I'm saying it right at the start: I am aware how privileged, snotty and ungrateful I will sound to some in this blog. But what I'm trying to say is that bucketlist experiences can be a bit of a let down. So, we were very kindly given a voucher for the Titanic Hotel as a [...]
I really apologise that I've been so bad with updating you on my 40 before 40 challenge! Here's number 2, only 10 months late. For Soph's second birthday, we took her to Pet's Corner (now called Sundown Adventureland) near Retford. Bizarrely, Nathan and I have a lot of childhood memories from similar places in Nottinghamshire/South [...]
It's after 12th night, so Christmas is over, and I can start thinking about my 2024 intentions* *aka, I've been too tired to blog yet this year! Anyway, looking back on my 2023 intentions, I was more successful at some than others. In 2023, I wanted to write 52 blogs, and I wrote 61! I'm [...]
Illegal and the illicit. David Carter. Definitely not for me this one. Too much chopping and changing with very little to connect it all. I'll still read the next one, but Carter's earlier books are my favourite so far. Little Miss Wise. Rodger Hargreaves. We liked the title of this book very much, given Sophia [...]
Rev Poppy 