Category: Family Life & parenting

Covid-19

Coronavirus: The problem with panic buying

It was about 9am. I’d just dropped the kids off at school and I was stood in a local pharmacy waiting to pay for some goods. As I waited, I noticed several empty shelves. I took a closer look and realised all of the generic branded children’s pain relief and generic brand paracetamol tablets had

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Family Life & parenting

Hayward Gallery after the rain

I haven’t posted much photography on Dadbloguk recently. The opportuniteies to get out with my camera just haven’t presented themselves. Earlier this week, however, I was in London with my DSLR camera following heavy rain. There were amazing photographic opportunities all over the place because of the reflections in the puddles. This picture of the

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Education

School news today? Wishing you the best of luck

I have just had the most bizarre weekend. The idea was to pick the kids up from school on Friday and drive the hundred miles or-so back home, where I grew up, to visit my parents, brothers and their families. At that time on a Friday, we should have been back in time for an

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Days out and travel

Travelling light as a family

As I write this, I am sat on a train with Mrs Adams and our daughters. We’re travelling back from Glasgow having spent four days visiting family. I’m also surrounded by two airline-sized cabin bags, a 30-litre rucksack, two small holdalls, a carrier bag and Mrs Adams’ handbag. We’re do a bad job of travelling

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