End of term
It always becomes a bit of a mad dash just before school finishes for the summer. Here in England, the school holidays can be anything from six to eight weeks long, and sometimes longer...
Category: Family
University open days
This week, big daughter and I have been visiting universities. It’s exciting and a little bit sad at the same time as I know that when she goes next year, that’s the first of...
Snow in June!
It’s not been the warmest June that we’ve ever had, and today I am dressed for the weather … in this place! This is Chill Factor e, the UK’s longest indoor real-snow slope. It’s...
Whit week
The schools in the UK have been on holiday again this week, for what’s known as Whit (short for Whitsun) week. Whit Monday (also known as Spring Bank Holiday) marks the end of Easter...
Being Organised
This should come as no surprise to me, but there really aren’t enough hours in the day for me to do everything I want to do, let alone those things I need to do...
The end of the holidays
We’ve had a good week, this week, small daughter and I. I’ve been on a mission to distract her from Minecraft which is showing signs of becoming something of an obsession even though I’ve...
