone short of a pumpkin?
I took this photo last week of a field very near us. Pumpkin growing in the UK is a relatively recent development and in South Lincolnshire, where we live, is Europe’s biggest pumpkin grower....
Baby, It’s Cold Outside
Well, yes, it is a bit nippy this morning but I’m referring to the swing duet which I may, or may not, be singing during the Spalding Christmas Lights Switch-On, Sunday 17 November, in...
Helping children to write creatively with 100WC
It’s interesting what doors the world of blogging opens. In the years I have been writing this blog I have made many real and online friends, I feel part of a community of like-minded...
Camaloon – a cool way to transform your travel snaps into fridge magnets.
XS size fridge magnets from Camaloon For all I like travelling, I’ve always been a bit hopeless with regard to souvenirs. As a child I brought home castanets and maracas from Spain and, unintentionally,...