Dear Mummy, we visited Jimmy's Farm over the weekend (25th & 26th July) for his Sausage and Beer Festival 2015. Jimmy Doherty is a TV personality and is best known for Channel 4's Food Unwrapped and a BBC2 series called ‘Jimmy’s Farm’. It was our first time to this festival on the outskirts of Ipswich and... Continue Reading →
Dear Mummy, we wandered down to the woods again at Micheldever. An enchanting wood which is renowned for its bluebells. The last of the Bluebells are dying and withering beneath our feet. I climb trees with my daddy and enjoy running round in the open space pointing at objects shouting "What's that?!?" Mummy and I hunt for... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, thank you so much for taking me down to Brighton over the weekend. We visited Funk the Family Festival in Hove, a one-day music festival and had a great time. The weather helped as it was such a sunny day! We arrived after an hour journey through M25 traffic and parked in Hove... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, you got a new camera for Christmas 2014, a Canon 700D. Makes a change from using your iPhone. In 2015 you've set yourself the target of learning about photography and mastering the skill of taking beautiful photographs. It's something you've been wanting to do for years. Posting one best image a week as... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, you got a new camera for Christmas 2014, a Canon 700D. Makes a change from using your iPhone. In 2015 you've set yourself the target of learning about photography and mastering the skill of taking beautiful photographs. It's something you've been wanting to do for years. Posting one best image a week as... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, this time last year we visited Exbury Gardens. We had such a great time we decided to visit again and see all the beautiful flowers. Easter has come around early this year by a couple of weeks, so the weather hasn't been that great compared to last spring. It's only just clearing up now. We... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, you got a new camera for Christmas 2014, a Canon 700D. Makes a change from using your iPhone. In 2015 you've set yourself the target of learning about photography and mastering the skill of taking beautiful photographs. It's something you've been wanting to do for years. Posting one best image a week as... Continue Reading →
Our Valentine's Day Weekend in Pictures It's been an interesting past couple of days. The weather has been a bit hit and miss in Hampshire, we've had glorious sunshine and then heavy downpours. We've had days outside in the fresh air and others cooped up in the house. On Valentine's Day we feasted on goodies... Continue Reading →
Our trip to Winterfell – Game of Thrones
Our trip to Winterfell (Castle Ward, National Trust) Dear Mummy, after visiting Mount Stewart on our recent trip to Northern Ireland we tracked down where they filmed scenes from Game of Thrones. Season 1 of the TV adaptation used the courtyard of Castle Ward in County Down, Northern Ireland, for Winterfell. My mummy and Daddy are huge Game of... Continue Reading →
Christmas at Mottisfont, National Trust "The Nutcracker" Today king of mice, tonight king of dolls. Tomorrow... king of EVERYTHING! -Mouse King Dear Mummy, it's December and we are looking for fun things to do in Hampshire over the Christmas period. As you all know we're big fans of The National Trust and have been members... Continue Reading →
My #somum leafy love notes For my Daddy... Dear mummy, tonight we're joining with Story of Mum and her 'make date' twitter party. It starts at eight so don't be late, come and see the wonderful creations that mums and dads from all over the country have been making. As the autumn leaves are falling,... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, it's nearly Halloween! Our favourite *cough* ....Mummy's favourite time of year! Our local farm, Manydown Farm just outside Basingstoke, Hampshire have a great range of children's activities this Halloween Half Term. It's £8.50 per adult and luckily we have a discount voucher from the newspaper mailers. As I'm under 2yrs I go free... Continue Reading →
Hatchlands Park, National Trust Dear mummy, last week we visited Just for Tiny People's Open Day near Dorking and Guildford and decided to pop into Hatchlands Park, one of two National Trust properties on the A246. Hatchlands is on the edge of the Surrey hills and a lot of families have been raving about the... Continue Reading →
British Ploughing Championships
National Ploughing Championships 2014 Sunday, 12 October, 2014. Dear Mummy, The British National Ploughing Championships came to Hampshire this weekend and as it was only up the road from us we decided to give it a visit. A bit of a strange thing to go to you may think for a baby, but the event... Continue Reading →
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