Be prepared… to be brilliant.Perhaps not exactly what Baden Powell had in mind in 1937, but Scouting is still going strong and this weekend it had me in its grip. I was a parent helper at a camp at Lochgoilhead.I don’t know about the kids, but I found it instructive. Here’s what I learned: Argyll […]
Things I need to teach my children…
182/365 Things we learned in Charlestown
It’s impossible to go to any beach and stay dry. It’s impossible to go to a beach and not throw stones. It’s probably best to pick a non-beach picnic spot if you want anything to get eaten. Charlestown is very pretty and photogenic. Eclectic would be a good way to describe the Shipwreck Centre there. […]
168/365 what happens when you unplug everything?
That’s my lovely Twitter hashtag mug, a secret Santa pressie from a secret Facebook group. It’s the picture of the day because I’m still recovering from two whole days off-line and out of range. We were on Tiree for the weekend. And the little Hebridean island is beyond the reach of my mobile signal, and […]