UK Adventures I wanna be like the Common people… Posted on March 31, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky On Saturday we had one of the best kinds of afternoons (aside from the sort where you meet up with friends and put the world to rights in a sunny beer garden!). Near us is an old common, the sort you see in TV dramas set circa 1920, where… Read more
Family Diary Our week in numbers… Posted on March 30, 2014November 8, 2024 By Becky 2 :: the Number of pigtail plaits I can now do with Sasha’s hair. Big hair moment here! 30 :: minutes I spent in Cafe Nero on Thursday afternoon, trying (and failing) to hook… Read more
UK Adventures Trip to Penshurst Place Posted on March 20, 2014May 2, 2025 By Becky Wowsers! How quickly does the last 10 months want to go? Fast, that’s what. In June last year, we ventured over the M25, into Kent, and to Penshurt Place, an 650 year old historic country house and gardens. The place is just beautiful, and even if you’re not a particular… Read more
Family Diary Merry Christmas & Happy 2014! Posted on January 4, 2014September 19, 2025 By Becky Merry (belated) Christmas and Happy New Year! Hope everyone reading this had a fabulous time? We certainly did 🙂 it really was magical this year as this was the first Christmas that Freddie really ‘got it’. We hosted for my family, but managed to squeeze in seeing other family and… Read more