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Things I’ve learned from my first festival camping trip

August 20, 2016 By Ellen

I’ve never seen Star Wars either – not properly all the way through. But years after most people have gone through the rite of passage of a pilgrimage to Glastonbury or wallowed in the mud of T in the Park, I made it to my first festival – Kendal Calling 2016. Here’s what I learned: […]

Filed Under: boys, family, review Tagged With: busy weekend, camping, children, Cumbria, family, festival, in my life, Kendal Calling, Lowther, My Life, Review, summer, weekend

Trutex – school uniform goes to the top of the class

July 15, 2016 By Ellen

About this time of year, organized folk start thinking about getting their act together for the forthcoming term. Normal people (the rest of us) pretend it isn’t happening and then hurtle around the shops in a mad flap the day before school goes back, trying to work out why – once again – the only […]

Filed Under: boys, family, review Tagged With: boys, family, Mumsnet, Review, School, summer, term, test, trousers, Trutex, uniform, value

A holiday less average… Secrets of the typical Brit abroad

July 13, 2016 By Ellen

  Not quite a week and already the tan is fading faster than the sand fly bites. We’ve passed through the usual back-to-normal phases: Good grief it’s great to be home I’m on top of the world and I can do anything. I’m rested, watch me roar. How can there possibly be so much laundry? […]

Filed Under: family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: Blue Nun, children, family, games, holiday, Review, summer, travel

Advice for would-be family camper

June 5, 2016 By Ellen

At first glance, camping is wonderful. It’s cheap, it’s simple, it fosters adventure and togetherness and – if photos are to be believed – everyone doing it is grinning like an idiot. And, at some levels, this is true, but only if you do it right. Camping is incredibly complicated, stressful and unpleasant if you […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: advice, camp, camping, children, family, holiday, public service blogging, Review, summer, travel, weekend

Review: Mum Hacks – time-saving tips to calm the chaos of family life

April 29, 2016 By Ellen

It’s become the Holy Grail, hasn’t it? The ultimate tip – or hack – that will Change Your Life. The one thing you can do that will make you instantly thin, popular and tidy. After all, just consider the enormity of your achievements if only you didn’t have all of everything to do every day. […]

Filed Under: other things I have learned, review Tagged With: children, family, hacks, in the world, mum hacks, My Life, Review, Tanith Carey, working parent

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