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Deadline for a bicycling beaver…

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Way past bedtime on a wet Monday evening and the Panther and I were to be found running up and down a slight slope in the park, him in his work trousers.  Not, of course, that we had found a new exercise fad. In fact, the Panther was putting more effort into shouting instructions and […]

The things we learned in Donegal

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We’re still shaking the sand out of our turn-ups because last week we harnessed the Bundance pony and trotted off to Ireland.    Here’s what we learned:    Boo: Hanging out in the dunes at Ards Forest Park   Ireland is warm and sunny. Yes, really. Every day we were there we regretted not bringing […]

Things I’ve learned from family camping in the winter…

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  The bucket list: A lengthy, specific list of wonderful, exciting and exotic things I’m intending to do before I die.     One of the things on it is not ‘go camping in winter in Lanarkshire’. So why, then, was I to be found snuggling down under canvas in a field on the outskirts […]

Keep St Valentine out of our schools, for the kids’ sake

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“I’m very sad, mummy,” said Boy Three from his seat in the back of the car.    We were on the way home last night – the night before St Valentine’s Day.    “What’s the matter, honey bun?” I asked.      This isn’t an unusual exchange. Often it’s the Worst Day in the World. […]

Tea time and the vortex of doom

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Scoffing another fishfinger even though I’m stuffed. Seven and a half minutes and it’ll be The Archers and, before long it’s bed time. Yawn. Evening after evening. Nothing gets accomplished except bickering, cajoling and over eating. It’s not as if I don’t have high hopes. I dash home – usually extracting Boy Three from whichever […]