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Making the most of Chartwell

I have barely had a minute spare to get outside with my camera, all my time being taken up as I prepare for my forthcoming jaunt to Australia. Yesterday, however, I had a brief break in my schedule and we had a family outing to Chartwell, the family home of Winston Churchill in Kent. The

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The importance of one on one time with the children

There is nothing quite like spending one on one time with your kids is there? Following a somewhat chaotic end to 2015, this year was supposed to be slightly calmer, albeit with several weeks of disruption while our new kitchen was installed. Alas, the year hasn’t thus far worked out as planned. As a result,

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Supermarket cafe lunch V the Davis Cup

My wife and youngest daughter went to a supermarket café for lunch yesterday. There’s no question they got the rough end of the deal as Helen and I spent the day in Birmingham watching the Davis Cup doubles tennis match between Great Britain and Japan. This wasn’t just any old tennis match, however, oh no.

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A morning at Adam Henson’s Cotswold Farm Park

Despite struggling with a horrible chest infection (read the joys I’ve been experiencing here), I have felt the need to follow through with a promise that my kids could visit granny this half term. Truth be told, I was looking forward to this jaunt back to the Cotswolds. I was hoping I’d be able to

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Sunset on Brighton Beach

For the second time in two weeks, we’ve had a family outing to Brighton. The two trips, however, were very different. Last week’s trip (see here) was very brief as we had to get home in time for the afternoon school run and the sea was very rough. By contrast, we were able to take

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