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Half Term on the High Seas at IWM North
To my shame I’ve never visited the Imperial War Museum North. I remember it being built and everyone who has been has always had really good things to say about it but I’ve never made the trip. Now the...
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Breakfast with Mummy at The Hard Rock Cafe
On Mother’s Day it is the law that no mother anywhere should have to cook her own breakfast. Breakfast in bed, or at the very least a morning cuppa is essential, but being taken out for breakfast is a...
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Blissful Facial at the Sienna Spa, Radisson Blu Edwardian, Manchester
I like to think of myself as a reasonably articulate person. I’m usually pretty good at stringing a sentence together, but as I left the Sienna Spa at the Radisson Blu Edwardian, Manchester, I...
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Room on the Broom at The Lowry
We’re on half term this week and next and it can be quite difficult to find things to do to entertain a small lively child. Thankfully I had the foresight to get some tickets for us and a couple of his...
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Flower Essences for Emotional Well-Being
I love my local Holistic Health Centre, Healthyspirit. I’ve had a few treatments there, most recently I had the amazing Warm Bamboo Massage, but I go regularly for juices and delicious veggie lunches...
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Welcoming Your Child – Humanist Naming Ceremonies
The arrival of a baby is a cause for celebration and an excuse for extended family and friends to get together to welcome the new addition. Traditionally families would gather for Christenings or...
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Manchester’s Hidden Gems – what’s secretly superb?
A little while ago I was asked what I thought was Manchester’s most hidden of hidden gems. This was a complete no-brainer for me, it had to be the Armenian Taverna in Albert Square. It’s easy to miss...
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Born Survivor 2015 – How Team Didsbury Triumphed
This morning my little family went on an adventure. At 8.30am we clambered bleary-eyed and slightly grumpily into the car and set off for Capesthorne Hall about a half hour drive away from home. My...
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Earlier this week I had the chance to have a tour of the CHF Entertainment studio, they are the makers of the fantastic cartoon Pip Ahoy! Pip Ahoy is part of Milkshake! on Channel 5 and is also shown...
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WIN an Interplay myStyle Jewellery Design Studio rrp £14.99
Christmas is fast approaching and I am pleased to have an Interplay myStyle Jewellery Design Studio set to giveaway to one lucky blog reader. The set has been kindly donated by the lovely Giddy Goat...
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My All Time Top Ten Favourite Songs
There has been another one of those Facebook memes going round of late, usually they get right on my pip, but this one caught my attention in a favourable way. Basically if you’re “tagged” you have to...
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FREE Christmas Printables from Pip Ahoy!
The lovely people who make the brilliant cartoon Pip Ahoy have given me a fantastic set of 12 Christmas Pip Ahoy! printables to share with you. If you’ve not yet heard of Pip and his friends, Pip Ahoy!...
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Blogging: Taking part in the Q&A Panel at The Co-op #OnTheList Event
On Friday night I took part in the Blogger Q&A Panel at The Co-operative #OnTheList event in Manchester. I was, it’s fair to say, as nervous as hell. Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking and all...
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Christmas Shopping from home
With Christmas just around the corner, shops are thronging with people looking for lovely gifts for their loved ones. I hate crowds and busy shops, so I try and avoid going into shops during the run up...
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Manchester Storm – fantastic family fun!
We’ve been busy over the Christmas break, doing nice things as a family, day trips and so forth. But on New Years Day we took the boy to see his first ever ice hockey game at the Altrincham Ice Dome...
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Breakfast Week: Our Mystery Day Out with Nestlé Cereals
Rather excitingly Sunday marked the start of Breakfast Week 2016 (24th-30th January) and I am finally able to spill the beans (or in this case, Cheerios) about what we’ve been up to with Nestlé...
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7 different ways with Nestlé Cereals for Breakfast Week
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and for the last week we have been celebrating Breakfast Week, a week in which we were challenged to “Shake Up Our Wake Up”. I have been Instagramming a...
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Half Term Fun at SEA LIFE Manchester
February half term is a tough one, the weather is unrelentingly gloomy, and I have no desire at all to stand shivering in the park afternoon after afternoon watching the boy hit muddy puddles with an...
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My Sunday Photo 28.2.16
This Sunday may I present to you my Manchester Tart…. I’m doing a spot of recipe writing for something which I can tell you more about in April, and this is the happy and rather delicious result of one...
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Easter at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre & SEA LIFE Manchester
If you’re looking for some Easter fun for all the family this coming half term, families can have the ultimate fun day in Manchester at not one, but two fantastic attractions this Easter! LEGOLAND...
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