A teacher’s guide to THE QUEUE at Wimbledon!

Wimbledon is my all-time, absolute favourite sporting event to attend. Unfortunately, “teacher-life” means it tough to actually attend any day other than middle Saturday… but provided the weather looks good, you cannot stop me pitching up my tent on Friday night to camp in the queue! The earlier you can get in the queue, the

When a casual trip to the Brecon Beacons results in climbing a mountain…

The countryside in the Brecon Beacons is absolutely stunning and being less than a 2hr drive from Bristol, we should really go more often! Our last trip was around a year ago to the waterfalls and at the first sight of Spring, I couldn’t contain Rob’s excitement to go exploring again! There are a lots of

Skiing the milky way (including GoPro video with Drone footage!)

The milky way is a massive ski resort, spanning 400km of pistes over Italy and France. We skied here in February half term and fell in love. The milky way is very picturesque especially when there is still snow on the trees and really quiet, even in the school holidays. The milky way initially attracted us

Skiing in Montgenèvre (including GoPro video!)

Montgenèvre is a beautiful, quiet French resort included on the Italian milkyway lift pass. It is possible to ski all the way from Sauze D’oulx to Montgenèvre (and back), but due to the distance and amount of links involved it takes around 2hours! As there is plenty of great skiing to be done over in

10 tips to make skiing cheaper in school holidays

Getting a good price for a ski trip in the school holidays sometimes feels practically impossible… but it can be done! Rob and I recently travelled to the Italian resort of Sauze D’Oulx for a bargain price and picked up some tips that will help to save money on our future ski trips! 1. If possible wait until

Rome: 4 day itinerary

Rome is a beautiful city, brimming with history and the most amazing churches. We had enough time in 4 days to revisit a couple of our favourite spots but would still love to return. Had the weather been slightly towards the end of our trip, we would’ve also had time to visit Florence. But we