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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
Just before Christmas Martin, a friend of ours, happened to post on Instagram that the car dealership he runs had taken in a motorhome in part exchange for a family hatchback. Apparently it was in amazing order, and the current owner had only had it for a year but a change in circumstances meant they had needed to sell it before undertaking any of their planned trips. I showed the
It might actually be my travel bucket list for beyond 2018 as I can’t see us squeezing many of these into the next eleven months, but a girl can dream, right? The past month has been, to put it mildly, a tad stressful. First of all my youngest ended up in hospital. Twice. Once driven to A&E by me on the advice of 111 and then three days later (with
5 Top Tips for Keeping Your Kids Safe Playing Outside As a child, you probably spent time outside building dens, making up games with friends, whizzing around on a bike or a pair of rollerblades – such fun memories! While playing is an important part of childhood, as parents, it can be worrying when your kids play outside. This fear, combined with our children’s obsession with tech, has resulted in
How to find a great estate agent Your next home needs to meet all of your requirements; it should be comfortable, spacious, low-maintenance and easy to get to. Finding a property that has all of those qualities is not an easy job to do alone. To help you out on your house-hunting odyssey, you may need to go through an estate agent, but what should you look for in one?
I saw a friend sharing a post recently about her word of the year and I immediately started writing a blog post in my head, outlining mine. I have lots of blog posts in my head. All the time. Some never see the light of the day. Actually most never see the light of the day at the moment as my head is a mess and more often than not
Ginmas 2017 and it is already week 4 So I promised to do a gin a day for the whole of December but only got as far as Christmas Eve. Which makes it more of a Ginvent than Ginmas and, therefore, week four only features two gins. To be brutally honest I just ran out of steam and on Christmas Day I was in a turkey induced coma so
