Last week Maddy and I had the wonderful good luck to join some (not all, just some) of my very favourite bloggers at the Guinness World Records 60th birthday bash. It’s not often a bloggy event comes up that I know is just perfect for Maddy but with her love of the extra-ordinary, her fixation […]
Visiting Bletchley Park
Last week we were lucky enough to be invited to Bletchley Park by McAfee who have a Cyber Security Exhibition within the main building. I probably spent half my childhood locked in a book that related to the war in some way, romanticising a difficult period of history into something that seemed exhilarating and exciting. […]
Going up North.
As previously mentioned, Fran recently got selected to play Touch Rugby for the Northern Stars, the north of England Under 18 squad. This has meant some training days and given where we live is really not-very-northern-at-all, the cost implication of this is pretty high. Having just had a week where the car cost us £600 […]
Pollyanna in flowers.
I have a friend who will talk about ‘PollyAnna-ing’ a day, seeing the bright side in a day that didn’t go to plan. Sunflower. That was our day at Buckland Abbey this year. We love it there, it is a beautiful National Trust property which we always go to with lovely gardens, activities and walks […]
Home from home.
We’ve become so incredibly fond of this farm; it has seeped into my bones in a way that I haven’t ever felt before. Everything about it feels perfect, from the view and the atmosphere to the location and the sense of memory and continuity. Max’s gran once owned it, the view opposite has the farm […]
Kestor.
Another gorgeous walk in our home from home. Kestor is the first tor Max ever brought me to, the one that is centre if this beautiful place for me. It’s here I can look back on 20 years of loving and being loved and bringing our children to this gorgeous place. This year in enjoying […]
Walking in the rain.
It doesn’t have to be sunny. I’m not saying we would object to sun… But colours comes in many guises. Even in a toy salamander carried carefully up a big hill by a boy who rides on shoulders for 6 whole miles. I think his daddy would do anything for him. From Hookner to Grimspound […]
Everyone.
You wouldn’t know it, but this photo has all my children in it. When we first came here, all that time ago, 6 weeks after Freddie, I hunted for him. I found him here, by the stepping stones at this river. It’s the only place I’ve ever really felt him, in the swish of the […]
A weekend.
This weekend involved a lot of driving ( not by me! Result!) so that my girls could spend time with friends they have known since they were babies doing this. And lining up for photos to compare size in various combinations. There was a time when these two appeared to be built in the same […]
Josie visits the House of Lords to #ChangeTheStory
When this blog started Josie was not even a twinkle in my eye but even then, right back at the beginning in May 2003, books and reading were the building blocks of our home education journey. My confidence in a book-rich education led to my self belief in educating my children at home. They’ve grown […]
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