One more sleep, as my children would say. One more sleep until I take on the biggest physical challenge of my life (so far). Tomorrow morning at 7am I’ll be setting off on the Vale of Glamorgan Ultra Marathon; the VOGUM as it’s known. I’ll be one of around 150...
It was so wonderful to step back inside Wales Millennium Centre yesterday. As a family we are huge theatre fans and also used to regularly attend their free family creative art events, so it’s somewhere we’ve really missed over the last year and a half. Although the big stage productions...
We were provided with complimentary tickets for Pinocchio at Cardiff Castlefor the purpose of this review A sunny afternoon at Cardiff Castle provided the perfect backdrop for the first theatre show we have watched in over a year and a half. And as an outdoor performance with socially distanced seating,...
It’s taken me a few days to summon up the energy to write this… but last Wednesday I ran a marathon. All on my own! I dropped my children to school, ran and ran, and then returned to school to pick them up. It was hard work. It was physically...
AD/Paid collaboration with The Red Dragon Centre. Cardiff Mummy Says is a blogger ambassador for The Red Dragon Centre With the rain lashing down on Sunday afternoon, it was the perfect day for our first visit to The Red Dragon Centre in a long time. In line with...
Ad/Paid collaboration with Wales Recycles and the Welsh Government’s 12 Days of Christmas Recycling campaign You don’t need me to tell you that the amount of waste we produce over the festive period goes into overdrive. Left-over food from our Christmas dinners; Christmas cards; food packaging; unwanted gifts; Christmas trees;...
AD: Paid collaboration with National Museum Wales With Christmas fast approaching, the various National Museums of Wales would normally be getting ready to welcome visitors for all sorts of magical and festive events. This year, things are different… and instead you can join Father Christmas, Mother Christmas and the mischievous...
Paid collaboration with Sherman Theatre, Cardiff The family Christmas theatre shows at Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre have been one of our festive highlights for many years now. Although we’ll miss going to the Sherman this Christmas, we’re thrilled to hear the theatre has come up with a wonderfully creative way to...
I’ve read a lot this year! I’ve always been a book lover but my reading has gone into overdrive this year with lockdown. Losing myself in books is helping to keep my mind in check; it’s an escape from the strange and uncertain times we are living in, keeping me away...
Paid collaboration with Welsh Government Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge our world has ever faced. Global temperatures are at an all-time high; 17 of the 18 warmest years on record have all taken place since 2001. This isn’t the natural cycles of warming and cooling – changes that...
Quick link: You can sponsor us here. What a year it has been! I never thought the run-up to my first marathon would be full of so many twists and turns. When I got the email confirmation last August from Tommy’s to say I’d been given a place on their...