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Category Archives: In the UK

Our family adventures in the UK.

Days out, weekends away and holidays in our lovely home country.

We love to explore our beautiful island and create memories for our little boys to cherish.

We have a little caravan called Dolly and we take her here there and everywhere on little camping missions.

Plus my big — man shaped — boy and I have always been huge festival lovers. We love nothing more than packing up our van and heading off to four days of music and fun. It plays such a big part in our lives — and it’s been lovely to introduce our little sons to the excitement of festival season.

The ‘Adventures In The UK’ section of my blog covers all of our experiences on our amazing home island.

15th August 201916th August 2019

Kendal Calling 2019 – Muddy Good Family Fun | AD

As I typed this post yesterday, the rain was hammering on the roof in much the same way that it… Read More
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12th August 201912th August 2019

The Queens Head Troutbeck | Cumbria

Occasionally, you go somewhere and for whatever reason — sometimes good, sometimes bad — it sticks in your head and… Read More
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9th August 20199th August 2019

Our Bluedot Review 2019 | AD

We’ve been to many types of festivals over the years; dance music, food, family, folk — as well as the… Read More
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19th July 2019

Calling All Revellers!! 6 Sleeps until Kendal Calling 2019!

It’s that time of year again; festival season is in full swing folks! And just 6 sleeps until Kendal Calling… Read More
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10th July 201910th July 2019

More to Dorset than Camp Bestival! {Featuring Wyke Dorset Cottages}

‘This is a paid partnership with Wyke Dorset Cottages’ For the last four years — during the last week of… Read More
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29th June 2019

A Celebration Weekend | Wild Camping with Friends

Last weekend we finally got around to celebrating Mr D hitting a massive age milestone. His actual birthday was back… Read More
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7th June 2019

The British Airways i360 Experience in Brighton

As I’m typing this, the rain is hammering down on the roof of my office and the skies are an… Read More
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13th May 201914th May 2019

Holiday Blues and Holiday Plans {Featuring Suffolk Secrets}

‘This is a paid partnership with Suffolk Secrets’ It’s three weeks (to the day) since we got home from California.… Read More
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3rd May 20193rd May 2019

Win a Family Weekend Pass for BlueDot Festival

OK folks. You may have gathered, from the title of this post, that I have exciting news to share. Let’s… Read More
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  • For all of you that are struggling with Christmas prep; stressed that your house doesn’t look like the perfect festive homes on Instagram; just have a look at this.

I made some biscuits for a job a couple of weeks ago. In someone else’s kitchen (as I’ve not had one of my own for the last 8 weeks). Then I cleared the table (in the one room we’ve been living in) and set up the fireplace to look pretty in the background of my shot.

That single little vignette — the biscuits on their festive plate, the fireplace with its garland and lights — is very festive.

But just LOOK at what you don’t see 😂😂😂 The absolute CHAOS all around.

Just a quick reminder that the camera lies (or is very economical with the truth 😂)!! I bet, for every beautiful Christmassy picture on here — the wrapped presents, the beautiful tree 🎄, the festive fireplace — there’s a whole world of stress and mess going on in the background!

Don’t let it fool you!! And remember; how ever much disarray you think you’re in, just look at these pics to make you feel better 😂 SWIPE FOR A BIT OF INSTA REALITY 😘
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  • Week 16 of our renovation!! How the devil did we get here? 😮

Today, the window fitters came back and - as we speak - are installing the last set of doors 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Mr D just said to me - ‘hey does this mean we can take all the wood, that I nailed to the back of the dining room door, off?’ And yes. 
I suppose it does 😆

Who needs locks and keys when you have 4x2 and some nails eh?! I was a bit horrified at the thought of doing it, but it’s definitely made me feel nice and safe 😊😆
  • I have shamelessly stolen this pic from my friend Karen @mini_travellers 😆

It was taken at the @insta_mingle_events do that I went to up in Chester, a couple of weekends ago. Such a fab night and proof that although social media is a great way of connecting with folk, it’s no substitute for meeting up with people in real life.

I’m so lucky to have made some wonderful new friends over the years; some through blogging, some at festivals and even on holiday (thinking of you @marisa_harmer and @blownawayorg 😊)! I think — if you meet someone — and have a connection (be it online or in person), it’s always worth taking the time to maintain those friendships.

I’m so lucky to have met Karen through my blog; she’s one of my fave people to hang out with (and best of all our husbands and children get on too!!) Winner👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Thanks so much to @camerayard for capturing this memory ⭐️ What about you? Do you like making new friends or do you have a small, closed circle? 😊
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  • Everyone got their decorations up?

No?

We don’t either! We don’t have a tree, or any lights — hell — we don’t even have a kitchen 😆

But we do have some windows 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 This pic was from last year - when I had a house to decorate 😉- there’s a link in my bio if fancy giving it a go yourself ⭐️⭐️⭐️
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  • Such a fab day yesterday! 
The first bit of glazing was fitted in the house!! Given the delays and complications, I was half expecting it to be wrong 😱 but I shouldn’t have worried. Apart from a cracked pane (being remade and installed next week) it all went to plan.

Fingers crossed for more of the same today!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻 I can’t wait to see it all finished!!!
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  • So here they are! My finished nutcracker biscuits - just in time for #nationalcookieday 🍪 
I was asked by @lauraashleyuk to create a post for their blog (unpaid and I’ve no obligation to share it); they provided the Nutcracker themed items I used to prop the pictures.

You can pop over to their website to see the recipe I created - and I’ve shared a post on my own blog too; link in bio.

Creating these bad boys was no mean feat without a kitchen, but they’ve turned out better than I’d hoped 😊

A little bit of Christmas magic too - they disappeared almost as soon as I’d made them 😉
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