New book day!

I learnt about the Bookstart scheme to give books to all children at certain ages before school “to help families read together every day and inspire children with a rewarding love of books” whilst writing a books page for our local newspaper long before...

Skellingthorpe May Day 3k 2017

Superheroes aplenty took their places at the starting line of the Skellingthorpe May Day 3k this morning. Iron Man, several Spidermen and a Batman and Robin who were raising money for the Lincolnshire & Nottinghamshire Air Ambulance were among the runners to...

D is for dragon egg

We’ve hunted for eggs, we’ve hunted for rabbits and this weekend we hunted for… dragons’ eggs! Heritage Lincolnshire hosted the event at Bolingbroke Castle yesterday and our own knight and princess were keen to explore the ruins to find the...

Hunting for wabbits

What better way to spend your Easter Monday than hunting for rabbits?! Doddington Hall & Gardens, part of the Historic Houses Association, were hosting the Easter trail during their Cherry Blossom Fortnight and, as well as finding the 10 white rabbits and...

Sunday Sevens #5

#SundaySevens is a blog series started by Natalie from Threads and Bobbins.  Here’s my fifth entry into the series looking at a few of the little things that have happened in the mini ones’ lives this week… 1. How Time Flies Christopher Nibble wasn’t our only...