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Things I’ve learned from my first festival camping trip

August 20, 2016 By Ellen Leave a Comment

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

A festival of things to worry about…

July 27, 2016 By Ellen Leave a Comment

It’s funny how sometimes there’s a blog-shaped gap and, try as I might, nothing to fill it at all. Or the only stuff going on in my life is too boring to even think about, let alone adorn the blog. However, at the moment, my head is as jammed as my calendar. Don’t get too […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned Tagged With: busy weekend, children, Cumbria, festival, in my life, in the world, Kendal Calling, My Life, Something happened in my life, weekend

Advice for would-be family camper

June 5, 2016 By Ellen Leave a Comment

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

A fine fellowship of women

November 2, 2015 By Ellen 2 Comments

Sometimes, I don’t like people very much. In theory they’re great – the idea of other humans is very warm and fuzzy indeed. I love them between the pages of a book, on telly and even on social media. It’s just in real life they’re sometimes a struggle, with their noise and opinions. I think […]

Filed Under: in the world, review, Something happened in my life, Uncategorized Tagged With: health, in my life, in the world, Something happened in my life, travel, weekend, women, yoga

Yes, and… let’s go to Edinburgh for the night

August 31, 2015 By Ellen 1 Comment

Edinburgh in August. Ugh! Crowds, idiots on unicycles and shouty antipodean jugglers. Why would you even bother? It’s a little bit like that if you’re trying to get somewhere around the centre of the city. Luckily for me, though, I don’t have to. It’s one of those viewpoints that speaks of world-weary got-the-t-shirt experience, rather […]

Filed Under: blogging, boys, family, review, Uncategorized Tagged With: August, boys, children, comedy, Edinburgh, humour, Improv, Maydays, Premier Inn, Scotland, Something happened in my life, summer, surprises, weekend

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