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My Ten Favourite Reads of 2016
I’ve always loved reading and well before it was trendy to be a bookworm I could be found loitering in the High School library indulging my passion for S.E Hinton (back in the days when you were just referred to as a swot). Thankfully these days book culture seems to be in fashion for people…
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Easy Cake Ideas for Non Baking Parents
If like me, you were enjoying The Great British Bake Off this season, you might now be inspired to try your hand at a bit of caking. And if like me, you’ve never been much of a baker, you might be grateful for a few easy ideas to get you started. ‘Getting ideas’ was the…
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Three of the best Autumn Travel Destinations for Families
Autumn is probably my favourite of all the seasons. No doubt I also say this at the onset of Spring, Summer and Winter, but there is something pretty special about this period of burnt orange and gold, with its promise of falling leaves, chunky sweaters and spiced pumpkin lattes. As L.M. Montgomery once wrote; ‘I’m…
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Growing Your Own Vegetables: Things I Learned from our first Kitchen Garden Experiment
Earlier this year, I decided to have a go at growing my own fruit and vegetables. It’s something I’d thought about trying for a while after seeing some of my more green fingered friends’ successes with giant courgettes and juicy strawberries. Spurred on by a bargain buy mini poly-house in my local supermarket, I set…
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My Two Favourite Breakfasts
I’m not one of those people who really enjoys getting out of bed in the morning, and can normally be found stumbling around bleary eyed at 6.45am, trying to get my contact lenses in and wishing I could go back to sleep for another hour (or two). Thankfully, though, I like eating almost as much…
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Stay at Home Mummy
Not so long ago, I was asked by a virtual stranger (in the context of being a stay-at-home mummy), what I liked to do when I wasn’t ‘sitting around the house all day’. Annoyingly, my reaction was to laugh awkwardly (I have always been one of those people who thinks of smart or funny retorts…
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So, What Do You Do All Day, Anyway?
Not long ago, I was asked by a virtual stranger (in the context of being a stay-at-home mum), what I liked to do when I wasn’t ‘sitting around the house all day’. Annoyingly, my reaction was to laugh awkwardly (I have always been one of those people who thinks of smart or funny retorts long…
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Top Picks for Family Cycling Breaks in Scotland
One of our favourite activities as a family is cycling; it’s great exercise, great fun, and also gives Brody a chance to get some off lead run time. However finding the right cycle routes for the whole family can be tricky – they need to be off road, or at least pretty quiet; interesting for…
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The Scottish Midge – A Survival Guide
Not so long ago, I was minding my own business reading a book, when GB entered the room wearing something akin to a Darth Vader mask. Brody, who had been lying beside me, immediately switched into guard dog mode while I fell about laughing (unaccustomed as we both are to Darth Vader popping round). Before…
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Little Feet, Sweet Seven
This week, my seven year old Miniman was asked to take a picture of himself as a baby into school as part of a class project. Rummaging through old photos of the kids brought back lots of memories of those not-so-distant days, but also reminded me once again how quickly my little boys are growing up. I…
Gail Anthea Brown 