A simnel cake is a traditional Easter cake made using marzipan and dried fruit. Usually baked in time for Mothering Sunday when the strict forty day fast during Lent was relaxed a little. Although references to simnel cakes have been found from the medieval period, the simnel cake that is popular today dates from the…
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Cardiff to London in a Day for under £20
Read moreI live in Cardiff, the capital of Wales. It’s a wonderful city with plenty to do and see, but sometimes I want to explore the sights and attractions of other cities around me. One of those cities is London. Did you know that you can travel from Cardiff to London in a day for under…
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Girls Pirate Costume Review from Pretend To Bee
Read moreQueen Elsa, a cat, a doctor or a ballerina. Kids love dressing up and my two are no exception! Dressing up has many benefits for children. As well as encouraging imaginative play and giving children the chance to create fictional scenarios, dressing up also encourages team work as well as give and take. When my…
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Mums – How do we find some time for ourselves?
Read moreIt’s a common problem I imagine both mums and dads of small children face. ‘Me’ time. As I look back at the last few days of my life I can recall that the most times I actually sat down in any one of those given days was four times. I sat down four times in…
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Folly Farm Review Featuring Nant-Y-Ffin
Read moreFolly Farm opened as a tourist attraction back in 1988 with a mission to educate and entertain. It’s a family run farm and to this day the whole family are still heavily involved in the running of the business on a daily basis. Folly Farm very kindly gave us tickets to visit them. We decided…
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Advice to my younger self
Read moreThe older I get the more I’ve found myself thinking about what advice I would offer to my younger self if I could go back and do so. Thoughts range from ‘don’t even think about dating him’ to ‘don’t eat that chocolate bar!’ In all seriousness though it didn’t take me long to start remembering all…
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Return to the school gates: The good, the bad and the ugly!
Read moreIt’s official – half term is well and truly over! Image courtesy of digitalart/freedigitalphotos.net Schools are back and with it some normality can (hopefully) be regained! But, what does the return to school mean for you and your family? For most it means forking out for new school uniforms, pencils, pens and that awful sticky stuff…
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How to Eat Your way to a Better Night’s Sleep
Read moreSleep is when your body repairs itself. From your muscles to your brain, you need those hours of unconsciousness to reset, reboot and recover from everything you’ve done each day. So why then is it sometimes so hard for your body to let you fall asleep? It seems strange that your body should fight you…
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Back to basics – Writing freely again
Read moreI’m quite a reflective person in private. I think about things a lot. Things that probably don’t matter anymore, but still have a bearing on my life. Many people probably wouldn’t think about these things. The past is the past and all that. To some extent I agree, but there are certain elements of my…