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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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Review – Disney Store & Cars 3

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

I don’t know about your house, but the Cars films have been an entertainment staple in ours for the past 5 or 6 years now. We saw both of the first two films at the cinema (the second being Freddie’s first ever trip to the cinema) and we’ve got more Cars toys than you can…

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Fatherhood: Review – Saltrock Clothing

Posted on July 3, 2017January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I don’t often get asked to review clothing here on the blog, and when I do it’s rarely clothing that I’d actually choose myself. So when the folks at Saltrock asked if We wanted to test out some of their children’s range, I decided I should put away my presumptions and give them a shot….

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Fatherhood: Review – A glowing review of Glowsticks.co.uk (plus discount code!)

Posted on June 25, 2017January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I recently got in touch with the folk over at Glowsticks.co.uk with the cheeky request of a discount code to offer on the site. After all, I’ve been a customer of their site for years and years, and I thought it was about time I shared my love of Glowsticks with the world. Luckily for…

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Fatherhood: Top Tips for making your blog more attractive to brands and agencies

Posted on June 23, 2017January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

For those of you that don’t know me, I sit on both sides of the fence when it comes to blogging – as well as having written this blog for the past 6 years, I’ve also worked at a number of digital marketing & PR agencies. So I’m often asked for tips about what agencies…

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Fatherhood: Even more camping tips for families

Posted on June 22, 2017April 11, 2019 by Henry Elliss

A few years ago I put together what some useful tips for taking your family camping – it was at the end of our first full year as a camping family, and summarised a few of the things we learnt. You can take a read here: Fatherhood²: 7 Lessons I’ve Learnt After Our First Summer…

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Fatherhood: Review – Case Hut Smartphone Cases (and competition!)

Posted on June 5, 2017January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

I don’t know about you, but barely a day goes by where I don’t see somebody tapping away on their smartphone with a horrendously smashed-up screen. I don’t know what it is that’s causing everyone to drop their phones so hard that they smash the screen, but people seem to do it far more often…

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Fatherhood: Review – Handmade Burger Co

Posted on May 27, 2017January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

The lovely people at the Handmade Burger Co recently got in touch, asking if we wanted to give their new kids menu a try. It probably doesn’t take a genius to work out what I told them in response – not least of all because you’re about to read my review. So, on a sunny…

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The Big 40th Birthday Camp-out – Everything you need to know!

Posted on May 23, 2017May 11, 2022 by Henry Elliss

With just over 4 weeks to go until the big weekend, I thought it was about time I shared a bit more detail with you all. I thought I’d do it as a (hidden) blog post rather than an email or word document, mainly so that I can update it later on when Sara gets…

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Fatherhood: Review – Lottoland

Posted on May 14, 2017January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

iew offer was a bit of a new one to me – I was contacted with the offer of reviewing a new Lottery-based website, called LottoLand. I was also give £25 free credit to try out some of the games on offer – gambling with somebody else’s money is definitely a lot more pleasurable after…

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henweb

Pun-loving, 👨‍👦‍👦 dad-blogging, 📷 photo-taking, 🏰 Lego-making, 🎅🏿 beard-wearing, 👶 child-caring dad of 2. 💍 Husband of 1. 💩 Strategist

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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.
Merry Christmas, instagram family and friends. Ple Merry Christmas, instagram family and friends. Please enjoy this photo of our beautiful but low-key Christmas decorations, hung in the splendor of our delightful Tudor home.
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Lovely moonrise this morning 😍 Lovely moonrise this morning 😍
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