The Wool Fair
A visit to the annual Wool Fair in Shipston on Stour over bank holiday.
Adventures
Our adventures out and about in the UK, on the farm and further afield.
Garden party essentials – ‘We’re going to party’
What makes a great garden party apart from lovely weather. Here’s some of the essentials that help people enjoy them.
Not so sunny BloxFest
Last year’s BloxFest (my old village’s May festival of stalls, food, crafts and 3 stages of music in 3 of the village pubs) was great fun, and packed out due to the great weather. This year the weather’s cold and…
Summer picnics
Now we’ve had a bit of sun and heat (it’s taken until May this year), it’s been the perfect opportunity to get out and have a picnic alongside lots of outdoor play. We don’t have garden furniture (not really got…
Bank holiday racing
A glorious bank holiday weekend meant a chance to head over to a local point to point race meet
London trip: A Chorus Line
I’ve not been to London other than for work for a long time. And I can’t remember the last time I went to the theatre. Definitely pre-N anyway. I’d bought my mum tickets to see A Chorus Line at the…
Birthday party fun
So far, given he’s only 2, we’ve not got into the perpetual cycle of birthday party after birthday party. Apart from informal ones which are just piling into soft play or general play sessions, he’s been to his 4 year…
Blenheim Palace visit
Since the snow left a week or so into April, we’ve been having generally warm and sunny weather. A few April showers but that’s to be expected. But it does meant that we’ve been able to get out and about…
Rocking, garden style
We’ve not had much outdoor play recently, and now I’m back at work we’ve only got weekends to do things, which are taken up with chores. Last Sunday N did manage to get a fleeting chance to play in the…
Post Easter fun
Today we had our post Easter NCT get together. Now I’m back working full time, it’s not often I get to see everyone, so it’s great to be able to catch up and also for N to be with his…
Easter Egg Trail at Upton House
After having had most of the weekend spent indoors due to various reasons or another, I wanted to get N out on one of the Cadbury Easter Egg Trails at our nearest National Trust venue. It’s not too far away,…
