Summer Holidays 2020 – Week Four! Ok, I don’t like it now that we are officially over half way as it always feels like a countdown to the end… I have to try and blot that from my mind though as we are having the most tremendous time. This past week we went camping, ate lots of yummy food, saw great friends, went to the beach and just soaked up the good weather (and the bad – this is the […]

JR’s – Stomp, Dine, Strike – North Walsham! I had literally no idea JR’s existed until they invited us over to North Walsham to try out their newly re-opened bowling, stomping (indoor and outdoor play) and American Diner yet it’s been a fixture in North Walsham since John Rossi (the original JR) set it up way back in the 70s and, by all accounts I’ve received on my Instagram account after storying our visit yesterday, it is very well loved […]

Coleman Weathermaster 6XL BlackOut Air Tent! When we first started camping as a family I would say we were rather fair weather. We had none of the right gear which would have made it hard to be anything else and actually, I wouldn’t say it was always an enjoyable experience. Camping is cheap and family friendly but there are certain things you do need to make an initial outlay for in order to make a stay worthwhile. We always say […]

Doing Up A New (ish) Build! Doing up a new (ish) build sounds funny, why would it need it? But let me explain. Our house is ten years old (again ish) so it’s not got masses of its own inbuilt character like say a Victorian terrace with ceiling roses and other original Victorian features. The original features in our house are spot lights and USB ports. We are the second owners and when we moved in it still all felt […]

Ordinarily at the end of week three in a summer holiday and I’d be thinking how sad it was that we re already half way through as the time ha gone so fast but actually, this year, with our 7 week stint we aren’t at the half way point yet and I’m pleased! We’ve been swimming for the first time since lockdown, seen friends for a mini festival and camp in the garden, gone for a couple of fun days […]

Win 3 Mysteries In Time Subscription Boxes! Fancy winning your family a 3 month subscription to the fab Mysteries In Time boxes, then read on! I think we all know as parents that teaching our kids from home can be stressful but these boxes make the job a breeze – my big kids think they’re ace! I don’t think there can be a parent in the land who now does not have a tiny bit of experience at home schooling […]

Pensthorpe Natural park – Summer 2020! We have been visiting Pensthorpe as a family since Florence was a baby and have to say it is the first place I thought of visiting in a post lockdown world as I knew, with it being mostly outside fun, it would be safe and feel far less angst making than other attractions. That’s not to say they haven’t had to make some very strict changes to their practices because of course they have […]

Baby Number 4! We are really happy to say that we are expecting baby number 4 into the Rocknroller Baby clan and come February 2021 our household is going to get a whole heap crazier – I can anticipate the washing pile already! We are over the moon and feel lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky to be having one more. So I’m 41 and considerably older than I was when I did this the first time but I don’t feel any […]

Roarr Dinosaur Adventure – Summer 2020! Roarr Dinosaur Adventure in Lenwade, Norfolk is open for the summer season 2020 and after a tumultuous start to the year with COVID19 lockdown which of course saw the closure of the park, they are doing their level best to make a post lockdown trip as safe as possible, yet as fun as it always has been! Tickets are to be booked in advance on line so that your arrival slot is allocated. This […]

Grandma and Grandpa’s Floor! My Grandma and Grandpa were lovely. Just the most Grandma and Grandpa like people you could ever meet; sweet, kind, fun, caring, cuddly… They loved me, their only Grandchild, very much and I wish so much that they’d got to meet their great grand children too as I know they would have thought the absolute world of them. It’s funny as I see things in shops I know my Grandma would have bought for the little […]