Summer Fun
Golly! Where have we been?! Well, having summer fun mostly, while getting used to being a single mum. Leaving a job that made me miserable and starting up my own business too. But yes, the summer holidays happened and they were …
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Single Mum Camping (with Poundland)
I love camping. My kids love camping. Yet camping as a single parent with two small children felt like a challenge too far, even for me. However, we have a fantastic tent and invested in a great extension last summer …
Camp Bestival: The Good & The Bad
Following on from my post about how we made it to Camp Bestival, here is my review of the weekend… The Good The Friday night headliners, James were worth the six hour journey alone and Tim Booth’s energy infected everyone …
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Camp Bestival on the Cheap
Pre-kids, I loved a good festival. I started with the first ever V and ended with Reading, but camping with small (non-sleeping) children is hard in itself without the added extras of all night noise from over-excited revellers keen to …
Camping with Kids
We’re not experienced campers and have only been three times with children, but we learn something new each time and feel like we’re almost there now. And a long weekend at Camp Bestival certainly helped cement our learning as we noted …
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208-214/Project 365
A late one this week! Sunday Tried somewhat unsuccessfully to dip dye my hair and then took the girls to Wingham Wildlife Park for the afternoon. Bunny made us wait in the butterfly house for ages until one landed on …