Knowing that Dippy the Dinosaur (the diplodocus skeleton normally resident in London's Natural History Museum) is on tour around the UK (currently at Birmingham), how much my children love dinosaurs and how easy Birmingham is by train I decided that this was a must this summer... so a day trip was planned with my little … Continue reading Review: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (and Dippy the Dinosaur)
We visited Berrington Hall at the same time as visiting Croft Castle (they are within 10 minutes drive of one another). As with Croft Castle, there is a long drive up to the car park/property and it is surrounded by beautiful countryside imagery. The grounds are immaculate and have various points of interest including the … Continue reading Review: Berrington Hall (National Trust)
So as you could potentially fathom from my last post followed by my subsequent silence, I'm quite burnt out right now. This is what happens when you are primary carer to one, or more (our case obviously two), highly traumatised children. When there is no relief, when they cannot be in school and cannot cope … Continue reading Burnout
I know it's over with, but as I say, I am trying to catch up with what we've been up to. So this year, I felt that I should mention Mother's Day. In previous year mentioning it would have been only to moan about how much I do and how it's just one day out … Continue reading A Mother’s Day out…
On our little adventures, we have ended up at Brinton Park in Kidderminster. It's located just off centre in Kidderminster and as such would be walk-able (under a mile) from the train, or bus, station and is a fun place to meet friends for a picnic and walk. There's a vast green parkland area and … Continue reading Review: Brinton Park
The week leading up to our house purchase completion, I had booked me and the children a caravan at a Haven park, Devon Cliffs in Exmouth. I have been to this park many times since I was a child and watched the changes it has undergone, and in all honesty, I am not really a … Continue reading Review: Haven Devon Cliffs, Platinum Caravan
Again, retrospective. Back in December, I actually had a night away from the children. A whole evening and night... It wasn't the first time (I did 2 nights back in August staying with friends). However, it was the first time I had actually spent a decent whack of money in doing it. I was going … Continue reading Review: Adagio Aparthotel Birmingham
So, this is being done retrospectively - as I have said things have been very chaotic at home, but I haven't forgotten my promise here... so trying to go from the beginning of the year. We, having booked for Christmas and knowing the children's Christmas issues, booked a revisit for January. We booked a St … Continue reading Review: Bluestone revisited Jan 18
We needed to find something to do for Christmas that would be easy to dip in and out of depending on the mental state and capacity of the children. Having been to Bluestone National Park Resort several times before, and knowing the setup, and the children having visited and enjoyed it... we figured it was … Continue reading Review: Christmas at Bluestone
Webbs of Wychbold, near Droitwich is just off J5 of the M5. It's a a bit of a complex containing things like a garden centre, pet supplies, a hobby craft, homewares, a cafe and a food hall amongst other things. We had heard several good things about the Winter Wonderland there and decided that we'd … Continue reading Review: Webbs Winter Wonderland (and Grotto)
A Pleasant Chaos 