City Living, Country Life – the best of both worlds
From campervanning around Europe to 2 months in Hong Kong, getting stranded in the Amazon rainforest (true story) and walking the Great Wall of China... there were no 2-week package holidays to Spain for us. They wanted to expose us early and frequently to a mix of cultures - food,…
So, after two years living between Devon and France there is so much I want to share with you about this little corner of the Charente region that we now call home.
Reliving my childhood summers in France - renovating a manoir, writing and wrangling two under 5s
After travelling a dozen times to France in the last 18 months, plus last week’s jaunt to Italy and various UK staycations with the 4yo and 10mo in tow, I feel pretty qualified to impart my top bits of kit for travel with under 5s. For what it’s worth. None…
Sometimes the simplest laid plans turn out to be the most stressful don’t they? In the midst of end of term mayhem, organising our 2-month trip to France for the next phase of Chateau renovations and a teething 10 month old, we decided to just nip to Naples for a…
So, we’re off back over the channel to France this week to meet the builders and get some more renovation plans scheduled for the summer (namely some more bathrooms, the house currently has an 11 bedroom: 1 bathroom ratio!). We are flitting back and forward every six weeks at the…
In the last few months we have been between London, Somerset and Cornwall, with half a house to pack up each time (highchair, travel cot, baby monitors, toys etc) my own packing has had to become super quick, efficient and minimal. To that end I have edited my travel toiletries…