Check out that view Archive

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 …

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 …

I’ve only been to Scotland once in my whole life. I went to Craig Tara in Ayr with the girls and their dad about two years ago. We drove the journey and despite being a country girl myself, I was amazed at …

In 2014 we went to Ladram Bay in Devon, just for one night at the end of the season as I was judging their end of season talent competition. I wish we’d been staying longer, but we had literally just stepped off …

Yesterday I had the bright idea of going out for a drive through the countryside to find a rapeseed field to take some photographs of my children. My oldest daughter just turned 9 years old last week and my twins turned 4 …

I’ve posted photos of Cleeve Hill before. It’s one of my absolute favourite places and has been ever since the first time I discovered it, around 12 years ago when I moved to Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. I discovered it quite by accident …

It’s been far too long since I’ve been near the sea (I LOVE to be near the sea) and I wanted to capture a photo, but the sun was setting fast and my camera battery had just died. I was in Boulogne …

For this weeks #CheckOutThatView I am sharing a photo of Southampton Docks, which I took from my balcony on board the Norwegian Escape in October during its inaugural cruise launch. This is currently the newest cruise ship on the ocean and is the …

Most of my #CheckOutThatView posts feature a long distance shot of a large area or horizon. This week I thought I’d do something a bit different and share a close up photo, which still depicts part of a pretty view. On a recent …

In 2009, my oldest daughter Bunny and I went on a little four day road trip exploring France. We caught the ferry to St Malo and travelled to Rennes, Nantes, Poitiers (and the Futuroscope) and finally down to La Rochelle. My highlights …