With the big kids safely back at school, it’s time for the babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers of South Wales to reclaim the parks, soft plays and other attractions during the week (until the next school holiday, at any rate). Here are seven big attractions in South Wales which run dedicated...
*paid collaboration with Sky One and A Discovery of Witches Tense, atmospheric and gripping, A Discovery of Witches is the much-anticipated new drama premiering on Sky One this Friday. The eight-part series is set in Oxford but a lot of the filming actually took place here in Cardiff. I’ve been...
It was back to school for us today. Year 4 for Miss E; Year 2 for Little Man; reception class for Littlest. All three children in full-time school and a whole lot of tears for mummy. If you’ve been reading Cardiff Mummy Says for a while, you will know what...
We loved seeing all the decorated owls around Bath during our recent press trip to the city. (The trip was a paid collaboration with National Express, with hospitality from Visit Bath, and Bath Boutique Stays. You can read more here.) There are 82 of the sculptures across the World Heritage...
Thanks to Visit Bath and The Jane Austen Centre in Bath for providing us complimentary entry in exchange for this review Jane Austen is Bath’s most famous resident (with the wonderful queen of baking Mary Berry coming a close second in my eyes!). The much-loved author paid two long visits...
Paid collaboration with National Express. Thanks to Visit Bath and the attractions mentioned below for inviting us to visit in exchange for an honest review; to Bath Boutique Stays for accommodating us during our stay; and to The Oven for inviting us to dine with them. All opinions expressed are...
Paid collaboration with National Museum Cardiff A shark swimming over our heads and a giant clam opening and closing. A dinosaur roaring and prehistoric creatures swimming. Waterlilies sprawling out across the floor and Mozart talking to us from a bridge. This is National Museum Cardiff like you have never seen...
Paid collaboration with Coed Lan High Ropes and St Fagans National Museum of History I was petrified. I cried. My hands were shaking. I almost quit half way through. “I can’t do it,” I shouted down to our instructor below, my lip trembling. I’m not going to lie for the...
Paid collaboration with Visit the Vale Last weekend we were running around Barry Island in the blazing sun taking part in the 10K and family 2K races for Ty Hafan and enjoying all the family entertainment on offer in the seaside town. Today we were back on the famous Welsh...
Thanks to Jurassic Kingdom for inviting us along to review Jurassic Kingdom Cardiff officially opens tomorrow – and there’s certainly been a lot of controversy surrounding the Bute Park dinosaurs. The prehistoric creatures started appearing in the city centre park last weekend, with photos of kids and dinosaurs all over...
Those of you living in Cardiff have probably seen variations of this photo on your social media a hundred times already! The Eisteddfod – the annual celebration of Welsh language and culture – is on at Cardiff Bay, running from 3-11 August....