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The back to school (not very) blues

August 14, 2015 By Ellen

boy in a hand made crown

You can tell by the money in my purse that term has started again. I don’t mean that it’s considerably lighter after the painful pre-school shopping – though it is. (Three pairs of black leather shoes, three pairs of trainers, variously sizes 2, 6 and 10, since you ask. And, yes, I cried at the […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: children, class, holiday, parenting, School, Something happened in my life, summer, term, The Netherlands, working parent

What we did in Holland on our holidays

July 13, 2015 By Ellen

One of the things we did was debate – at length whether it was OK to call it Holland. Boy One, insisted it was The Netherlands despite maps showing him we were in South Holland. We learned the joys of Lycra-free cycling! And encountered the remarkable phenomena of patient motorists who give way to bikes. […]

Filed Under: boys, family, review, Something happened in my life, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: Amsterdam, children, DFDS Seaways, education, Eurocamp, family, Ferry, Holland, Review, Reviews, summer, The Netherlands, travel

How much of our landscape are we?

July 12, 2015 By Ellen

We had a fabulous holiday in Holland and were inching our way aboard the ferry for the waterborne part of our homeward journey when it happened. The car in front of us – a shiny NL registered expensive one – was lurching and grumbling just above us on the steep ramp. Alarmingly rolling back towards […]

Filed Under: boys, family, hill walking, hills, holiday, idea, in the world, Lake District, Lakeland, landscape Tagged With: DFDS Seaways, Ferry, landscape, My Life, nature, summer, The Netherlands, The World, travel, UK

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