Family & Friends Railcard Discount Code | £20 – normally £30!
We’ve spotted a Family & Friends Railcard Discount Code to get you £10 off the already-bargainous Family & Friends Railcard – and if you even only very occasionally use the train, the F&F Railcard is totally worth having in your wallet. We all know train travel isn’t the cheapest – but a Family & Friends Railcard can really save a whacking great THIRD off your travel price. Head over to the...
Our most anticipated movies of 2015
As the year draws to a close, we’ve been looking ahead to see what’s coming to the big screen in 2015. Oh boy there are some stonkers headed our way! And weirdly, 2015 looks set to be the year of the Sequel – seriously, there are so many, and ALL of our top five are sequels to much-loved franchises. Here’s our pick of 2015’s releases: Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens – 18th...
How to make your Christmas Wreath from your afternoon walk – Luxury Family Hotel style
Making a Christmas Wreath: A How-to Guide from Woolley Grange Every year we swear we’ll make our own wreath – and every year we gfoirget, or get intimidated by stratingt he task, or don’t have what we need, and end up not doing so. And every year we promise that NEXT year will be the year. Finally – 2014 IS the year. We did it! And how and why we did it is down to the lovely Head gardener from Woolley Grange,...
All I want for Christmas… is these Kickers | Christmas Gift Guide
It’s no secret that we LOVE Kickers. Ever since my own teens I have wanted a pair of Kickers of my own. My children have all worn them… which has done nothing to assuage my own yearning, obviously, and has simply proved to me how great they are (they’re fabulous kids shoes – well constructed, roomy, sturdy and robust). So I’ve decided that now, in my 40th year, the time has come for a change. It is time...
The most beautiful wood salt & pepper shakers | Christmas Gift Guide
*sighs happily* Aren’t they just bee-yoo-tiful? two of my favourite textures – natural wood and smooth pebbles – combined into useful, pretty objects. They just make me smile – and want to touch one. The smooth round shape of the Salt and Pepper Shakers makes them not only very beautiful, but also very comfortable to hold. They can be arranged in any way possible turned upside down and they will always look...
Blurb Best Photo Books Review | Perfect Grandparent Christmas Gift (2021)
Every year I create my in-laws an album of everything we’ve done during the year – they live nearly 200 miles away, and don’t see the children anywhere near as often as we’d like. So to replace all those Grandparenty-photos they don’t get to take by being out and about with us, the children choose all their favourites from the year to create a book for Gangy & Bumpa. One year we did a DVD for them… but really they simply...