Have you ever been captivated by a beautiful piece of silver jewellery and wished you could create something similar? WMM Silver workshops offer the perfect opportunity to turn that desire into reality! Based in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire and led by Wendy Murphy, an enthusiastic and qualified jeweller with over 20 years of teaching […]
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This Easter break we headed off to North Devon to stay at 18 Bucklands, a holiday chalet at Bideford Bay, a Parkdean Resort located in Bucks Mills. The chalet is privately owned and has recently been fully refurbished to an extremely high standard. The family who owns it use it as their own holiday home and
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STEAM play is an essential part of learning for young children. it stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics and as I’m sure you’ll agree, the world we live in today demands that learners are competent across all of these areas. We’ve been testing out the Connetix Tiles 62-piece starter kit in our STEAM
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The CBeebies Hotel is inspired by the CBeebies children’s television channel and is part of Alton Towers Resort, one of the biggest and best theme parks in the UK. Alton Towers theme park is in the scenic valley village of Alton in Staffordshire and is home to Alton Towers amusement park with its several iconic
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During the May half-term break, we spent a few days staying at one of the UK’s favourite theme parks, the Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire. Our accommodation was on a bed and breakfast basis (we stayed at the CBeebies Land Hotel, read our review of that here) so at dinner time on our first night,
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During the October half term in 2021, my Dad asked if we wanted to go on a short break during October half term 2022 to Blackpool to see the Illuminations staying at Haven Marton Mere. I didn’t hesitate to say yes, as a child virtually all my holidays were at various Haven sites so I
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Jaques was formed in 1795 by Thomas Jaques who was later joined by his son John and it is still a family-run business to this day. Jaques is responsible for introducing the UK to several well-known games: Croquet, Happy Families, and Snap with the latter two having their original illustrations drawn by the same person
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Did you know that in the UK, a car is stolen every 5 minutes? (Data from FOI request to Office of National Statistics by CMA). Every. 5. Minutes. If you, like me, rely on your car then that is probably a very scary piece of information. So, how do you keep your car safe? A
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With life getting a lot more hectic recently following the Dinosaur’s leukaemia diagnosis, mealtimes have taken a bit of a battering lately. Finding the time and energy to plan meals, go to the shops and prepare and cook a healthy meal whilst juggling multiple hospital appointments for the Dinosaur and school runs, clubs and parents’
Since I shared on social media recently that I’ve been using an EcoEgg for my laundry, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about it so I thought I’d answer the most common ones here and share what I think about it. *Disclosure: I only recommend products I would use myself and all opinions expressed
