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Jonathan Ross would make a great family travel blogger. Reading about his trips in the ‘My Hols’ bit of the Sunday Times yesterday, it would seem he loves to discover the kooky and the unconventional

Do you remember when I was visiting Scotland at Easter I mentioned we had visited the little village of Dull which had recently been paired with the town of Boring in Oregon? (The link is

  Miracoco Luminarium  In a weekend which saw the demise of the Spalding Flower Parade, at least in its current form, it was somewhat bittersweet to be present at the launch of a new initiative

You know your child has got you well and truly sussed when they give you this card for your birthday….  

  Clockwise from top left: some of the winners of the Brilliance in Blogging awards with presenter Katy Hill; cushions at The Hoxton Hotel; the girls in All Bar One; part of my prize, new

Tomorrow morning I will be heading down to London for my first blogging conference and despite the fact that I’m a big girl now, I am rather nervous. I’m not really sure why. It’s not because I’ll

It was our 22nd Wedding Anniversary at the weekend and we celebrated it by watching Euro 2012, the Germany v Portugal match. Dougie, romantic old soul that he is, thought he would jolly up the evening for

After our night at the 1950s party last Saturday evening, we headed off to Newcastle early-ish Sunday morning to spend some time with Mum and the rest of the family. The little fella in the montage above