Looking for things to do in Enfield to keep your small children entertained? This is our bucket list of things to do in the pre-school years in the London Borough of Enfield where…
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Have you picked up your pumpkin for Halloween yet? We did the whole pumpkin patch this year for the first time – it seems to be becoming the thing to do here in the…
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Back on a freezing cold day in January, we went to Wendover Woods in Buckinghamshire to do the Gruffalo’s Child trail and, on a decidedly warmer, August day we went back to do the…
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Canary Wharf, one of London’s premier business districts, famed for it’s shiny skyscrapers, has added a fun element for September in the form of the glamorous Idolize Spiegeltent which is currently taking up resident…
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“Tiddler? Tiddler? TIDDLER’S LATE!” Tiddler by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler (them of The Gruffalo fame) is my absolute favourite book to read to the girls at the moment. Seren loves it as there…
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It’s all happening down at Kings Cross in central London this summer. What used to be an absolute ‘no go’ area is now a bustling community area for families, students and office workers to…
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A couple of Sundays ago Seren and I took the train to east London to visit the V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green. This museum houses the UK’s national collection of childhood-related objects.The main…
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We spent the first week of May in Norfolk with Andy’s folks. Despite the rain and the North Sea wind that followed us around, we had a lovely week, relaxing and making the most…
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We went to Whipsnade Zoo for Imogen’s birthday outing last week. It was a truly fabulous day out! In most zoos I’ve visited I’ve always been a teensy bit worried about the animals and whether…
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We spent the first week of May in Norfolk with Andy’s folks. Despite the rain and the North Sea wind that followed us around, we had a lovely week, relaxing and making the most…
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Hot on the heels of our theatre trip to see The Gruffalo’s Child at the Arts Depot, we braved the freezing temperatures last Sunday to find the Gruffalo in Wendover Woods in the Chilterns. The…
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Before we started the journey home we decided to take the trip on the North Norfolk Railway (known as the Poppy Line as it winds through fields of poppies) that we hadn’t been able to a few…
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On our last full day in Norfolk we went to West Runton for another beach day. The village of West Runton is a bit more off the beaten track than Sheringham or Cromer. I think…
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For our second full day we headed to Cromer. Cromer is an old fashioned seaside town complete with a nostalgic inducing Grade II listed pier and a decent stretch of beach. We parked in a ‘stay…
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After a late start due Imogen being up in the night, we enjoyed the coffee, juice and eggs that had been left in our Welcome Pack for breakfast. We then decided to head to the nearest beach…