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School Holidays: Hong Kong, China and Bali

20th April 2025 0

Won’t go into all the details of our school holidays to Hong Kong, China (Shenzhen only) and Bali. Instead, will provide some highlights and tips based on our stay. Date Visited: 28th March to 12th April 2025 Location: Hong Kong […]

Learn to ski in Mayrhofen
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Half Term: Skiing in Mayrhofen

16th March 202516th March 2025 0

Learning to ski at 40+ years is great way to check and level any ego one may have had. Seeing kids barely out of nappies ski past you and having Cara ask why you’re going so slow probably doesn’t help! […]

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Places to stay: art’otel London Hoxton

29th January 202529th January 2025 0

If you’re planning a family trip to London and looking for somewhere to stay that’s stylish, family-friendly, and centrally located, the art’otel London, Hoxton is definitely worth considering. Conveniently located close to Old Street, Hoxton and Shoreditch, this chic hotel […]

Cara in Amsterdam
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City Break: Amsterdam

6th November 20246th November 2024 0

Continuing on our annual city break tradition (last year, Beziers and the previous year, Paris), this year we went on a city break to Amsterdam. A land filled with windmills and cheese. It may not seem like your usual family […]

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Property Spreadsheet and Deal Analyser – updated

30th October 202431st October 2024 3

Following Labour’s first Budget in 14 years, property investors were impacted by a significant change to the stamp duty land tax. When purchasing a property, if you hold two or more properties, the stamp duty rate has increased by 2%. […]

Cara on the Poppy Line
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Summer Holidays: Poppy Line

15th September 2024 1

As part of our summer holidays visit to Norfolk (Cromer day trip here), we made sure to visit the North Norfolk Railway, also known as the “Poppy Line“. It was highly-recommended to me by a work colleague and having never […]

Cara on Cromer Beach
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Summer Holidays: Cromer, Norfolk

8th September 202415th September 2024 1

With our major holiday in Japan only a few months before, we decided to stay more local this summer holidays. We didn’t want to be driving too far so after checking on Google Maps, we headed up to Norfolk and […]

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Property: Home Upgrades – 3 that pay off long-term

2nd September 20242nd September 2024 0

[Sponsored post]  We can’t always be taking Cara out for things to do, places to eat or holidays (although we did do a stay-cation this summer which I’ll post shortly). So to help keep the site active and provide some […]

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Things to do: Outernet London

8th August 20248th August 2024 0

In the heart of London, just outside Tottenham Court Road Underground station, a new digital art installation has emerged: Outernet London. This innovative development is reshaping the way we experience art, music, and digital media in the city. It’s also […]

Cara at Matilda the Musical
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Things to do: Matilda the Musical

20th July 2024 0

We’ve been fortunate enough to keep the annual theatre experience going this year with a visit to watch Matilda the Musical. This follows on from Frozen the Musical which we re-watched last year due to a discount. We have been wanting […]

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