2014 Week 33 Day 1

2014 Week 33 Day 1  – With daddy now here, we were able to explore further afield. As the forecast was not great, we decided to go to Wray Castle, a Victorian neo-gothic building at Claife, by Lake Windemere. The house and grounds have belonged to the National Trust since 1929, so it was a cheap day […]

2014 Week 32 Day 7

2014 Week 32 Day 7 – Our last day here on our own and we thought we would manage the walk up to the waterfall, as we had it on good authority that it was neither too long nor too strenuous and so I thought I could cope with the kids on my own for it! […]

2014 Week 32 Day 4

2014 Week 32 Day 4 – Three days ago, two of the children spent the night throwing up but recovered relatively quickly. Then, a day ago, Barnaby suddenly felt unwell when we were in the library getting more books for our holidays and threw up into the empty popcorn bag I quickly retrieved from the […]

2014 Week 32 Day 2

2014 Week 32 Day 2 – Today was all about footwear, as after a trip to the cinema we then went shopping. The outing was successful. Sort of. I didn’t appreciate the fact that I overstayed at the car park and will now face a fine. It’s one of those car parks where they snap you coming […]