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Now I am forty I really am thinking about things to achieve by the time I am fifty – and a lot of that has to do with travel. We have covered close by places in Europe but now I would like to save up and look further afield. I think what I should ideally … Read more
Our home education week began with taking my husband to work as his car had its MOT. As it happens he works not far from a big park which is (usually) always very busy and there was just no-one there (the odd one or two children did turn up eventually). I was really shocked about … Read more
The Hilton Puckrup Hall Tewkesbury This amazing venue is well known for its golf and weddings but I was not aware that you could just visit. I was invited along to the launch of the newly refurbished Coopers Restaurant and Bar for afternoon tea. Set on the edge of the Cotswolds Hilton Puckrup Hall is … Read more
If you are interested I have been writing about our Home Education Journey from the beginning. Not because I have to but I want to. I think it will be really interesting to look back on it and see how we grow and develop. I hope it may also be useful to others, but that’s … Read more
The week began on a Wednesday because I had been in Milan celebrating my 15th wedding anniversary with my husband and the boys had been with his parents. I picked them up and took them straight to the home education session at the library. This time it was about Medieval – which is good to … Read more
I was floating around on Groupon looking at holidays and saw a mystery getaway pop up. At a bargain price you say three dates and three airports and this determines where you are going on holiday. I wasn’t sure about taking the risk with my children too but as it was our fifteenth wedding anniversary … Read more
The sun is out and the summer’s here – which can only mean one thing – Festival time! We are really lucky living right by the Cotswolds to have The Big Feastival at Alex James’ Farm over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Back for its seventh year this popular family festival looks again to not … Read more
We our Merlin Annual Pass Ambassadors and so now the weather is being so nice it is easy and cheap for us just to visit one of the many attractions not really mattering how much or little we do there because we can always go back another day at no extra cost. We are big … Read more
There are many different approaches to Home Education and we are still finding our feet to see what works best for us, coupled with a very relaxed approach to help deschool/unschool (I haven’t as yet learnt the difference between the two words but know they aren’t both liked equally the same). Trying to wait for … Read more
The long wait for the sequel to the popular Disney Pixar Incredibles is finally here as Incredibles 2 hits the big screens on July 13th 2018 here in the UK. Our fourteen year old has literally been waiting his whole life for this – in his words – the sequel to one of the best … Read more