Month: July 2011

A little sit-down

Well, it’s been busy so far, this summer holiday. I had visions of relaxing weeks unrolling in front of me, with only the distant, very veeeery distant, text pings of the teenagers’ phones interrupting the calm …… but so far we have driven to Wales and France, had one high-speed tyre blow out, seen two West End …

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Soft spot for alpaca

I’ve always had a soft spot for alpaca. It’s my firm belief that an alpaca jumper saved my life at university. I was at St Andrews, dangling on the edge of Scotland, in a setting which could not have been more beautiful. I took a daily constitutional by the sea. I admired the ruined cathedral. …

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Dungeons

For us, the holidays began last Thursday and we’ve already been to France and back. In fact, we may have peaked too soon … there are an unfeasibly large number of weeks looming ahead with only the occasional half-baked plan wobbling around in them. If you, too, are now looking down the barrel of the …

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Tesco Cook-off

Sponsored post I’ve done a few odd things in the name of mummy blogging – hiding round the back of a hotel in Barcelona cackling with laughter at 3am and eating a top chef’s tomato ketchup gateau spring to mind – but Sunday’s was probably up there with the most unusual. I was a stunt taster …

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All booked up!

I’m so excited – my online book group idea has worked! Lovely people have signed up – well not signed, there’s nothing that formal, but have *indicated* enthusiasm and a willingness to read the chosen book – and so we’re all systems go. I think it’s going to be really fun. Here’s the plan. We …

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