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Category: Fatherhood

This is where you’ll find all of my posts about parenting, from advice to reviews, and plenty of head-scratching.

Review – BenQ e-Reading Lamp

Posted on December 16, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

When I was first sent the BenQ e-Reading lamp to review, I was struck with a burst of inspiration. The e-Reading lamp is especially designed to be ideal for desks, making reading from electronic screens a much more pleasant experience. Now as I’m sure you can guess, we do have a LOT of screens in…

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Guest Post – 9 important skills your children learn from LEGO

Posted on December 14, 2017January 8, 2019 by Henry Elliss

Children and adults alike love playing with LEGOs. But there’s more about it than just fitting colourful bricks and snazzy designs together. Our friends over at BrickPals describe 9 important skills your children can learn from playing with LEGOs. Who doesn’t love LEGO? They’re colourful, varied, and just plain awesome. But there’s a lot more about…

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Review – Star Wars Jedi Training Remote & Holopanes

Posted on December 4, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Anybody who knows me will attest to the fact that I am long-time Star Wars fan. It’s not just the films either – I’ve read a lot of the “extended universe” books, collected the trading cards, have a loft full of action figures (both classic and new) and much, much more. In short, I’m a…

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Competition: Win a Nest Smoke Detector with npower

Posted on November 25, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

If I asked you how much you know about Carbon Monoxide, chances are you’d probably give a very similar answer to me. Namely: not a heck of a lot. Apart from the basics I learned in GCSE science, I know that we have a couple of basic Carbon Monoxide detectors in our house, which our…

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Review – Hassle the Hof(meister)

Posted on November 19, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As I occasionally mention when starting off my better reviews, the novelty of having a brand asking whether they can send me their product to try still hasn’t worn off, 6 years in. And when that brand happens to make beer, this is especially true. Who doesn’t want to try beer?! But when the email…

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Review – A Tyre for All Seasons? Maybe I Can Help!

Posted on October 15, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Or: 14 things I learned at the Goodyear All-season tyre event in Luxembourg I was recently lucky enough to be invited along to join an event Goodyear Tyres were running in Luxembourg, to showcase their “All season” tyre range. Along with a contingent of other, much more successful bloggers than myself (including a few British…

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Bugs and Slugs and Toads, Oh My!

Posted on October 6, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Last weekend we were up in Hereford, spending my birthday weekend with our extended family. It’s almost an annual tradition in our house, and one of my favourite weekends of the year – and not just because of the obvious birthday timing! My cousin and his wife live deep in the Hereford countryside, in a…

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Review – YourDesign custom merchandise

Posted on September 15, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Over the past year, I’ve become a huge fan of a particular item of clothing: namely, the obscure reference t-shirt. You might not know an obscure reference when you see it – that is, after all, kinda the point – but I’m sure you’ve seen a few in the wild. I have a number in…

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Where is your Happy Place?

Posted on September 15, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

With Summer now rapidly disappearing in the rear-view mirror of 2017, you’d be forgiven for feeling a little bit sad about the approaching colder months. Whilst I personally LOVE the Autumn and Winter months (as I’ve written about a number of times) I appreciate that not everybody is in the same boat. Unlike the last…

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7 tips for finding coupons, online discounts and promo codes like a total pro

Posted on August 23, 2017March 20, 2018 by Henry Elliss

We’ve all been there: you’re doing a big shop online, you’ve spent half an hour browsing and gathering the products you want, and then you get to the checkout page. Suddenly you spot a little text box that you’d not seen until now. It says “Enter promo code here” – and you get excited! So…

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Walking home from the village hall beacon lighting Walking home from the village hall beacon lighting, by the light of our phones.
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A few photos from my slightly hair-raising morning A few photos from my slightly hair-raising morning walk. Some lovely sunrises, lots of ice on the canal and a couple of rivers and lakes that were quickly merging together, at the expense of the newly-laid track. At least my wellies stayed strong!
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A photo from my Thursday morning walk. One good th A photo from my Thursday morning walk. One good thing to come from this week’s rail strikes (and the subsequent week WFH) was my daily sunrise walks - something I really miss when I have to go into London. Fingers crossed that 2023 allows for a few more of them.
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