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Family Camping for beginners – Tips for Packing up camping gear for the winter

Posted on September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 by Henry Elliss

Now that the end of the summer holidays are approaching, with the shorter days, lower temperature and everything else that autumn entails, many families will be thinking about putting their camping equipment away for the winter.  As much as I’d love to go camping more, it’s a lot harder to persuade my family to head…

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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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Guest Post – More Winter Driving Tips

Posted on December 21, 2016January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

The ultimate guide to winter driving There are a variety of reasons throughout the year that might require you to check your oil or have you feeling your tyre tread. Trip to the coast? A long journey to visit family? Important conference or meeting? With winter on the doorstep, it’s important to give your car…

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Fatherhood: Family Days Out – Christmas at Legoland Windsor

Posted on December 14, 2014June 4, 2018 by Henry Elliss

With the big day fast approaching, and a trip to see Father Christmas still not ticked-off our seasonal ‘to do’ list, my wife came across an interesting new option last week. It seemed to fulfil all the criteria: a fun day out, a chance to meet the big man and do some other Christmassy stuff,…

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Fatherhood²: A Christmas Message from Henry’s Blog

Posted on December 22, 2011March 3, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As we come hurtling towards the end of 2012, full of Christmas cheer and festive spirit, I wanted to take a moment to thank all the people that regularly read my blog – and those of you who have contributed guest blog posts to it in the past 12 months. As well as marking the…

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My Year in Photos – February 10th – “Sunlight!”

Posted on February 10, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – February 10th – "Sunlight!", originally uploaded by henweb. Despite the beautiful blue sky you can see in this photo – taken this afternoon – just over an hour after it was taken I was stood in the middle of what can only be described as a blizzard. You know the…

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My Year in Photos – January 20th – “Big snow disappointment”

Posted on January 20, 2010November 26, 2010 by Henry Elliss

My Year in Photos – January 20th, originally uploaded by henweb. Well, that was a total disappointment, wasn’t it? 20cm of snow, they said – haven’t they learned not to bother predicting these sort of things by now? The only snow I got today was a light dusting of sleet while I was driving down…

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