Most of the time, if I’m planning on taking the kids into the centre of London, I try to find somewhere that is super child-friendly and where we won’t be the only ones running, jumping and yelling at the top of our voices. But occasionally – most especially during the school holidays – my one … Continue reading London with kids: the V&A Museum
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An Eltham Palace jaunt
1930s interiors, beautifully planted gardens and a pet lemur: surely an irresistible combination for a Saturday afternoon. On a recent drizzling weekend, we bundled the kids into the car and set off for a return visit to Eltham Palace and Gardens. (Disclaimer: the pet lemur is no longer there in any living form, sadly, though … Continue reading An Eltham Palace jaunt
Notes from a summer: Regent’s Park sunshine
A few Fridays ago, I had the most blissfully relaxing day I have had for some time. Possibly for three years, in fact. The thing about living with small kids, I find, is that no matter how many wonderful, cute, endearing individual moments there are, day-to-day life can feel a lot like a repetitive slog. … Continue reading Notes from a summer: Regent’s Park sunshine
Notes from a summer: London Wetland Centre
Ahoy there! Hello! How are you? It’s been ages, I know. I fell off grid a bit, this August. Technology (such as this dear old laptop on which I write all my blog posts) becoming substantially less appealing than lying outside in the sun on a picnic blanket. Anyway, such times have come to an … Continue reading Notes from a summer: London Wetland Centre
Trips to the Horniman museum
At last! Another post in my Making the most of London series. A mere year since the last one, ha ha... Overstuffed walruses, giant totem poles, kitchen gardens growing lentils; what’s not to love about the Horniman museum? It’s one of those collections of eclectic eccentricity that the British seem to do so well. Luckily … Continue reading Trips to the Horniman museum
A photo a day: August 17th
We went blackberry picking this morning in Camberwell Old Cemetery. The cemetery is a two minute walk from our house and worth a visit as about a third of it is fantastically overgrown, with winding little lanes overhung with trees and a huge amount of brambles. There's something really romantic about the old graves, just … Continue reading A photo a day: August 17th
A stroll around Peckham Rye Park
Part of my Making the Most of London series It’s been dawning on me recently that I’m not so young any more. It’s not the wrinkles and increasing number of grey hairs that are the biggest giveaway. Nope, it’s the way I choose to spend my spare time that is the real telltale sign. Not … Continue reading A stroll around Peckham Rye Park
Making the most of London
I’m someone who likes to plan. Not in a “did we buy enough bread to see us through to the weekend?” kind of way. More in a “ooooh, why don’t we move to Croatia in a year and buy a boat and sail to Greece and learn to make Greek food and then come back … Continue reading Making the most of London
