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Project 365 2022 Week 14-16

23rd April 202223rd April 2022 Over 40 and a Mum to OneFamily Life

Project 365 2022 Week 14-16 Day 93 – 113 The Easter holiday adventures when I wasn’t working and a trip to York for a few days too and a 54th birthday. Sunday 3rd April – Day 93 A day of doing jobs at home. My nephew turned 20 today, strange to think that the year…Continue reading Project 365 2022 Week 14-16

Top Steam Train Adventures across the UK

Top Steam Train Adventures across the UK

12th February 201931st July 2021 Over 40 and a Mum to OneDays Out

My son has been mad about steam trains for as long as I can remember.  With him having a December birthday we spent a number of years celebrating his birthday with a trip to see Father Christmas on a heritage railway line.  Holidays have often involved steam train excursions too, so I thought it was…Continue reading Top Steam Train Adventures across the UK

An update on my reluctant reader

An update on my reluctant reader

28th November 20186th January 2019 Over 40 and a Mum to OneFamily Life

Whenever I look at the recommended reading list from school for a child in Year Four, if I’m honest, I just want to cry.  I feel defeated as a parent, and as a book lover.  I just haven’t been able to visualise my nearly nine-year old son ever getting to the point where he’ll be…Continue reading An update on my reluctant reader

Exploring Whitby

Exploring Whitby #CountryKids

21st November 201521st May 2019 Over 40 and a Mum to One#CountryKids

Back in tail end of August you may remember that we had spent a long weekend in York. Monkey has been fascinated by the North Yorkshire Moors Railway since watching Yorkshire Steam on Tav with Daddy P. We’d promised to take him on a train journey and as luck would have it we’d timed our…Continue reading Exploring Whitby #CountryKids

Meeting Sir Nigel Gresley

Meeting Sir Nigel Gresley

6th October 201526th April 2017 Over 40 and a Mum to OneFamily Life

When I was a little girl my Dad had his Hornby train set all laid out in our garage.  He could stand in the middle of the layout and run a few different trains at the same time.  If my brother and I had been very good we might be allowed to take the controls,…Continue reading Meeting Sir Nigel Gresley

The B&W Photography Project Week 62

The B&W Photography Project Week 62

13th September 20156th January 2019 Over 40 and a Mum to OneFamily Life

The B&W Photography Project Week 62 with PODCast and this week I’m stepping back in time, to a time when there would be a newsagents on a railway platform. W H Smith don’t seem to have the same stranglehold they did over newsagents stores, that they did in my childhood.  Their first train station kiosk opened in Euston…Continue reading The B&W Photography Project Week 62

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