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#Blogtober2020 Day 4: Into The Groove

On my Couch to 5k runs (and beyond now I’m continuing just random 30 minutes running at the weekends) I have loved reconnecting with my love of music. So here are some of the tunes that have made me smile and kept my feet moving (all 1990s I’m afraid!)  

Family Folk Show with Megson at Farnham Maltings

Last weekend we were lucky enough to be invited to a local venue to see Megson’s Family Folk Show. We raced to the front row which meant the children had easy access to the dance floor area directly in front of the stage. Megson is a husband and wife duo who play instruments and sing. […]

Child friendly music from David Gibb to get your toes tapping!

We have got back from Scotland. I hate to think about how many hours we have spent together in the car. One thing that made the time more bearable was music! We were sent two CDs from David Gibb. There is an unmistakable folk tone to David Gibb’s music but also features a range of […]

Wallace and Gromit’s Musical Marvels was just that: marvellous!

After a rather busy and stressful half term, I was so excited to have something a little bit different and special to look forward to yesterday: Wallace and Gromit’s Musical Marvels at the Hexagon in Reading. I’ll be perfectly honest: my kids know nothing about Wallace and Gromit but I LOVE the genius of Nick […]

#Blogmas18 day 7: Christmas party playlist

When putting up our Christmas decorations, we listen to the same music that we have listend to for the last 30 something years. Is is just me or are modern Christmas songs just rubbish??? The last good song was Stay Another Day by East 17 and even that isn’t too Christmassy apart from the ringing […]