In a bun dance

If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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In which I forgot to go to yoga

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On Thursday night I forgot to go to yoga. It had been on my mind all day. Or at least all day, right up until about ten minutes before I had to put on the comfy stuff and collect my mat. About half an hour later, I was picking up clothes (which I do so […]

Family adventures: ghyll scrambling in Cumbria

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It would be fair to say that, as a family, we are something of a mixed bag. We comprise the bold, the well-balanced, the dumpy, the wobbly, the gung-ho, the cautious, exercisers and those who tend to the horizontal. And there’s only five of us. Add that to the fact that Boy Three is six […]

How to have a productive weekend

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It was Friday again. That sweet spot in the week when the toil is done and anything is possible. Heading home to treat the kids to a pizza and me to a night off making the supper. I didn’t even get annoyed by the people on the train with the bags. You know the ones, […]