Today was Daddy time. So Daddy took the kids for a walk up to the Beacon, a monument built in 1719, on a spot where beacons have been lit in times of war and emergency since the time of Henry VIII.

With this fab snow fall this weekend, (although we didn’t get as much as a lot of the country) we had to take advantage of it so we headed up to Weardale our 'local resort'. They only have two lifts but are very child friendly, everyone helps you out.

The weather hasn’t been the best lately, but when I asked the kids “what shall we do?” I got quite a surprise when they said scooter....

Corey has done his first showjumping competition!! A friend set up a mini show at our local agricultural collage and there was a class for very little people!!

Today we went to the Llama Kafe just outside Penrith, It was a very windy and we day so didn’t fancy fighting the elements, a nice warm cafe sounded much better!

Just looking back at my photos and this time last year - well mid November - Keswick ski club got it's rope-tow out and set it up on Binsey!

Well, last week when we had all the nice weather we decided to go for a walk, just around and about. We went to the local river to throw stones in and for some reason my kids love this and will do it for hours if I let them.

Today was the start of Ullswater's outdoor festival and for the first day they had a fun family day on the village green, There was storytelling, bird's of prey on display, fire performing, Cumbrian folk music, bushcraft demonstrations, face painting, bouncy castle fire services v mountain rescue challenge but to name a few.

Well it's amazing what happens when you leave your kids to play outside. I was happily working and I here a little cry of excitement 'Mummy Mummy, look what we have found'.

Whilst most of the UK was being lashed with rain; Ullswater in the Lake District positively basked in the sunshine the entire week of our camping/sailing holiday. We arrived at the Ullswater Yacht Club in the rain and overnight it lashed down and I resigned myself to a soggy week but the next day the sun came out and other than one day and some nights we had glorious weather.