In early March, we were really excited when we had the opportunity to spend a weekend in our old stomping ground of North Yorkshire. The big dilemma was to decide which of our many favourite haunts we would visit – there were so many great places that we knew it would be a hard choice.
We had an action-packed holiday in Yorkshire and as a measure of how busy we were the toddler slept for over 12 hours each night (unheard of) and even the newborn managed several hours of sleep at a time (wowser).
I think we saw the idea on Facebook first and it seemed like a good one. Basically you get a few balloons, fill them with water and food colouring, freeze them and then burst and peel off the rubber skin when they’re solid and you’re left with coloured ice balls. Easy...
We're just home from an excellent week spent on the Yorkshire coast. Based in Staithes we revelled in the first glimpses of real sunshine this year and dragged the girls to an array of local beaches.
Summer seems such a long time ago now, even though the hot days were few and far between. One of the most fun family day’s out that we enjoy during the summer, now that we live in North Yorkshire, is visiting the local agricultural shows.
Anyone who remembers our Digger Dreams Come True article from last year will know that with a little boy with such passion for construction vehicles a visit to Diggerland was a must at some point.
What a surprise! Massive amounts of new snow this week and conveniently for a change it finally arrives on a weekend. This meant Alice could yet again don all her fabulous Spotty Otter winter weather clothes, head out into the cold and go sledging.
It was yet another cold and wintery day last Sunday. The snow had disappeared but we needed to get out of the house before cabin fever set in. A quick trip out was all we could manage as our favourite walk along the Nidd Gorge was out of bounds due to the flooded river and massively deep mud so we just went for a walk in the sunshine near the Pine woods in Harrogate.
