Category: home
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To school, or not to school, that is the question…
We’ve just got home from a wonderful Bank Holiday weekend away in Wales. We had a sublimely good time. The girls put up their own tent, walked miles, climbed Snowdon and came home relaxed, fit and healthy. So my question is, why should my ten year old now have to return to school for a…
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Claydon House, Buckinghamshire
Number Two daughter and I paid a visit to Claydon House, near Aylesbury, this afternoon. It’s one of those places that makes a good afternoon trip. I’m not sure you’d want to spend all day there though, unless you decided to walk around the fields – very lovely, especially at this time of the year…
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Ascott House Afternoon
Well, true to my word, yesterday afternoon (after the snail racing…) number two daughter, her friend and I went off to have a stroll around Ascott House and the gardens. (Sorry the pictures are very dark – it was a bit hazy/misty – don’t let that put you off seeing Ascott for yourself) It’s the…
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Snail Racing
The daughters are on their Easter holiday, so as you can imagine (or may be are also going through), there’s a pretty frequent need to provide ‘something to do’. Youngest daughter has a friend here today and later we’re all going to have a walk round the National Trust gardens at Ascott House in Buckinghamshire.…
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Home-Life Intentions
Home-life is where it all happens in my life. In this part of the blog I intend to talk about any aspect of day-to-day life that tickles my fancy. It could be as mundane as a discussion on the height of my ironing pile, or as sophisticated as the philosophy of motherhood (unlikely I think, but not…
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Mostly Motley 