It’s been a year of much writing, but not so much on my blog. Gone are the days of churning out one post a week. Partly because time is scarce, partly because there’s less emotional turmoil to digest and spit out in black and white. It’s a cliche to talk about my journey as a single…
Travel
The Holiday
How’s the holiday? Was it good? I’m asked. Having fun? It’s an innocent question, from interested friends. As simple to answer as it is to ask, surely? But I have no idea where to start. Good? Bad? A mix of both? It wasn’t in the realms of either. Holidays are for relaxing. After all, sinking…
My Writing In Review: 2018
2018 hasn’t been quite as busy writing wise as 2017 was; thirty posts, not including this one. I did make a baby though, so it’s not too bad going. The year started with a post about new years resolutions – a promise to myself to be a little more selfish when it came to who…
What I’ve Learnt About Glamping
Most bloggers write reviews in exchange for free products and experiences, some even get paid for their words. As my blog is unknown niche, I’ve never quite managed such a feat which, whilst slightly disappointing for me, means I get to continue to use this blog as my own personal therapy session and tell the truth…
Holidaying in Wales with Baby, Child and Grandparents
I’ve just spent a week in North Wales with my four year old (A) and two month old (Z), plus nanny and grandpa (and one aunty and her boyfriend for a couple of nights). North Wales – the place renowned for stunning scenery, beautiful beaches and wonderful weather. Well OK, maybe not the latter. As…
Why I Hate Mum Work Travel
I wrote a while back about my love-hate relationship with work travel as a mum. Only now I’ve decided I actually just hate mum work travel. Last night I returned so exhausted every bone in my body ached and I had that fuzzy, not quite there feeling – like my brain was looking through some translucent…
Why holidays with the family makes me so ungrateful
My son is probably the best travelled toddler I’ve ever met – in his two and a half years he’s got more air miles than should be legal and is already in double digits of countries visited! I’ve done most of these travels as a single mum so you’d think, by now, I’d be used to the whole…
Work Travel as a Mum: My Love-Hate Relationship
I travel with work. Not too often, but when I do it’s long distances and I have to leave my son with my mother. I have a love-hate journey with work travel as a mum, from the moment I close that door, till I place the key in its rightful slot some days later. I…
Single Mums on Tour: Episode One
We had exchanged a few emails and met once in the park at a single mums meet up. At that one meet up, after chatting for about half an hour, she invited me to join her and her toddler son for a few days in a caravan by the beach. Although I ummed and arrhhed a bit,…
Life Goes On: Inside a Syrian Refugee Camp
The scene in this Syrian refugee camp was one that wouldn’t have been out of place in many towns around the world. Shops flanked each side of the main road, the hustle and bustle of people going about their daily business, the odd donkey cart and bicycle blocking the way of the occasional vehicle. Shops…