Author Archives: katese11

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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Brussels with a Toddler

Posted on March 17, 2017 by katese11

  Yes, we went to Brussels and yes, we had an actual toddler to explore with. The toddler was one of the Marias and we had a clutch of delightful other children to skip around with too. But first, let … Continue reading →

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The Last Summer of Baby Swings

Posted on March 15, 2017 by katese11

Today is the first sunny after school of the year. We went to the park,  along with every other child in a 5 mile radius, and Eva asked to go on the baby swing. As I levered her in,  I … Continue reading →

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More About SwingTrain

Posted on March 2, 2017 by katese11

  Once again, this is not a sponsored post. I’m plugging SwingTrain from the goodness of my heart and the hope that enough people will sign up to keep my particular class viable. I’m not getting paid or any freebies, … Continue reading →

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Mr Bloom Live

Posted on February 21, 2017 by katese11

  When I mentioned the Curse of February Half Term in my last post, I wasn’t joking, That is how I ended up reviewing a show I didn’t even go to. Bear with me, and I’ll explain in baffling LWATlogic … Continue reading →

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The Imagine Festival – 14/02/17

Posted on February 15, 2017 by katese11

Well, not really much of the Imagine Festival. We were there for a bit and then we weren’t but I got some photos and I’m confident that I’ve lowered your expectations after all these years so you’ll be grateful that … Continue reading →

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