Category Archives: Just wandering….

The Bucket and Spade List Part 10 – The Met Line

Posted on September 29, 2014 by katese11

The first thing I need to warn you about the Met line is how much concentration it requires to actually catch it. Any Met line platform on Central London is probably moonlighting as a Circle line platform as well. And … Continue reading →

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The Bucket and Spade List Part 6 – Lunch in Leytonstone

Posted on September 4, 2014 by katese11

OK, I might have been a bit harsh on Leytonstone in that last post but it was raining and rain puts me in a grouchy mood. Still, going through somewhere on a bus is a bit of a cop-out and … Continue reading →

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The Bucket and Spade List Part 3 – Attempting Leytonstone

Posted on August 27, 2014 by katese11

You can tell by the title of this post that it’s not going to be an exciting one. I would love to report that I explored Leytonstone fully, and discovered a treasure trove of toddler-friendliness there. But it wasn’t like … Continue reading →

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Ilford on a Mission – 26/04/14

Posted on April 29, 2014 by katese11

Reuben is back at school! After a nailbiting 10 weeks of pox, house move and holiday the boy is once more stuck in the system. And loving it. But this school is different to his last one – they wear … Continue reading →

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IKEA With a Toddler – 21/04/14

Posted on April 27, 2014 by katese11

There are two ways to approach the IKEA experience, especially when you’re trying to do it with a child or two in tow. One is to treat it like a fun day out – forget about buying anything specific, just … Continue reading →

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A Complex Day

Posted on March 14, 2014 by katese11

Remember that Google location map I mentioned, that while my children were poxed rather creepily followed me from room to room? Well, today will have made it go nuts. As I’m writing this, I’m sitting on a rush hour district … Continue reading →

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Imagine Festival #2

Posted on February 19, 2014 by katese11

I know I’ve already blogged about the Imagine Festival but we went again today, with another child to try things out with and saw some different things. So, stop me if you’ve heard this one before, but here’s our day … Continue reading →

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What We’ve Been Up To Lately

Posted on January 19, 2014 by katese11

It’s been a while since our last LWAT adventure – a wet and work-busy January hasn’t been the ideal time for doing exciting things, but with an end in sight to the virtual pile of work, it was time to … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Day Parade

Posted on January 4, 2014 by katese11

There’s one simple way to describe this parade – “soggy”. We left the house and it was drizzling. Then it got to be raining and at various times later it was definitely approaching pouring. But we’d spent a quiet day … Continue reading →

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A.A.’ed in Chelsea

Posted on December 31, 2013 by katese11

We’re back in London after a long break in Hampshire that involved all eight of Roo and Eva’s cousins, a smattering of second cousins and all the aunts, uncles, grandparents and great-grandparents you could ask for. The drive back was … Continue reading →

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