Going to Lapland UK this year? We visited Lapland Ascot in the opening week this November – here’s how our day went, top tips if you’ve never been, and a few things we wish we’d known beforehand. (This wasn’t a press trip and our visit wasn’t gifted – just an honest review of the good […]
Travel: il Magico Paese Di Natale, Govone – Our family trip to Italy
My job as a copywriter – which is mostly for travel brands – usually means I’m writing about exciting, exotic locations on the other side of the world while sitting at my desk in the draughty bay window of my bedroom (more about that in my post about how not to go freelance). Occasionally, though, it […]
Travel: So…We’re Flying To Turin For A Christmas Adventure In Italy!
I’m already ridiculously excited about Christmas. The kids are at that lovely age where they’re old enough to get excited with me, and young enough to still believe in all the magic around it. And that’s why, after a fair bit of umming and aahing, I’ve decided to bite the bullet and take them to […]
Review: Santa’s Grotto At Frosts Willington
We’d not done the whole Santa’s Grotto thing with the kids before this weekend. Not properly, anyway – the closest we’d been was a makeshift Santa at playgroup who looked a lot like my friend’s dad wearing a beard made out of cotton wool. At the grand old ages of 3 and 1, the kids […]