I’m interrupting the current holiday recap blog posts to bring you some photos from this monumental day. I am now the mother of two school children! Sophie has started school! It is crazy to me that both my children are … Continue reading
We’re big fans of the British staycation – but with the weather being pretty disappointing in July and early August, we weren’t sure we’d made the right choice for our 2017 summer holiday, thinking the Mediterranean would have been pretty … Continue reading
What a summer! I’m curled up on my sofa after three weeks away from home on a family holiday, a work conference and a group camping weekend. I’m exhausted – but satisfied that we’ve had an excellent break with several … Continue reading
After the bustle of Barcelona – and some crazy busy months of work and school – we were all ready for a bit of family downtime. So we had booked a few days on the Spanish coast to relax and … Continue reading
An email today from British Airways about our flight delay compensation reminded me that I haven’t yet shared the story of our May half term adventure to Barcelona – so let me catch you up. We’d been planning our trip … Continue reading
Blogging service has been disrupted by some completely crazy weeks of work as we ran a major conference alongside our normal, busy consulting load. The last month for me has been entirely Pickle Jar and parenting! But since the conference … Continue reading
This morning we woke to the details of yet another hideous terrorist attack in my beloved city. I’d stayed up far too late last night watching it unfold alarmingly close to home, hearing sirens blaring from the city. London Bridge … Continue reading
On the spur of the moment, we decided to take the kids away for a night over the May bank holiday weekend. After a bit of a google and some research into possible destinations that would enable us to make … Continue reading
Our week on the Jurassic Coast wouldn’t have been complete without some serious fossil hunting! We started early in the week with a trip to Lulworth Cove, a beautiful bay famous for its fossil forest. We didn’t plan very well … Continue reading
During our wonderful Easter holiday in Dorset, we did occasionally leave the coastline. We’d spotted the dramatic looking Corfe Castle on the drive to Swanage and were determined to visit, and were delighted to find that the heritage steam railway … Continue reading
The Easter school holidays meant that it was time for our annual UK beach holiday! After two wonderful trips to Tenby in Wales, we decided to try somewhere new and explore the Jurassic Coast in Dorset. We’d left it pretty … Continue reading
Before I get on with sorting out the hundreds of photographs we’ve taken on our Easter holidays, I wanted to share a few snaps of what else we’ve been getting up to recently. It’s felt like a pretty low key … Continue reading
As I said in my last post, Spring is finally here and we’ve been making the most of it. We found ourselves with a completely free Sunday a couple of weeks ago, and having recently taken delivery of a new … Continue reading
The Easter holidays are underway and Spring has finally sprung. I can’t tell you how happy I am when there’s sunshine and warmth. I’ve been flinging open the windows every morning and embracing every day we don’t have to wrap … Continue reading
Got some catching up to do! Sorry about the blogging silence – have had a super busy few weeks with work and lots of choir projects (performing and recording in Swedish no less!). But we have squeezed in some outdoor fun … Continue reading
Diary of a Herne Hill mum 