It is that time of year again when my favourite garden centre reveals its Christmas displays. Bents in Glazebury never fails to disappoint and the Christmas markets are back this year for the second time. It fills me with joy as I enter the doors and see a glimpse of what is to come. Handily … [Read more…]
Bents Garden and Home opened their nine hole Jurassic Cove Adventure Golf in 2017 and it has become a firm favourite with my family. Not least for my dinosaur-mad three year old who refers to Bents as Dinosaur Lands which I love. At just three miles away from the farm, it really is on our … [Read more…]
This is my fourth year of writing about the Bents Christmas displays. What is different this year though is that rather than it be a treat for my birthday at the end of October, I was invited to have a sneak peak before everyone else. I like to think of myself as a Bents VIP … [Read more…]
It seems to have become an annual occurrence on the blog. I visit my local garden centre at Christmas and write about it. You can read about my 2013 visit here and my 2014 visit here. This year has been no different. I am a little later at publishing but, being a lady of leisure … [Read more…]
As the summer months approach, it’s time to use our outside spaces as part of our home. Dust off the parasols and clean out the inflatable swimming pool; your friends, family and neighbours will all be getting their gardens ready for the inside living room to become an outside home environment. The most important aspect … [Read more…]
Back to normality today. Work for me, preschool for Boo. Half term is over. Usually I am breathing a huge sigh of relief but this time I have quite enjoyed it. We started off the week with Boo going to nana’s house so I could do a good clean. I had been ill the week … [Read more…]
Bents is a garden centre about three miles up the road from the farm and seriously, it is one of my favourite places. I have been dying to go and see this year’s Christmas displays since they opened a couple of weeks ago but, knowing my birthday was coming up, I waited so it would … [Read more…]
I don’t know about you but when it comes to Christmas, I’m all enthusiasm and effort with little success. Nothing seems to go the way I has thought about it in my head (it’s a minefield in Emma’s world, I’m telling you). My tree ends up with lights at one side and not the other. I have … [Read more…]
