Christmas can be a stressful time of year for families and business alike. Getting all the decorations up, ensuring everyone has enough to eat. Imagine then creating Christmas on a grand scale-1000 acres scale at Tatton Park in Cheshire. To prepare for the festive season, Tatton elves wrap over 5000 gifts for visiting children. The…
The Royal Cheshire Show is over for another year and I can’t help feeling a bit sad about it. We visited on Tuesday, the first day (we visited on the Wednesday last year). It was a family affair last year and even Hubster came along but this year, it was a scorching hot day and…
If you follow me on social media you will know we visited our local County Show yesterday. We had the most amazing day, saw loads of people we know and, best of all, I think I have almost convinced Hubster about Pygmy goats. Watch this space. We set off early to the Tabley Show…
Have you ever been so enthusiastic about something that you have no idea how to go about telling people about it justly? Last week, I went along to the Mornflake factory in Crewe for their #MornflakeSeedToBowlEvent. Since then, I have been worrying about how to write up my experiences because there is a lot riding…
This weekend we visited the High Legh miniature railway at High Legh Garden Centre near Lymm, Cheshire. Boo and I visited a couple of years ago in the summer but I think she was a bit young and I fear I enjoyed it more. This time was different, at Christmas the railways gets all festive…
This weekend we did something lovely as a family. We visited a nearby farm and went strawberry picking. It was with nostalgia that we went as Hubster had taken me to Kenyon Hall Farm on one of our very first dates so it was lovely going back as a family. I couldn’t quite believe Hubster had said…
Of all the fad diets I’ve done, the ones I’ve failed miserably on are the ones which ban bread for any length of time. I just can’t do it. That lovely crusty stuff that is so versatile. Toast, sandwiches, bread and butter, soldiers, lathered in butter… I’m going to stop now before I start going…
