Half Term: Skiing in Mayrhofen
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! […]
Places to stay: art’otel London Hoxton
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 […]
City Break: Amsterdam
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 […]
Property Spreadsheet and Deal Analyser – updated
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%. […]
Summer Holidays: Poppy Line
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 […]
Summer Holidays: Cromer, Norfolk
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 […]
Property: Home Upgrades – 3 that pay off long-term
[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 […]
Things to do: Outernet London
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 […]
Things to do: Matilda the Musical
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 […]
Tips for Holidaying in Japan
A good few months have passed since my last post, mainly because I’ve been procrastinating writing this. It means having to re-live all the food and fun times in Japan. This makes me sad as it was one of the […]