holidays
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Halloween and Bonfire Night food from Country Valley
If you are a fan of Autumn, the chances are you love Halloween, Guy Fawkes night and all the things associated with these special days and nights. Halloween is becoming more and more popular, not just through ‘Trick or treating’ for children, but with many adults now getting dressed up and throwing Halloween parties. Bonfire Night is a great excuse for getting wrapped up, getting together with friends and family and enjoying some fireworks and a glorious big bonfire. Whether you’re having a Halloween party this year, or planning to have a bonfire, food plays an important part in the proceedings. Country Valley has been producing restaurant quality meat for…
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Are Legends Born or Made?
Are legends born, or made? An interesting question I think, and beer giant Heineken® thought so too. They decided to try to discover the answer as part of its latest global campaign ‘Voyage’, by undertaking a daring experiment. The test is ‘what are men really made of when taken from the norm and dropped into the great unknown?’ Real life, all-round fabulous people will be chosen to go on a legendary adventure, the opportunity of a lifetime. A test resourcefulness, strength and will power. But this adventure is no holiday. You could be stranded alone in the freezing wilderness of Alaska, on a glacier, with nothing but a giant life-ring,…
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My parents celebrate a very special milestone at the end of the year, celebrating 40years of marriage. To celebrate this very special occasion, we’ve been looking for something special to do as a family, and one of the most popular ideas has been to do a cruise. All the brochures showing cruises 2014 are already in the travel agents, and the Med is looking a likely destination. 2014 could be a very exciting time. Cruising is one of my favourite ways to holiday, the photographs above were taken when I last cruised the Med in 2009. I guess one of the main reasons for me loving the lure of the…
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Westfield Merry Hill delivers for Kids this Summer
Summer can be a very expensive time for those with young children. Parents can either find themselves in the position of paying for childcare for six weeks, or face the uneviable task of trying to keep children occupied day-in, day-out. And whilst the sunny days can be passed relatively cheaply in local parks, the damp, drizzly and rainy days can prove costly. Westfield Merry Hill Centre consulted members of their parent group, Mummy Mornings, and found that some parents spend as much as a staggering £1000 over the period of the six weeks holiday. With this in mind, the centre created a programme of free or cheap events, and I…
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Reviewed ‘Gry’ Cotton Tunic from Gudrun Sjoden
When the sun is beating down making us all feel a little hot and sticky, there is nothing in your wardrobe that can beat the coolness of a cotton tunic. It ca help you avoid sunburn by covering the sensitive skin on your shoulders, and yet the freshness of the cotton also means that you remain looking fresh and cool even when the weather reaches 100 degrees. Gudrun Sjoden has produced a really beautiful cotton kaftan that is just perfect for the gorgeous weather we are enjoying at the moment. Called the ‘Gry’, this is a 1970s vintage style tunic that is also a great buy if you are going…
