There have been lots of wonderful blog posts and articles about parent and child spaces. Some have been hilarious and I must admit, I have had some pretty heated exchanges in my local supermarket car park because someone who obviously has no children in their car (driving a two-seater sports car), parked in a…
Recently we had to say goodbye to the afternoon nap and it seems at three-and-a half, we are on a roll of saying goodbye to routines and activities which at one time were as regular as brushing teeth or asking for juice in the morning. The latest bereavement is the little seat in the supermarket…
I am really pleased that the Queen’s speech has announced that supermarkets will have to start charging customers 5p for plastic bags to help reduce waste. As a society, I do think we rely far too heavily on plastic. Living on a farm, we are on the receiving end of plastic bag recklessness a lot of…
When my eldest was about two months old, we were at the checkout in our local Sainsbury’s waiting to pay. I was bagging up shopping. That week, I had read a story in the newspaper about a super market worker finding a scorpion in a box of bananas. As I but some bananas in my trolley, I…
I think we’ve all become numb to the news of various high street retailers going bust. I suppose Woolworths was one of the first big names in the British retail industry to go and a large number of others have followed. These big high street names just can’t compete with online shopping and, the ever-encroaching…