As most of you will know, I often struggle when it comes to creating good posts on behalf of brands. My reviews are paltry at best, and when brands as for other things I usually fail to figure out how to creatively bring their wishes to life. So when JCB asked me to take part…
Tag: National Trust
Fatherhood: 2014, A Year in our Family Album – Part 2
Following on from where I left-off a couple of weeks ago, I wanted to finish my round-up of our family year – before the year comes to an end! The second half of the year included a memorable holiday, a lot of exciting day trips and a family Christmas – so without further ado, let’s…
Fatherhood²: 6 Reasons Why Most Parents Would Love the National Trust
Before I start this post, I should probably point out one thing: I’ve not been asked/paid to write this piece. I decided to write it this afternoon (while visiting Nuffield Place) after realising many people I know have probably written-off the National Trust as a collection of boring, stuffy houses which kids would hate. As…
Fatherhood²: Trust Me, Your Kids Will Enjoy It…
Before I start this post, I want to make one thing very clear: I’m writing this because I love the subject matter, not because anybody has asked me to write it, or even suggested it. As most of you will know, if ever I write posts on subjects I have been ‘incentivised’ to cover, I…
Fatherhood²: Some of the best things ARE free!
As a father, I freely admit that my wife is a MUCH better parent than me. I won’t go in to the many hundreds of reasons why this is true (I’ll save that for another post…!) but needless to say, she’s the one who ends up making dinner most days, spends the most time with…
My Year in Photos – February 7th – “Nice day for a walk in the woods”
My Year in Photos – February 7th – "Nice day for a walk in the woods", originally uploaded by henweb. After a lovely day yesterday, we followed it up with another most-excellent day today (well, at least so far!), when we headed for a Sunday morning walk in the woods. Lardon Chase and the Holies,…