Exploring Hughenden Manor and gardens
Over the winter I always have a few Saturdays to myself when the OH and N are off shooting. But often they’re filled with chores, hair appointments or other things that take up too much of the day to go…
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Making 3D creations with the 3Doodler pen – review
At Blogon conference I came across the 3Doodler pen for the first time. The event helps bring brands and bloggers together, and I was lucky enough to win a 3Doodler pack on their stand. I’ve been debating 3D toys for…
Tesalate sand-free beach towel review
Ad – gifted for review Choosing a towel for swimming or going to the beach isn’t always easy. For us, it’s the weight and how fast it dries because it’s likely to be used at the beach when we go…
Wasgij Destiny 16 Old Time Rockers puzzle and solution
Although we’re now (hopefully soon) coming out the other side of winter, I’m still on the jigsaw puzzles. Usually I’ve finished doing them for the winter by now, but I’m a bit hooked on the Wasgij ones. After a blip…
Gravitrax review – the contemporary marble run
Children love to build things and there are more toys out there than ever before, outside of the ever popular Lego and Knex. If you remember Marble Run from the 80s, you’ll want to try Gravitrax and get your children…
Reminiscing on holiday in New Zealand South Island and family friendly ideas
*Ad – Collaborative post N has never been abroad – well, kind of, as I’ve taken him to Jersey because he wanted to go on a plane. But so far we’ve not taken him on a foreign holiday further afield,…
Exploring engineering at Enginuity, Coalbrookdale
Over the holidays I had to get us out the house. This time we decided to visit Blists Hill Victorian Town (my request) and Enginuity (N’s preferred choice, and a way to get him to agree to Blists Hill). It’s…
Go back in time at Blists Hill Victorian Town
Considering I wasn’t a history fan at school, I do enjoy living museums and looking back at old streets and houses. We’ve been to Black Country Living Museum in the past and I really wanted to visit Blists Hill Victorian…
Television at the centre of family life
*Ad – sponsored post. Also contains affiliate links Love it or hate it, television is so much at the centre of family life nowadays. It’s still the focal point of most living rooms, and now are used for so much…
Wasgij Destiny 3 – The sands of time puzzle solution
I’ve been flying through the wasgij puzzles this autumn and winter, with the latest being probably the hardest of their puzzles I’ve completed. This one was the Wasgij Destiny Sands of Time jigsaw. The destiny range of Wasgij puzzles show…
Everyone needs a cool uncle (or aunt) to buy children’s Christmas gifts – Ad
There’s only a couple of weeks left of Christmas shopping, and while some people are organised with presents bought and wrapped already, the rest of us are frantically trying to think of what to buy children and other family and…
