Shurely, we once thought, the whole point of going to a festival was to muddily revel in freeeeeeedom from responsibility for a few days, whether that means freedom from studying, from work or from small offspring? (Especially from small offspring.) But now, things have changed.
Not only are there now ...
Red squirrels are cute little critters. And that’s an Official Pitchup.com Proclamation, and you can quote us on that. But the little scamperers are spottable less and less in recent years, having been decimated by invading grey squirrels which are bigger, stronger and seemingly less intimidated by scampering ...
Happy May Day! We hope – and fondly imagine – that y’all are twirling around maypoles, threading flowers through your hair and stepping out with some Morris dancing. (And pondering on revolution in between the frolicking: May 1 is also International Workers’ Day. To the barricades!)
May Day celebrations have been ...
'Outdoor pools’ may be synonymous to some as ‘skinny dipping’ but that’s merely evidence of filthy minds. Ours, mostly…If you’re up for some outdoor swimming now that summer is on its way, there are plenty of outdoor pool options in the UK, ranging from seaside and city ...
A rose by any other name, penned the Bard, would smell as sweet. But as Anne Shirley earnestly points out to Marilla in Green Gables, that doesn’t always work. ‘I don’t believe a rose WOULD be as nice if it was called a thistle or a skunk cabbage ...
Bring out the bluebells! This is not, as it may sound, a carefree celebratory whoop to flowers in the springtime, but an actual plea to whoever is in charge of the weather at the moment. Seriously. It’s like, April. Much as our favourite springtime celebratory thing is seeing that ...
‘If you’re appy and you know it clap your hands’ might not be the first song you think of for caterwauling around the campfire. But that was before there was a need for an ode to apps. A phone app that tells you how not to burn your food ...
I have been inspired by the Hairy Bikers of late. Not, as some might think, by my girth and facial hair, but by their foraging around the country to find the best of British wild food. It’s fresh, it’s free, it can be done all year round, and ...
Spring, it has sprung. And then unsprung, but it will spring again thusly, mainly due to my monkey dance capers to the sun gods each morning before I’ve even had my coffee. Y’all are welcome.
And I’m going to the Hay Festival this year, and am already ...
We're not long back from a family half-term trip to the Spring Caravan and Camping Show at the NEC, where we went to meet our suppliers, test out new caravan and tent models – and add to our list of camping trips so far this year. We are also about ...
