48 HOURS IN BARMOUTH

September 8, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Alf and I did our annual trip to Barmouth last week. It’s usually a night away to bring Mam and Dad home from their week away there in a caravan. But this time we decided to stay for a couple of nights. With no work for me and still no school for Alf, a couple […]

The One Where I actually leave the village

July 23, 2020.Reading time 4 minutes.

…for something else other than hospital/midwife appointments. And Mam Bach did it feel good. A bit weird, if I’m honest. But good. I can’t remember the last time the 4 of us were in the car all together?! It’s funny how you forget the small things…like how Robb plugs his ipods in as soon as […]

Running Diaries

January 11, 2020.Reading time 3 minutes.

Hi, Hello, Shw mae?! Have we all survived Christmas?! Seeing January as a fresh new start to the New Year/Decade?! Or just seeing it as dreary old January?…Either way, it’s yours to do whatever the hell you want with it, right? RIGHT. I thought I’d give RedJanuary a go…it started well for the first few […]

Oswestry Climbing Den

November 20, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

I have been saying for a while that I wanted to give indoor bouldering/climbing a go. I have also been trying to attend one of Chelsea’s Social Gatherings since she started them, but kept failing to get there for one reason or another. So when I saw that Chelsea was holding one of her evenings […]

Running Diaries

August 10, 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

I’m not sure if it was the feeling unfit {or was it my age?!} at a football match the other evening, but over the weekend I woke up wanting to go for a run. I was a bit restless and trying to get housework done and just couldn’t. Every time I folded a t-shirt from […]

Planning an Outdoor Day out with Kids?

June 12, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Summer is a great time to show kids the wonders of the great outdoors. When planning an outdoor day out with young kids, why not try some of these ideas? Have a day out at the beach Wherever you are in the UK, you’re never too far from the coast. A day out by the […]