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English Mum |
Apr 27th, 2012
Great British Weekends
What do you do at the weekends? After our lie in (that bit’s non-negotiable – I usually have to start crashing about or hoovering at about 11am or they’d sleep all day), we generally head out. We’re big on brunch and have tried most of the establishments in the area. Other than that, the Death Wish Dude is often at a skate park, near or far, the Mad Professor likes to socialise,...
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Apr 2nd, 2012
The Easter chocolate roundup – I’ve got everything remotely chocolatey for you!
First up, Hotel Chocolat sent us one of their new, and rather heavyweight, Extra Thick Easter Eggs to try. The packaging is really glossy and attractive (it looks a little like a hatbox, decorated with ribbon) and the egg inside doesn’t disappoint either – we tried the Rocky Road to Caramel egg which had two really chunky halves of chocolate: one side was embedded with all sort of goodies like...
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English Mum |
Mar 18th, 2012
The New Legoland Hotel, Tim Minchin, dragon cake and horrendous hangovers
WHAT a weekend. There were so many great (and funny) moments I hardly know where to start.
First up, the the lovely chaps at Hertz UK offered to lend me one of their new Family Collection cars to go to the opening of the new Legoland...
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English Mum |
Mar 1st, 2012
The Thomson and First Choice blogger lunch
Over half term, the Death Wish Child and I popped to the Rainforest Café in London to meet up with the lovely team from Thomson and First Choice for their family blogger event. They’ve got some fab stuff going on at the moment, what with First Choice’s move to all inclusive from summer 2012, and loads of new family initiatives. Here’s the stuff that took our fancy:
Holiday Villages
Each...
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English Mum |
Sep 19th, 2011
The Channel 4 Paralympic Games website – get your tickets now!
As you know, we recently visited the site of the impending London 2012 Olympics. It’s going to be an amazing time for London, and we mustn’t forget that the Paralympics are on their way as well. (I live quite near Stoke Mandeville, the ‘home’ of the Paralympics, so I’m a massive fan – I think it’s completely inspiring and amazing. )
The lovely chaps at Channel 4...
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English Mum |
Jul 29th, 2011
One year to go until London 2012: my trip to the Olympic park
So yesterday, Mr English and I embarked on a little trip. I made the fatal mistake of putting on my new Monsoon shoes (generally, I’m a bit of a slob, but y’know, thought I should dress up for Seb Coe…), which were, in fact, already causing blisters of epic proportions by the time we got to Euston.
The walk from Euston to St Pancras International was enough to completely remove all the skin...
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English Mum |
Jul 5th, 2011
Review: The Thistle Hotel, Kensington Gardens
So last weekend, we were lucky enough to be offered a hotel room in London for Cybermummy weekend. The hubby and I, after several long months apart, decided to have a quiet night on the first night, and headed to our hotel, the Thistle in Kensington Gardens, early on the Friday afternoon.
First impressions, I have to say, were slightly disappointing. The hotel is on Bayswater Road (an easy walk from Queensway...
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English Mum |
Jul 3rd, 2011
The SEAT Young Driver Experience and Goodwood Festival of Speed
So Saturday saw me up really bright and early driving two very grogging teenagers down to Goodwood (we were up at 6am – alien territory for a teen).
We pinched English Grandma’s satnav and got down there really easily. As we wandered down from the car park, a golf buggy ambled past us. I looked up to find myself face to face with Lewis Hamilton. He smiled at me and I smiled back, not really...
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Jun 15th, 2011
Goodwood Festival of Speed: 30th June to 3rd July 2011
As I’ve mentioned before, as a family we’re completely car and motorbike mental. This year we’re definitely going to be heading to Goodwood for the Festival of Speed. We’re going for the the usual mix of cars, superbikes, F1 racing teams and planes, and also for the flippin’ awesome Goodwood Hill Climb, which I’ve wanted to go and see for years. I’m also secretly...
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Jun 10th, 2011
The AirAsia British Grand Prix 2011
The Death Wish Dude is MAD about motorbikes. It must be something about the danger, I would wager. He’s one of those bike nerds who can tell you the make of each motorbike as it whizzes past you on the motorway. He was reeeeally disappointed, then, when he learned that our lovely friend Lu over at Family Affairs was giving away tickets for the AirAsia MotoGP 2011 at Silverstone this weekend. ‘Why...
