I went over to Gorton today to an Olive Oil Convention for my foodie blog. I had no idea what or where Gorton was – it’s near Denton it turns out. Which always reminds me of Morse and Denton CID – but I managed to find my way there with the help of my slightly [...]

Featured Post I did, it’s true. A GPMG to be precise. When I was 17 I joined the Royal Air Force as an Avionics Engineer – or Fairy as they call it. And no, I’ve no idea why they call it that either I went through the whole bootcamp basic training thing, being taught important [...]

One week ago I didn’t want another child, Ever. I was done. No more babies waking me in the nights. No more potty training. None of it. I was over it. Ready to move on to the next phase of parenting. A more independent phase that didn’t involve prams, nurseries and baby food. And then [...]

But you still love me, right? And before you attempt to jump to my defence (yeah, okay we both know you weren’t going to, but let’s just pretend here), I can prove it. “Ha”, I hear you cry. “There’s really no need.” But I will anyway. You see, I’ve turned into one of those people [...]

They seek them here, they seek them there, they seek those pesky gym shorts everywhere. So where the bloody hell are they? It happens every school holidays. The school send the kids home with their gym kit. Gym kit duly goes into the wash with the school uniform and through the whole laundry process of [...]