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Family afternoon out in the sun :-)
Family afternoon out in the sun :-)
Today we explored the Ballachurry Nature Reserve- less than a mile from home and yet somewhere we'd never been before! Although the reserve isn't big (probably took us about 15 mins to walk around) there was plenty to look at…
TT Week 2018
TT Week 2018
This year the IOM has been blessed with glorious weather throughout practice and TT week...almost unheard of! There's been a great atmosphere all over the Island, we've mainly been out around South but also had a trip to Peel and…
20 week scan and moving house!
20 week scan and moving house!
I thought it was time to add a new blog post to bring things up to date as it's been quite busy since the last post in early Feb! I'm now working for Ellan Vannin Chiropractic Clinic as a Chiropractic Assistant…
Silverdale Picnic 7 May 2018
Silverdale Picnic 7 May 2018
Today we headed to Silverdale to enjoy a picnic in the sun...somewhere we haven't been in years! It was nice and busy with lots of families making the most of the nice weather 🙂 After a couple of hours chilling…
Daisy’s first train trip!
Daisy’s first train trip!
Well it's been a while! We've had a wonderful, busy, educational, fun and tiring 9 months starting our journey as parents looking after Daisy-Bear. I've been updating Daisy's baby book up to this point to keep a note of her…
Start of 2015 :-)

Start of 2015 :-)

Just a bit of an update since being back in Edinburgh! On 25th Jan we headed Westwards to Ayr to visit Robert Burns’ birthplace (coinciding with his birthday)..the National Trust have built a Museum in the small village where you…

KQFebruary 1, 2015February 1, 2015 Edinburgh No Comments
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Christmas 2014

Christmas 2014

I’m back to work today after a lovely month-long Christmas break that involved lots of socialising, eating, drinking, baking, games and a little bit of exercising! I feel like we’ve really made the most of Christmas this year – starting…

KQJanuary 5, 2015January 5, 2015 Edinburgh, Travel No Comments
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Christmas Shopping in York December 2014

Christmas Shopping in York December 2014

Mum and I had booked ourselves a 3-night stay in York from 9-12 December to take in the sights and do some Christmas shopping 🙂  After a 2.5hour train trip down to York I met Mum who had flown over to…

KQDecember 13, 2014 Travel No Comments
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Jamieson weekend in Bath November 2014

Jamieson weekend in Bath November 2014

For the last weekend in November we headed down to Bath to have a Christmas weekend with the Jamiesons. Glenn and I flew down to Bristol and bussed our way over to Bath (about a 40min trip), where we met…

KQDecember 3, 2014May 31, 2015 Travel No Comments
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London 7-11 November 2014

London 7-11 November 2014

We’re recently back from a busy yet really enjoyable short break in London…here’s what we got up to in a nutshell! We headed down on the Friday night and stayed in Earlsfield (just south of the river) with Glenn’s friend…

KQNovember 16, 2014December 13, 2014 Travel No Comments
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Orkney 4-5 November

Orkney 4-5 November

I was lucky enough to get a free trip up to Orkney to give careers advice to the students studying at the International Centre for Island Technology…although I was only there for 1 night I managed to get in a…

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Dalkeith Country Park 24 October

Dalkeith Country Park 24 October

We haven’t posted anything for quite a while so thought I’d upload the photos of a walk we did on Friday around Dalkeith Country Park. Dalkeith is a small town about 8 miles south-east of Edinburgh that we’ve visited a…

KQOctober 26, 2014 Edinburgh No Comments
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A’Chralaig and Mullach Fraoch-choire

A’Chralaig and Mullach Fraoch-choire

Me, Davey & Gregor headed up early in the morning and walked these 2 Munros. Then headed to the cabin near Dalwhinnie for the night which is always good fun. A shower, few beers and a pizza after a long…

glennSeptember 27, 2014May 20, 2015 Munros, Corbetts and Bike Rides No Comments
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A weekend of Fringe Festival fun and Fife!

A weekend of Fringe Festival fun and Fife!

Heading in to soak up the Fringe Festival atmosphere had been on our to-do list all month and we finally got round to it on Friday! We were fortunate enough to be given 2 free tickets to watch a guy…

KQAugust 18, 2014August 18, 2014 Edinburgh No Comments
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Peebles & Glentress Walk – 7 August

Peebles & Glentress Walk – 7 August

After last month’s trip down to Peebles we were keen to return and take a bit more time to explore the town…so we found a nice looped walk that took us through the main street and then (in the opposite…

KQAugust 8, 2014August 8, 2014 Edinburgh No Comments
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