I was reflecting recently how sad I was that I haven’t blogged this year. It’s not been a conscious decision to stop. Rather work and life have been so very busy, I just haven’t had the time to focus on … Continue reading
A short break to Swanage
Stretching our legs in the Peak District
In one final look back at 2021 highlights (after the Scotland road trip blog bombardment), I wanted to share some photographs from probably my favourite week of the year. Back in late May, we escaped London for a week in … Continue reading
The beautiful Black Isle [Scottish roadtrip 2021]
You made it to the final instalment in our Scottish roadtrip adventure! Thank you for indulging me in some serious reminiscing from a fabulous holiday so many months ago. We were sorry to bid farewell to Skye, but we had … Continue reading
Exploring Skye [Scottish roadtrip 2021]
Matt and I first visited Skye back in 2008 on our honeymoon. Back then, we visited with big plans to hike in the Cuillin Mountains. But the weather during our trip was so bad, we didn’t even see the peaks … Continue reading
Adventures in Fort William and the Nevis Range [Scottish roadtrip 2021]
After our week in Crieff, we drove through beautiful Glen Coe to reach Fort William. It was a cloudy, atmospheric day and looked just stunning as Matt and I bored the children with tales of our West Highland Way adventures … Continue reading
A family reunion in Crieff [Scottish roadtrip 2021]
So as I promised in my 2021 lookback, one of our real highlights of last year was our Scottish roadtrip. Back in July/August we headed north of the border for over two weeks of adventures. We flew into Edinburgh, picked … Continue reading
Looking back on 2021
I must confess, I was feeling pretty sorry for myself as the year drew to a close. We’d had big plans for the school holidays. But just 30 minutes before we were due to leave for Scotland where we due … Continue reading
A long weekend in Sheffield
It’s hard to know where to start. It’s been eight months since I’ve posted on my blog and I feel very sad that I’ve not been able to keep it going during 2021. Work has been relentless for so long … Continue reading
Corona diaries – the end of home school (I hope)
Tomorrow marks the end of another spell of Covid-19 home school – and not a moment too soon! The children have only been in school for 4 days since November due to class bubble closures, our home Covid outbreak and … Continue reading
Covid Christmas
It’s a while since I’ve posted here. If I’m honest, I haven’t felt much like writing about family life. It’s been a challenging few weeks that have felt quite miserable at times, but on New Year’s Eve we spent some … Continue reading
A lockdown birthday for Sophie
It’s taken me a while to get to this – work has been insane over the last few weeks. But I can’t let Sophie’s 8th birthday go unmentioned on the blog! Unfortunately for Sophie, her birthday coincided with an increase … Continue reading
A Kinder Scout circuit [Peak District 2020]
I’ve saved our favourite day in the Peak District for my final post about the trip. We’d been carefully watching the weather forecast for a clear, dry day so we could really stretch our legs – and we were thrilled … Continue reading
Scrambling on Burbage Rocks [Peak District 2020]
Whenever we explore somewhere new, we usually try and visit as many different sights as possible. But on our trip up to the Peak District, we loved one location so much, we visited twice. We knew the kids enjoyed a … Continue reading
A week in the Peaks
Those giddy days of August when we could travel across the country and spend time indoors with other people seem like a lifetime ago (!), but I’m remembering what a pleasure it was to travel by sorting out the masses … Continue reading
My boy is ten!
We passed a major milestone a few weeks ago – Alex hit double digits! Somehow I’ve been a parent for an entire decade! We marked this momentous event with a thoroughly lovely weekend of celebrations. His birthday was luckily just … Continue reading
Diary of a Herne Hill mum 