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Two things. Firstly, photographs of me on this blog are as rare as hen’s teeth. Secondly, slogan sweatshirts in my wardrobe are rarer that dinosaur poop. So to get the two things combined on one post? Well that means that something worthwhile must be happening. As part of our trips to Africa with Comic Relief, Annie, Penny and I were privileged to visit some of the projects supported by
4 Ways to feel more refreshed before travelling long haul Travelling long haul can be a tiring, by the time you’ve made your way there and managed to make your way through passport control, you then have the actual flight to get through before you’ve made it to your destination. If you’re on a long-haul flight it can be even more tiring, so anything you can do before hand to
What do you call a booze cruise without a cruise? Sounds like start of some dodgy joke, right? But seriously, if you get the train from Folkestone rather than the ferry from Dover, with a view to a day of buying booze, what do you call it? We pondered this as we sat in the car park waiting to board the 09.20 to Calais last week. We also pondered lots
6 Ideas to Spruce up Your Holiday Home Finally and perhaps thankfully to some, the worst of the winter period is past and with Spring a month away, it will soon be coming to a close. So now would be the perfect time to start planning a few ways you could spruce up your holiday home. Whether it’s for you and your family to have a little something extra
Have you ever fancied rebooting your life? If you are anything like me you do it about four hundred times a day. Sometimes it is something small you want to change like finding a way for you to not have to empty the dishwasher for the third time. Sometimes it is something huge like dumping 48 years of emotional baggage and running off in a floaty white dress like the
Brain teasers Humans have toyed with brain teasers since the dawn of recorded history. The oldest surviving brain teaser can be found in the Rig Veda, a book of Sanskrit hymns which dates back almost 3,800 years ago – though no one alive today knows the answer, which is quite frustrating, to be honest. Almost everyone loves a good brain teaser, regardless of whether they are in in the
We didn’t let the rain put us off when we woke up at the Devizes Camping and Caravanning Site just outside Devizes a few weeks ago. This was, after all, our first weekend away in Betty the Bus and we planned to make the most of it. The original plan was to wander the tow path into Devizes, have some lunch and then wander back again. But then we
Switching energy suppliers Yes, I know. It’s just too much hassle. Staying on top of the latest deals, doing the sums to work out why one “best ever deal” is better than another “best ever deal” but what if I told you switching energy suppliers could be stress free, take minutes and will undoubtedly save you money? With most energy suppliers you get lured in with a great “introductory offer”
I feel I need to draw one, you know, a line in the sand. A full stop has a finality to it and, well, there is no finality here. But there does need to be a line drawn in the sand. For me, if nobody else. The past few months have been tough, if I am honest. Sliding into Christmas always leaves me feeling, I don’t know really but it
How to protect your small business from disaster When you run your own small business, you give it everything. Getting it up and running requires intelligence, excellent communication and lot of grit. So once you have it going, you need to ensure that you protect yourself from the risks a typical start-up might face. Here are just some of the things you can consider to protect what you’ve worked so
Window Wednesday this week feature the Wiltshire Window Having ventured out in Betty the Bus to Devises , just an hour and half a way it was a relatively easy drive, even in the pitch black in a beast of a vehicle that Mr B had never driven before. We didn’t manage to see Stonehenge on the way past as it was dark, but we did manage to get a
January is home improvement planning month Well you might not find it on any official calendar but for me January is home improvement planning month. I will do anything to get out of thinking about my tax return. Or indeed paying off my Christmas spending on my credit card. Anything at all. So generally I plan holidays in my head, some of them that will actually be happening, and then