Monthly Musing – May 2014 – Exam fever
Like many other households with teenagers, ours has become Mission Control for GCSE revision. Big daughter has been counting down the days until the exams start – and finish. She has her exam timetable...
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MOSI – a grand day out!
On Good Friday (which seems a long time ago now!) we went to Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, known as MOSI for short. It was small daughter’s choice; she’s been bursting to go...
A view from Chester’s walls
One of the best things about school holidays is the opportunity to catch up with friends that you don’t get chance to see during term time. We did just that on Wednesday when we...
Monthly Musing – April 2014 – New starts
Listening to Canon June’s talk in Church a few weeks ago about Lent being an opportunity to start something new, to stop something that we don’t like about ourselves and to re-examine our faith,...
Watercress Leaves Socks – free pattern and tutorial
As you’ll know from earlier posts, I love knitting socks, but sometimes it’s not as straightforward as you’d expect. Have you ever had a ball of yarn that just can’t decide what it wants...
Fish, chips and The Fabrick
We were able to catch up with my brother and his wife in Derbyshire again yesterday, and after a slight detour thanks to my Dad’s satnav, found ourselves in Ashover. We’ve never been there...
