Arabian Nights Norwich Youth Company #StageTwo

Last night Neva and I attended an Arabian Nights performance by the Norwich Youth Company. It took place in their amazing Stage Two theatre, which is part of their amazing new purpose-built Learning and Skills centre. It’s wedding night in the palace of King Shahrayar. By morning, the new queen, Shahrazad, is to be put … Read more

Our visit to LaplandUK

Lapland Uk reviews From A family of Nine At the beginning of November the six children received a very special letter inviting them to LaplandUK to help Father Christmas with getting ready for the big day. So, on Sunday we set off on a 3 hour journey to find the man himself at LaplandUK. We … Read more

Your Name Film Review

Your Name Film Review This week I attended a Screening of ‘Your Name’ with Mum, Lochlan and Neva. Your Name is the newest film by Makoto Shinkai which has already been a huge success in Japan, breaking Box Office Records. It’s already received 5 Star Reviews and has been considered for many awards. The film … Read more

Hartrees House – The Best of Both Worlds

At the end of the Summer holidays we were looking for a last minute holiday in the UK, I spent a couple of weeks trawling SnapTrip to find somewhere suitable, we were undecided on Cornwall, Scotland or the Lake District. I was browsing one evening (thank goodness SnapTrip is easy to navigate!) I found Hartrees … Read more

The Big Family British Road Trip

As a a much larger than average family, it’s quite difficult to just hop on an aeroplane or boat and go off around the world, so our little adventures tend to be mainly in this country, and there’s nothing better than a Great British Road Trip. Living by the sea we are very spoilt, although … Read more