Author Archives: katese11

Aftercare, not Afterthought: The Mumsnet Campaign for Better Postnatal Care

Posted on May 18, 2017 by katese11

  It’s pretty unusual for me to share anything painful or personal on this blog – it’s more about sandpits and sarcasm round here. But Reuben’s nearly 8 and sooner or later I knew I’d write down what happened in … Continue reading →

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Pack Your Bags…There’s So Much to Do

Posted on May 10, 2017 by katese11

Yeah, yeah this was clearly a case of “Picture first, blog title later” but it’s a lame lead in to a big old list of entirely un-lame things to do over the next few weeks. Which, you’ll be shocked to … Continue reading →

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Epping Forest Pub Walk – 01/05/17

Posted on May 1, 2017 by katese11

So I get it, you’re just like me. Right? You wake up on a bank holiday Monday and go “I know what I want to do today. I want to drag an overhyped, overtired girl two miles through a forest … Continue reading →

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Do What You Can….But Vote

Posted on April 28, 2017 by katese11

via GIPHY Thank you to the Chingford and Woodford Green Labour Party for the GIF above and apologies for once again getting political on your collective asses. But the nightwalker Iain Duncan Smith is stalking the streets of Highams Park … Continue reading →

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Ashlyns Farm Shop -14/04/17

Posted on April 14, 2017 by katese11

  This was a spontaneous kinda plan. Every Good Friday we consider doing something worthy, like going to see the Passion Play in Trafalgar Square and we end up doing something completely different. Today was no exception. Miles away from … Continue reading →

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Eckington Gardens and the London Eye – 06/04/17

Posted on April 11, 2017 by katese11

  I’m starting to repeat myself. It’s inevitable at my age, but also when you’ve been blogging for almost six years. Both the places we’ve visited today have featured before, in 2011 and 2013 but they can take a revisiting. … Continue reading →

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La Boîte – 31/03/17

Posted on March 31, 2017 by katese11

The kids broke up from school today. You’d probably be able to hear the sheer noise of them from any point within the M25 but somehow they seemed noisier in a small signal box, eating pancakes at 5pm. We’d been … Continue reading →

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The Gruffalo Trail – 25/03/17

Posted on March 26, 2017 by katese11

For reasons too complicated to explain here, we needed a jaunt out of London today. So we drove from Nearly-Essex, where we live, to Proper Essex where everyone wears fur gilets and designer boots for a walk in the woods. … Continue reading →

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London, You Know the Drill

Posted on March 23, 2017 by katese11

What happened yesterday was awful. Anything that hurts people in our city is awful. But you know what we have to do. We have to carry on with life as usual, just like we did on July 8th 2005 and … Continue reading →

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L.O.L. Surprise Doll – 19/03/2017

Posted on March 19, 2017 by katese11

  One of the many things we missed out on over February half term was the launch of a new surprise doll – the L.O.L Surprise. Luckily I hadn’t told Eva we were ever meant to be going (it was … Continue reading →

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