Spring has Sprung with the #MoonpigCollection
Mar10

Spring has Sprung with the #MoonpigCollection

Moonpig. I know what you’re thinking – they do cards, right? (and also, you’re welcome for the lovely ‘Moon-pig-dot-com’ tune now ambling around your brain) If i said I went along to the launch of Moonpig’s Spring Collection on Thursday, you’d be expecting me to show you this wouldn’t you:   A genuinely lovely array of cards waiting for your personalisation, plus some mugs thrown in...

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Enjoying some ‘Me Time’ with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Thanks Netflix!
Mar08

Enjoying some ‘Me Time’ with Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt – Thanks Netflix!

On Wednesday I had the pleasure of whisking up to London for a couple of hours of indulgence, courtesy of Netflix. There was a hotel and fellow bloggers. Cocktails may have been on hand, and massage and nail beauty may have been involved. (on a side note, there is possibly nothing weirder than having a really really great back, neck & scalp massage while seated on a low stool in a room rammed full of strangers, all speaking really...

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Best Chocolate Courgette Cake Recipe. Ever. Fact. Sunday Baking
Mar03

Best Chocolate Courgette Cake Recipe. Ever. Fact. Sunday Baking

Courgettes in chocolate cake. I know. It’s weird. In fact, my children think it’s a frankly horrific suggestion. So I didn’t tell them. And the echoes of joy as the experience of this moist, dense, rich-yet-light chocolate cake hit their brains was enough to tell that hiding green vegetables in delicious cake can only ever be a Very Good Thing. This is by far and away the very best chocolate cake I have EVER made....

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The Family Cookbook – Mother’s Day Gift Guide
Mar03

The Family Cookbook – Mother’s Day Gift Guide

I know, I know – it doesn’t sound terribly exciting. But actually, I LOVE this book. Really very much a lot. Like most people I have a collection of recipe books (and like most people I always seem to fall back on the same three), but my most-used recipe collection is  a lever arch folder. In it I have loosely-organised sections (dinners, baking & Christmas pretty much covers it), and I keep in there the recipes I cut...

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Win a Family Adventure Holiday in Normandy – #WinATrip day two!
Feb24

Win a Family Adventure Holiday in Normandy – #WinATrip day two!

Day Two’s prize in the #WinATrip week is brought to you courtesy of Family Adventure Holidays – who have a properly fabulous selection of great family activity holidays in France. From the spectacular canoe descent down the Ardèche gorge to sunset fishing out of kayaks or sailing on the Med, the world famous Paris Disney resort or the pilgrim walk across the bay of Mont St. Michel, these are just a few of the great treats...

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New Competition! Win a £400 Cornish Holiday Voucher with holidaycottages.co.uk
Feb23

New Competition! Win a £400 Cornish Holiday Voucher with holidaycottages.co.uk

Celebrating the launch of our new site www.HaveKidsCanTravel.co.uk, we’re SO excited to bring the you the first in our fabulous #WinATrip competition series – and yes. Every single prize over the next week will be a holiday for your family. I KNOW! Day one brings you the chance to win a £400 voucher to use with holidaycottages.co.uk on one of their Cornish properties – whether you’re looking for a cottage by...

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