Things to do at La Croix du Vieux Pont

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Back in The Olden Times (as Flea charmingly referred to my youth this week) I did a lot of camping. My Dad was a cub scout leader and we would regularly tramp off to a field to sleep in a tent, climb trees and splash about in rivers. We slept in scratchy sleeping bags on the floor, and woke with stiff limbs, crawling out into some muddy field or other for a campfire breakfast. As kids it was a dream come true, but my Mum was never quite so keen - and with the benefit of age, I can see … [Continue reading]

Things to do in the Isle of Wight When You’re Seven

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It's been two years since our last visit to the Isle of Wight, when Flea was five. Last time, we went back to nature by staying in a yurt set in an apple orchard. It was incredibly picturesque but just a touch chilly, and a compost toilet does … [Continue reading]

Flea and Sally’s Simple Italian Feast

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Earlier this month, Flea and I spent a few days in Florence, and we were lucky enough to attend some cooking classes where some rather lovely Italian chefs taught us how to make lots of yummy Italian food. We've been home long enough to try these … [Continue reading]

Dear Next Week

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Dear Next Week, We haven't met yet, but honestly, I have high hopes of a beautiful friendship between you and I. Certainly, I know you won't let me down the way that bastard Last Week did. For starters, there was the unfortunate incident … [Continue reading]

Why I’m over Candy Crush

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Apparently, Candy Crush is the most popular game on Facebook, with 9.7m people playing the game each day. I'm not surprised - I keep seeing mentions among bloggers of the game, and every time I log into Facebook, I'm accosted by half a dozen updates … [Continue reading]

Why not say it with a GIF?

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If a picture speaks a thousand words, then a GIF speaks - well, probably a bit more than a thousand. A thousand and two, at least. If you're a Tumblr user (check out the Tots100's guide to Tumblr for beginners if you're not!) then you'll be … [Continue reading]

The One Where We Road-Test a Volvo XC90

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Back in the dark mists of time - summer 2005 - I started looking for a new car. I'd been driving my little Citroen C3 for a couple of years but I was due to have a baby and that meant I needed a car that could manage a Labrador, husband, pushchair … [Continue reading]

Things to do in Florence when you’re Seven

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This Easter, Flea and I were set the challenge of spending 100,000 Starpoints on a trip somewhere fun. That was it. No rules, no guidelines, just -  go somewhere and have fun. And so it was we ended up booking two flights to Florence for a … [Continue reading]

April 6 : Just another day.

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Dates are funny things, aren't they? Stick an arbitrary label on a day, and something happens - you'll remember that thing on the same day every year going forward. There are birthdays, anniversaries, dates when someone died, dates when we went … [Continue reading]

Being Bitch-Slapped by Love

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I've been thinking about love lately. As you do. Specifically I've been thinking about why so many women get sucked into the notion that True Love - the sort with capital letters and everything - should be hard work. That the more tears are … [Continue reading]