• 5 Lighting Ideas for Your Garden

    April 13, 2022

    Outdoor lighting can be just as important as indoor lighting. Although we often spend more time and energy decorating the interior of our homes, this doesn’t mean we should neglect our outside spaces. If you have a garden, you could be failing to make the most of this space if you don’t have a proper…

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  • Top Outdoor Trends To Refresh Your Garden

    June 22, 2021

    Summer has officially started… can you tell? It’s rainy, cold and gloomy outside. It just seems like any other day in England. Even though summer has officially started, this doesn’t mean much for us Brits. Summer starts when we can take out the barbecue and enjoy time outside, so any time now weather… (please!). After…

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  • Outdoor fire pit table: yes or no?

    June 22, 2021

    Do you also get an urge to search for anything and everything garden furniture related when the weather gets warm and sunny? It’s a curse, I feel like. I have outdoor furniture already but I can’t seem to stop myself from browsing for new garden furniture (probably because my garden furniture is old and could…

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  • 4 Gift Ideas for Outdoors Lovers

    December 9, 2020

    Are you in the market for the perfect gift? Does your loved one enjoy wilderness a little more than you do (okay, a lot more)? This is a common question: what does one get the nature lover in their life? If you’re not sure what material items will satisfy a wild heart—don’t worry; this list…

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  • Get Your Kids Out Of The House With These Gift Ideas!

    July 15, 2020

    Buying your kids gifts for birthdays, Christmas, and other occasions can be a lot of fun. It can bring joy to everyone involved, and buying them gaming consoles, stuffed toys, and crafts can be a wonderful way to make them happy and keep them occupied. That being said, getting kids out of the house is…

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  • Bluestone National Park With Persil UK #DirtIsGood #Presstrip

    June 4, 2019

    We have just arrived back from Bluestone in West Wales after spending the weekend there as guests of Persil UK. We were invited to Bluestone Wales as part of their #DirtIsGood campaign. The campaign is all about getting outdoors as a family, and I couldn’t think of a more perfect location than Bluestone Wales. Situated…

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  • Summer Is On The way That Means Lots Of Gardening

    June 3, 2019

    Summer is now upon us. The next three or four months are hopefully the times when we spend lots of time in the garden. It’s that time of year when our seven year old twin girls spend hours playing in the garden on the trampoline, the swings, playing football or simply just making up games…

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  • I’m On The Chad Valley Play Panel #GoodToGo

    June 4, 2018

    The sun is shining which means it’s time to get out in the garden! I have teamed up with Chad Valley and Argos which means that I’m part of their #PlayPanel. As such my children get to try out some of the Chad Valley outdoor toy range, and as you will see they are having…

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  • Looks Like Camping Is On The Agenda This Summer

    April 7, 2018

    Over the last 12 months, my six year old twin girls have mentioned on a regular basis that they would love to go camping during the summer months. The influence has definitely come from a few of their school friends who go camping on a regular basis. We only have one problem though. We don’t…

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  • I Have Been a Lazy Daddy 

    November 15, 2016

    We live in the ever increasing technological super highway world, and I have been a bad daddy to my four year old twins, R and M. Over the last four weeks I have had a health scare. In fact I have been to the doctors this year more times than I have in my entire…

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  • Getting kids outdoors with Proline Skates

    March 3, 2016

    When I was a kid my friends and I would spend hours rising our bikes around. We’d go to the park, shops and even through the mud tracks up the mountains. It was lots of fun, but also a great way to spend time outdoors. It seems that these day a lot of children prefer…

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