Oct
22
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 292)

Poorly girlThis is how I spent a large proportion of my day. Snuggled up with an off-colour Babs.

That and doing loads of washing. Delightful.

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Oct
22
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 291)

17 October 2016We had a very stressful start today after missing the turn off the motorway (we were only a few minutes away from the harbour) in what was torrential rain and ending up in loads of traffic. I don’t think I have ever felt so stressed getting to the boat!

The Little Miss still wasn’t at all well today and spent quite a bit of it sleeping. Poor thing. The Little Mister even chucked up due to the boat motion so it was a tricky day.

Glad to be home safe and sound now. Unfortunately we have to juggle work due to The Little Miss being poorly and unable to return to the childminder for a couple of days.

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Oct
22
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 290)

Peppa Pig WorldDue to the ferry company messing up our boat booking we had an extra day on holiday.

We spent it at Paulton’s Leisure Park which has the rather brilliant Peppa Pig World and their new area The Lost Kingdom which has loads of dinosaur attractions and was fab.

Such a great day out and it wasn’t too busy. The kids had a lovely day.

However, the day ended on a less positive note when The Little Miss started throwing up in the middle of the night. Not a pleasant way to end the holiday!

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Oct
22
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 289)

Premier Inn

An overnight stop on the way down South at a mediocre Premier Inn with one of the worst attached restaurants I have ever had the displeasure of going to. Complaints have been made.

We like Premier Inns as we know what to expect and often push all the beds together so the kids can’t roll out of them!

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Oct
22
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 288)

Uncle David

Our fantastic week in York came to an end and we had a lovely meal out to finish.

It has been fab to see The Mister’s brother. He usually lives in the USA so to have his company was a treat.

He and The Little Miss bonded over drawing and colouring!

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Oct
22
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 287)

Internet strangers

This photo was actually taken yesterday but it seemed too important to miss it out!

When I was pregnant with The Little Miss I joined an antenatal group on Mumsnet and over time that transferred to Facebook. There are still about 60 women in this group and we have shared so many things together; miscarriages, stillbirths, deaths, marriages, physical health problems such as cancer, relationship problems as well as the joys of seeing our babies be born and grow up together. We have been able to watch their lives change and able to share the parenting experience together.

I have long been an advocate of on-line friendships. I am very, very good friends with some people who I first encountered online, indeed we had several couples at our wedding who had both met each other online, and who The Mister and I first met through an online forum. The difference for me is that when there is the opportunity to meet with these individuals, that is when the relationships and friendships are cemented and become truly, truly real.

This was the first time I had met anyone from this ante-natal group and I had the pleasure and privilege of spending a wonderful evening with these three fantastic women. It was like we had met hundreds of times before. We picked up conversations that had only ever existed online and we transferred them through to real life.

Internet forums can be so important in helping to create community. This evening out was evidence of that and my life would be infinitely poorer without all these wonderful women in my lives (and I hope I get to meet many more of them!!!)

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Oct
22
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 286)

National Railway MuseumToday we went to the National Railway Museum, something that The Mister has been really loking forward to.

It really is an amazing, free museum and there is loads to seem but unless you like trains then it is a little but dull!! There was a very interesting exhibition about the WW1 Hospital Trains though.

It did make me laugh that the most exciting thing The Little Mister found was a static ride-on kids Thomas the Tank Engine like you see outside a supermarket. He thought that was brilliant!

We had to persuade him to have his photo taken with Travelling Ted. We picked the famous Mallard for him to stand in front but he is clearly very reluctant!

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Oct
18
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 285)

Red Bus Tours

Today we went on one of The Red Bus Tours around York,. Rather brilliantly there is a stop outside the house so we were able to get on really close. We went around the city listening to the commentary and were about to get off and on a couple of times to see the things we fancied.

We went to the York Castle Museum which I found really interesting. They had a fab new exhibition called Shaping the Body which explored the link between fashion and some of the ways in which is isn’t always healthy.

The kids enjoyed really enjoyed the museum and some of it’s features and they also loved being on the bus and being able to look over the city.

Once again though, despite not having any naps, they were complete horrors at bedtime. More wine needed please.

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Oct
18
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 284)

Travelling Ted in YorkToday we had a nice chilled out day wandering into York, going to the Tourist Office and then meandering through the streets.

We also went into York Minster and paid to go in to see it properly for a change! The Minster building is absolutely gorgeous and I am constantly staggered by the sheer brilliance in it’s engineering and execution. I mean, how on earth is it possible that people so many years ago created something so amazing!

There is also the most fantastic new exhibition Revealing York Minster which is in the Undercroft. It is well worth a visit if you get a chance.

On our holidays we have the company of Travelling Ted from pre-school. He is joining us on our adventures and he enjoyed this trip to The Minster.

Our day was finished by two very trying children who refused to go to bed because they had both had late naps. Not very relaxing!

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Oct
18
2016
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2016 Project366 (Day 283)

Friends

Had a busy but lovely day going to church and then driving to York where we met up with the inlaws and my brother-in-law.

We now have a few days here together which is lovely and a great chance to catch up.

I took this photo of all the of the children together before we left Tom and Anne’s. They boys silly faces made me laugh, as much as The Little Miss’s serious one!

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