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Family Holiday Harmony or Family Holiday Hell?

Travelling with a Family Tips https://youtu.be/yBERKTBazM8 There are lots of tips for handling holidays with tiny-tots or teenagers, but far...

A Guesthouse that’s Good Enough for a Middle-aged Mum?

Choosing a Hotel Having used these travel tips for packing our cases, I felt confident that we would be well prepared for...

Northcoast 500: Grown up Family – Same Same, but Different

Travelling the North Coast 500 Day 2 of our ‘Northcoast 500 in Scotland trip has started fairly well. We’ve waved...

Is ‘B’ good enough?

Is B a Good Grade? I often ask myself what is a good grade. Is a B grade good enough?School...

Swimming Woes – What type of fish are you?

Types of Swimmers Fish as swimming metaphors can get complicated! I’ve tried to be patient. I’ve tried to be fair...

Post Exams and Empty Nesters

Empty Nest Syndrome So the results are in. Our drive to Edinburgh (on results day) for a weekend break was...

Family Car Travel – Let the Playlists Take the Strain

Making Car Journeys Fun The landrover is parked up for the day and now to enjoy Edinburgh! It’s time to...

Preparing for the Worst – IB Exam Results and Beyond….

How to Stop Stressing over Exam Results Only one more day to wait for results. The IB Exam Results will...

IB, A Level, or GCSE – Preparing for the Dreaded Results …

Getting Ready for Exam Results As a family we are going up to Edinburgh at the weekend. Saturday is also the day...

Matthew Perry – Friends Lovers, and the Terrible Big Thing

Book Review on Matthew Perry’s Friends, Lovers, and the Terrible Big Thing The title of Matthew Perry’s autobiography, is a...

JoJo Moyes – The Giver of Stars

Book Review on JoJo Moyes’ The Giver of Stars What a dreamy environment for a librarian to work in! I...

Martin Amis’ London Fields

Book Review on Martin Amis’ London Fields Martin Amis’ book, London Fields, set in the 1990s and written in the...

Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book

Book Review of Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book Matt Haig’s The Comfort Book is a superb resource to dip into...

Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs

Book Review of Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs is a great read with more twists...

Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt

Book Review of Adam Kay’s This is Going to Hurt Adam Kay’s This Is Going to Hurt is both sad...

Victoria Hislop’s The Island

Book Review on Victoria Hislop’s The Island Hislop’s The Island, her debut novel, is set on the real Greek island...

Elizabeth Day’s Magpie

Book Review on Elizabeth Day’s Magpie When a single magpie (one for sorrow) makes an appearance at the beginning of...

Simone de Beauvoir’s The Inseparables

Book Review on Simone de Beauvoir’s The Inseparables The Inseparables is about Simone de Beauvoir’s friendship (from the age of nine)...
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