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September 7, 2026
7th – 13th September 2026 After spending the previous week adjusting to being home, starting new school routines and coming to terms with not having a job to return to, Week Two began with something that felt genuinely positive. On Monday morning, I had my first interview of the week. This was with the company whose director had already told me that the original warehouse based position probably wouldn’t be…
31st August – 6th September 2026 Coming home after a holiday is always a strange mixture of feelings. On one hand, I was genuinely glad to be back and in my own bed. On the other, we had swapped France for not-so-great British weather and I had a shedload of washing to get through. Everyone loves going on holiday but I’m fairly certain nobody enjoys the part where you have…
I’m now looking for a new hobby. Being in my late 30s (I use “late” loosely too), picking up something new isn’t exactly as easy as it used to be. I have no idea what I want to do. All I know is that it needs to be on a Wednesday or Thursday, as I don’t have my boys on those days. I’m not saying that I couldn’t go out…
5Nights 11People 4Big days 9/10Final verdict The travel diary Day five · Moving south Day six · Puy de Dome Day seven · Velorail Day eight · Lake day Day nine · Abi’s birthday Our final verdict 05 Day five Goodbye Loire Valley, Hello Auvergne After four nights in the Loire Valley, it was time for the second part of our France road trip. The bags were packed, the caravan…
4Nights 3Boys 2Big days out 8/10Final verdict The travel diary Day one · The journey Day two · Pool day Day three · Chinon Day four · Azay-le-Rideau Our final verdict 01 Day one France Bound…at 1.20am When we planned our France road trip, the Loire Valley was our first proper stop. We booked four nights at the Eurocamp site; Le Parc des Allais near Trogues. This gave us a…
Caught up with my mum today, after a visit to watch the new Spider-Man movie with the kids and Abi (which I’ll come back to, because Abi and movies… it makes me laugh…). Whilst talking with her, we were discussing Disneyland Paris as a friend of hers is looking to go at the end of the year. We got talking about whether or not it was better to drive, or…
I’m currently sat at Belfast International Airport as I write this, following a long day of commissioning a site that processes dirty shit butter water. I won’t explain what that means, but it is as gross as it sounds. As I travelled back from the site towards the airport, I sat on a call to Abi, filling my brain with thoughts of coming home instead of things that had gone…
