My Fiat Punto in blue

A Sad Day

One day short of exactly seventeen years since I bought it, today we said farewell to our excellent Punto. A couple of small scrapes, one time being rear-ended, two breakdowns requiring AA low loaders to...

A view of Butlins at Bognor Regis

A Trip To Butlins

As we couldn’t face yet another Center Parcs visit, we decided to take a short break at Butlins and booked a very last minute 4-night stay in Bognor Regis.

View of Center Parcs

Back At Center Parcs! What Were We Thinking?

Despite not having the greatest of times before and saying we wouldn’t go back again until Little E was a bit older, we only went back to Center Parcs again, didn’t we?! With two weeks...

The gruffalo trail woods

On The Trail of The Gruffalo

One thing we like doing as a family is going for walks. Whether this be in woods or the open countryside it’s quite calming, allows for Little E to run around and burn off steam...

Premier league footballers in a montage

Football Season Is Upon Us

With the football season nearly here it’s time to set up my fantasy football teams for the year. As usual, I’ll probably forget about it around six weeks into the season and then wonder why...

Cloesup of a Russia 2018 Panini Sticker Album

Got Got Don’t Need Anymore

After a couple of months of collecting, I’ve finally completed the latest Panini World Cup sticker album! As per usual, I reinstated my Swapstick.com account to help maximise my swap potential and then cheated a...

A small deer on the patio of a Center Parcs lodge

Time Away At Center Parcs

In a bid to get away from work and spend time together as a family, we booked a 4-night stay at Center Parcs, Elveden Forest in Suffolk. We’ve never been to Center Parcs or any...

Closeup of the official football of the 2018 World Cup

It’s World Cup Time

In a couple of days the FIFA World Cup gets underway and stupidly I’ve booked for us to get away as a family for a few days so will miss the first couple of games!...