One of my favourite places in South Wales is the beautiful Dunraven Bay, often called Southerndown after the name of the village where it’s situated, near Bridgend. I love the dramatic rocky coastline of the Heritage Coast and the beautiful sand which magically appears beyond the pebbles when the tide...
This guide has once again been produced in association with Pugh’s Garden Village in Radyr, Cardiff. A family-run business, Pugh’s has been encouraging all generations to garden for more than 60 years. In fact, they’ve just introduced a new Little Green Fingers garden shop, set up in the shrub...
I’ve always loved a good musical and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was one of my favourite childhood films. I still know it off by heart after watching it so many times when I was younger. Naturally, I couldn’t wait to introduce it to my three children and, some 48 years...
“Best day ever” is how Little Miss E, my 6½-year-old daughter, described Folly Farm as we were leaving the park to go home. We’d been there since it opened at 10am and left when it shut at 5.30pm. We’d seen giraffes, lions, meerkats, flamingos and penguins; ferrets, rabbits, baby chicks,...
All three of my children love dinosaurs, so The Dinosaur Park in Tenby was a natural choice for us on our recent holiday to Pembrokeshire. The park was opened in 1994 by husband and wife team Amanda and Simon and, as well as a dinosaur trail through the woods, it’s...
When the sun is shining, you can’t beat a UK seaside holiday. But when the sun isn’t shining? Well, you just have to put on your best smile and keep repeating the mantra ‘there’s no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing’. And such is the situation we...
Before I tell you about our afternoon at Heath Park, I want to start by saying that earlier that day, my kids had watched an hour of telly, had various squabbles, tipped all the toys all over the floor and refused to tidy them up, eaten chocolate before lunch. I had...
Tomorrow sees the start of the third week of the school summer holidays and I’m continuing my weekly family-friendly events guide with 37 family-friendly events taking place in and around Cardiff from Monday 8th August until Sunday 14th August. I hope you find something to inspire you and your little...
I had a lovely message from a friend last week telling me she’d been to see a theatre show for young children. “Everyone I bumped into there mentioned they had found out about it via Cardiff Mummy Says,” she told me. I was so touched by that little comment. One...
Every week, I read blogs that make me laugh, blogs that make me cry, blogs which challenge my thinking, blogs which support me as a parent, and blogs which inspire me. Seeing as you’re reading Cardiff Mummy Says, I figure you like blogs too. So I’m excited to continue my monthly series,...
Every month, I collate the best of my month on the Cardiff Mummy Says Instagram feed here on my blog. It took me a while to get the hang of Instagram, but it’s now one of my favourite social networks, inspiring me every day with the beautiful photos and sense of community....