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Bluestone Wales Highlights | Five Things

May 25, 2020

Last year myself and the boys were lucky enough to be invited along to stay at Bluestone in Wales for 5 days. I'd seen Bluestone a lot over Instagram and Twitter for a few years so to actually have the chance to visit was super exciting and I had high hopes. Holidays as a solo parent are pretty daunting. I'd managed a 2 night stay in Milton Keynes which was p…

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Five Things | Highlights of 2019

January 06, 2020

Holidays with the boys I decided last year that being a solo parent really wasn't going to hold me back from taking the boys on holidays. I didn't think I'd take them to the Isle of Man ever, let alone whilst they are still quite little but with the opportunity to do so and using one of my "f*ck its" we went. And I am so glad we did. The wea…

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Cat Cafe, Lviv Ukraine

December 30, 2018

Since my divorce I have accidentally become a crazy cat lady. I seemed to have got custody of the two cats we had at the time and then I rescued Ainsley in 2017 and was lucky to get Bodhi as a Christmas present this year. When I went to Lviv I searched for restaurants and cafes. Basically due to the weather the majority of the holiday was based around napping and ea…

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Massacre Caves Isle of Eigg

August 20, 2018

Believed to have happened around 1577, 400 islanders, members of the Macdonald clan, were murdered from a family from the nearby Isle of Skye. Hiding from the Macleods from the Isle of Skye, the Macdonalds hid for three days in the cave, before being discovered. The Macleods blocked the entrance of the cave using vegetation which was then set alight. Suffocated b…

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Isle of Canna | Day Two [Part Two]

August 17, 2018

Walking back from dinner we loved looking over the still water at the boats. We stopped again at the Chapel. We'd already looked in here briefly before when we first arrived on the island. Despite being small it was so beautiful. I have a thing for stained glass windows and these were absolutely stunning. We had a quick look at the nearby farm square area where…