Thomas Land at Drayton Manor is better than ever!

by Jenny // April 10, 2015 // 4 Comments

Drayton Manor in Staffordshire is one of our favourite places to visit in the holidays. My son is a huge fan of Thomas the Tank Engine so the fact that Europe’s only Thomas Land is found there has us going... Continue reading →

Thomas and friends: Tale of the brave

by Jenny // September 22, 2014 // No Comments

My son is a bit of a Thomas the tank engine fan. In fact “a bit” doesn’t really cover it. He turned 5 in September and still shows no sign of growing out of his trains. We have a massive... Continue reading →

A weekend at Thomas Land and Drayton Manor

by Jenny // August 7, 2014 // No Comments

So in the last month there have one or two mentions of my daughter’s birthday party but I haven’t had chance to share what we got up to as a family to spoil her rotten. There was a birthday with... Continue reading →

Gruffalos and sandwiches

by Jenny // June 5, 2014 // 1 Comment

“My favourite food”, the gruffalo said, “You’ll taste good on a slice of bread.” We may not all like mouse in our sandwiches but as summer (hopefully) starts we all want to get out and about with our little one... Continue reading →

Cake International Mancester Highlights

by Jenny // March 10, 2014 // No Comments

On Friday I was lucky enough to go to Cake International at Event City in Manchester. The largest sugarcraft and baking show of it’s kind, it’s the perfect event for baking nuts like me.The show was opened by Mary Berry... Continue reading →

Silent Sunday 23rd February

by Jenny // February 23, 2014 // 5 Comments

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Silent Sunday 9th February

by Jenny // February 9, 2014 // 7 Comments

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An open letter to Mr Gove

by Jenny // February 4, 2014 // No Comments

Dear Mr Gove, Yesterday I read your speech on education reforms. Much of it is laudable, for example the desire to improve behaviour by granting more freedom to teachers in terms of discipline. However the thing which most concerns me,... Continue reading →