You may have noticed last week that I wrote a piece telling you about the Royal Cheshire Show taking place at Tabley Show Ground in Knutsford next week, June the 21st and 22nd. According to UK County Shows, there are 86 counties and 150 agricultural shows each year in the UK so if you are…
Announcing your pregnancy on social media is a very personal things. I’ve seen both ends of the scale-bloggers announcing they are pregnant when they first take the test to some friends doing it with a birth announcement. It is personal choice. George at Asda recently conducted a survey to find out how a group of…
Are you going away this summer and worried about high chairs for your baby or toddler? When Boo was a baby, I always worried about the cleanliness of highchairs when eating out and I would wipe them down before I put her in it. With G, the high chair is the only place he is…
In just under two weeks time, Tabley Showground in Knutsford, will be transformed into all things Cheshire for the now, Royal Cheshire Show. The show has been taking place for 175 years and was awarded Royal status, earlier this year. An action-packed and thrilling show is promised with Atkinson Action Horses headlining the event. In…
I feel like I am a little late to the coconut oil party which is strange as coconut is one of my favourite things. From visiting the Malibu factory in my early twenties to always opting for the coconut scented toiletries, I don’t know why I haven’t tried it before. I have been making up…
This is our third year of taking part in Open Farm Sunday. Visiting that is, not hosting. Hubster is still saying no. I am going to have to take the powers of persuasion up a notch. I like to go somewhere new each year so we decided on Abbey Lays Organic farm in High Legh,…
After reading the Amanda Owen book, A Year In the Life of a Yorkshire Shepherdess, I have been thinking about how every day is different in farming let alone months or years. I do acknowledge that to share every detail of every day might get a bit tedious but I have decided to share with…
After our failed trip to our local animal auction a month or so ago, I was reluctant to return. Not least for the fact that I realised how difficult it would be to go on my own, buy animals, push the pram and hang on to an excited five-year-old. Last week however, I was feeling…
I find men so hard to buy for. My dad and husband, especially. I seem to always get them the same thing-my dad an iTunes gift voucher and usually daft things for Hubster like a glass tankard with a bell on it. With Father’s Day around the corner, I felt myself start to worry. Thankfully,…
I think since the carrier bag charge came in, people fall into one of two camps-the bag rememberer’s and the bag forgetters. I am sure you can guess which camp I fall into. That’s right. I have managed to pack a lot of shopping into one or two 5p bags which I like to…