Students! Cheap travel with a Stagecoach unirider ticket!
Do you own a student who’s so intimately acquainted with the local bus routes he could reel off all the stops between home and College, or to his mates house? If so, you might want to think about a Stagecoach unirider ticket. With Stagecoach’s student bus pass, you can use it in your chosen ticket zone at anytime and anywhere – and some areas have unirider tickets for specific universities and/or colleges. Why...
300yr old Cornish Cottage for half term, anyone?
I was browsing the cottage sites, as you do (well, as I do… I have a shortlist of amazing £2000-a-night gems that I’ll go stay in One Day), when I spotted this lovely little place in Cornwall is still available for half term! I know! Laburnham Cottage is a cosy, beautifully refurbished 300-year old character cottage in the hamlet of Trewint, only a mile away from Altarnun, one of the most beautiful villages in Cornwall. It...
Vileda’s new Superhero campaign – win the whole team!
I’m sure regular readers will remember the infamous steam mop vs chicken-poo-dog-vomit battle from a few months back. Yes – it’s seared on my brain too – and before you ask, the carpets are absolutely FINE now. Frankly, they’re fine in huge part due to Vileda and their magnificent Steam mop – I sing its praises regularly (I’m sure friends and family are all a little tired of the...
Reading Festival; it’s only Fall Out Boy! Is your teen going?
This year No.1 Son turned 17. Apart from the whole “Seventeen! HOooooow is my baby so old????”-type angstyness, the age thing has also created a need for a whole raft of new parenting skills. Because the boy wants to go do stuff. On his own, for god’s sake. With no adulty-type person to make sure he doesn’t get squished by a car or snatched by danger-strangers or any of the gazillion things that might happen to...
Family Holidays – Big properties, perfect for sharing
There is no doubt that once you have children the word ‘holiday’ taking on a whole new meaning. Let’s face it, while they’re little, it’s not really a holiday is it. More of a change of scene really (but without a washing machine or any of your own things). So the concept of the holiday takes on a whole new meaning. One great way of bringing back the true meaning of holiday is booking a big self catering property and sharing it...
Are your kids standing on their own two wheels? Cycling. It’s a Good Thing.
I think every kid loves to cycle – not only is it just about the very fastest they can go without someone else being in control, but it also gives them an enormous sense of independence and freedom. And what parent objects when their child says “I’d like to go out on my bike”? “No, you may not go out in the fresh air and get some really good exercise.” said no parent, ever. And of course it’s...