Emma Archive

When I go away on holiday, I probably take more clothes for one week, than I’d normally wear in a month. Whilst I have perfected the art of packing light, for the trips where we only take hand luggage, I much prefer …

One bright spring day, Easter Sunday 2017 to be exact, my boyfriend Mike and I, visited Painswick Rococo Gardens in the Cotswolds. Despite there being Easter trails and activities provided for the children, we left the children with grandma. This was a …

I realise I’m a few week’s late saying this (blame Tonsilitis), but… Happy Chinese New Year! It’s now the year of the Rooster. We went to The Real China at Cheltenham’s Brewery Quarter to join in with the Chinese New Year Celebrations. …

Last weekend, we thought it might be nice to take the children somewhere different. Somewhere they’ve not been before. So we packed ourselves some lunches and set off for Barry Island in Wales.     Barry Island is very well signposted, so …

A few years ago, I undertook the challenge of walking the Cotswold Way, a 104 mile cross country walk. This walk, was not for the faint hearted. A variety of different terrains and more hills than I care to recollect. Some so steep …

Growing up in Dorset, one of my nearest beaches was Weymouth. Dorset has many award-winning British beaches, where I have fond childhood memories, but Weymouth was always my favourite. For a few years, my parents owned a static caravan at Weymouth Bay …

It’s back! I have decided for 2017 that it’s time to re-launch my travel photo linky known as #CheckOutThatView (details on how to join in are at the bottom of this post). These photographs were taken on a family walk at Cannop Ponds in …

A Family Mini Break During the half term holidays, we took a trip to Dublin for a few days. I’m not big on flying, but I have a great love of boats, so we chose to travel by ferry with Stena Line. …

My other blog, Crazy With Twins, was nominated for Best Pregnancy Blog in this year’s MAD Blog Awards. I was thrilled to find out that not only had I been nominated, but I got voted through as a finalist too, so on …

So… yes… I took a rather long break from both of my blogs. And yes… this is not my usual #CheckOutThatView photo. I will not be apologising for that though. You see… my view for the past 5 and a bit weeks …