Fisherman’s Cottage, Cawdor – The Ultimate Family Highlands Retreat
First stop on the recent LittleStuff tour of the Highlands, courtesy of One Off Places and VW, was a stay on the Cawdor Estate, between Inverness and Nairn. Now if I were to close my eyes and imagine my absolute ideal peaceful family holiday retreat, I would actually be conjuring up Fisherman’s Cottage. Of course, I wouldn’t have known what it was called until a few weeks ago, and a few of the details would be different,...
When LittleStuff took on the Vanish 30 Second Challenge
We were recently asked by Tots100 to take part in the 30 second stain challenge using new Vanish Gold Oxi Action Powder. Now anyone who knows me has probably just started laughing – I am no domestic laundry queen. I’m not. Separating whites and coloureds is about as far as my skills go – stain removal is possibly a step beyond my capabilities. Certainly instant stain removal is a skill that has thus far eluded me in...
Chiquitos Poole – Mexican food for all the family
When Chiquitos Poole offered us a voucher to review their local restaurant in Tower Park it seemed a perfect choice – the boy LOVES Mexican food! It was No.1 son’s 15th birthday a couple of weeks ago, and we wanted somewhere that was child friendly but not one of our usual haunts to take him out for a quick family celebration. When I rang to book I admit I was amused by the way the telephone was answered… *deep...
Perfect perfect sweater for Spring from Long Tall Sally
I do understand that Long Tall Sally is not the shop to be going to for a lot of women. But if you do happen to be over 5’8″, I can’t tell you how much you need to be stopping by and taking a look. As I’m nearly 6′ (hey, that half an inch makes all the difference, okay?) I’ve been a fan for rather a long time. So when I was asked to review an item from the new Spring/Summer range, I jumped...
Seagate’s ‘Portable Wireless Plus’ Media Drive – perfect for travelling
I know, looks a bit… dull, doesn’t it? But stick with me – the Seagate Portable Wireless Plus Media drive is an external hard drive – with a genius twist which makes it not-dull-at-all. Yes, it has a terabyte of memory, which is HUGE – and yet it fits in the palm of your hand. And we all know (*stern bossy face*) how important it is to have an extra hard drive to back up all your essential documents, old emails...
Rosetta Stone: First Impressions
My 14yr old been trying the Rosetta Stone course for Japanese for a month now – here’s what he thinks so far: Rosetta Stone, in case you are unaware, is a language learning service which can teach you over 24 different languages! These include French, German, Japanese, Greek, and Russian. The selection is huge! I will be basing my impressions on the Japanese course. There are many different types of packages, you...