Mid Year Round Up

Wow, can you believe we’re already half way through the year?! It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were wrapping up presents ready for Christmas, being social butterflies at all the December gatherings and then all vowing to be slimmer, healthier, stronger etc etc in January. It’s been a…

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Reflections on Spain #BEDM 20

Those 6 weeks in Spain were absolutely amazing, we’ve been incredibly lucky to be able to do such a thing and take a break from reality. I can’t describe the time there in words – it hasn’t been a holiday and yet we haven’t worked solidly everyday.  We weren’t really living in…

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Top Travel Tips #BEDM 6

Today I thought I’d share some tips on travelling abroad for an extended period. Plan your route This took us absolutely AGES to decide.  We knew we wanted to get the Eurotunnel as it meant that the dogs could stay with us in the car – on the ferry they…

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Spain – Weeks 5 & 6 #BEDM

Wow, those last 2 weeks absolutely flew by! Week 5 saw a couple of overcast days so we spent a productive afternoon watching the last 5 episodes of How to get Away with Murder on Netflix…if you haven’t watched the first season yet, you really should!  When the sun did…

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Spain Weeks 3 & 4

Another 2 weeks have RACED past! Week 3 saw some visitors arrive – John’s friends were extremely kind and drove up North to get John’s daughter so that she should come over for the Easter holidays. They were here for a week and we took them round to our usual…

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