About Gloucester Scrumpty Trail for Rugby World Cup To help celebrate Gloucester as a Host City for the Rugby World Cup, there is an exciting Sculptural Trail. Gloucester have adopted Humpty Dumpty as a mascot and given him a rugby jersey and boots: His nickname Scrumpty comes from `scrum’ and `dumpty’. Gloucester legend claims that … Read more
Based on the previous success of Zombie Survival Weekender for adults the first Youth and Family event took place the weekend of August 22nd-23rd. Promising to be great psychologically and suitable for children of all ages we went to found out more about it. Youth and Family Zombie Survival Location Set in Eglwysilan Mountain, Wales, … Read more
Starting School Fears When my youngest started school I feared for his future. You see the thing is he wasn’t like the other children and showed a Global Developmental Delay. His speech was limited and so I never imagined that he would ever be able to read and write. I worried about whether he would … Read more
Yesterday we attended Bristol’s 37th International Balloon Fiesta held at Ashton Court. There were over 100 hundred hot air balloons and we were are very thankful to the Power Rangers for inviting us over for a Picnic lunch and opportunity to go off the ground in the new pink and red Power Rangers Balloons. Don’t … Read more
Bolts and Blip: Battle of the Lunar League The story follows best friends Bolts and Blip who are Civi-Bots (the ones who are uncool and not very good at sport). In the year 2080 the moon is endanger as evil Dr.Blood devised a plan to create The Blood Bots to infiltrate The Lunar League (a … Read more
Harry Potter fans are in for a treat this summer as Warner Bros Studio Tour London introduces Sweets and Treats to its The Making of Harry Potter. This feature is dedicated to allowing visitors the opportunity to discover the Prop department’s secrets behind the food used in the films. There’s plenty of time to visit … Read more
The Summer holidays are coming around again (or are already here for some!) but thanks to the nice people at History Press I have a book full of inspirational ideas! Go-Carts, Catapults & Midnight Feasts is a book with 101 Vintage Pastimes for Modern Kids. It is split into four topic areas: Outdoors & Adventurous, … Read more
You may know that my late mother had breast cancer before she died. It had spread through her lymph nodes into her bones and to her liver. She died at aged just 48 years old. I was months away from reaching 21 and my little brother was only 14. It was less than 6 months … Read more
Getting older is something that inevitably happens to us all. Whilst I would not want to go back and relive puberty I think that is much better than growing old. I mean there’s plenty of warning and everyone knows roughly when it is going to happen. Let’s be honest, as hard as it was, it … Read more
The kids loving taking their bikes and scooters on the school run. I love it too, as I know they are getting exercise first thing, it helps with their gross motor skills and spatial awareness. And well really, it just gets them to move! Instead of dragging their heels and me yelling at them. Problem … Read more