My husband has a thing about luggage. Women may have a fetish for handbags but Dougie can’t pass an Antler shop or the luggage department at John Lewis without touching up the cases. Usually...
The Gallery – Back to School – Little boy, big boy
Here’s Rory starting in Reception class with his smart blazer and lunch bag. . See below for his first day of Secondary school, in 2007, about to walk to the bus stop with his rucksack over...
…see the biggest group of John McCririck look-a-likes
Sound like torture doesn’t it? But it was the thought of such an event that persuaded us to go to Huntingdon Races last Bank Holiday Monday. A day of family fun was promised, with the...
Mum, you’re embarrassing me!
I wrote this post a few days ago for Mad Manic Mamas I think I’m turning into my mother. Actually I know I am. I embarrass my child, just like my mum used to embarrass...
I’m turning into my mother….
I’ve posted on Mad Manic Mamas today on the subject of acutely embarrassing your children. Pop over there to have a read and maybe share your own feelings on this subject.
The Gallery – One Day In August- Plums and Duck Tape
You may remember my resourceful husband used his trusty roll of duck/duct tape on holiday to fix a myriad of things from splintered decking to repairing holes in the massive rubber rings for the...
….The Loire Valley: magnums and monkeys.
After 10 mostly sunny days in the Dordogne we left our campsite in the pouring rain. This was a case of deja vu from our holiday in June when it was so wet on...
Mum’s Gone to Tenerife with Chef’s Tales
Yoo Hoo! I’m not here today, I’m guest-posting at Chef’s Tales. I am enjoying the wonderful hospitality of Michael Saxon, international chef, writer and blogger. Michael is the General Manager of the famous Eastern...