Hebdon Bridge trip at half term

Hello,

You may or may not know, but its half term for most schools in England at the moment and so we thought we would take advantage of the kids having some free time and take a trip up to see my brother, who lives in the beautiful Hebdon Bridge in Yorkshire.

Hebdon Bridge is a lovely place to go for a weekend break as its set in the Yorkshire moors so is handy for lovely walks. Its a small, but very pretty town with some nice shops, pubs and restaurants set amongst the old architecture, the cobbled streets and the lovely canal, so it the perfect place to have a little break.

I found the towns website and I thought that some of you might like to look at it - Hebdon Bridge website. Its got lots of handy information on it on upcoming events, the history of Hebdon Bridge, where to eat, where to stay and other really useful tourist info. It also has a picture gallery where I found some pretty pictures to share:

Katie x

P.s. don't forget to schedule a Halloween ecard! Here is one from our collection:

Our new halloween e card and happy Diwali!

Its here!

The brand new halloween ecard is now ready to send and up on the website. The ecard is of 3 witches who are concocting a wicked brew of bats, eyeballs and frogs. The twist at the end is fun and its accompanied by some really spooky music which will get you in the mood for the halloween celebrations!



Today is Diwali and we have a fantastic ecard that you can send to all of your loved ones to kick off the celebrations. Our Diwali ecard is a beautiful animation of a kaleidoscope pattern and is accompanied by vibrant music. Click here to view it.

Hope you have a great Diwali!

Katie x

Lovely pumpkin soup and some pumpkin carving tips!

Hello!

As halloween is approaching, I have to admit that I am getting very excited! This might be because we are almost about to add the new Halloween ecard to the website.

Now that the kids are older, we don't do trick or treating or any of the other halloween parties that we used to. This does not stop me from carving a pumpkin or two though! I loved keeping this tradition going and each year I carve 2 or 3 to light up with candles on our doorstep, in our garden and sometimes in the house too. You can make them last up to 10 days if you soak the carved carcass in beach for 8 hours and keep spraying them with a mild bleach solution. One of the reasons I love to keep this tradition going is because I love making pumpkin soup with the carved flesh. I found this great recipe that you might like - take a look here.

Its really delicious. If you try it then please do let me know what you think and send me your top tips to share with other readers!

Katie x

P.s. this funny Halloween e card of dancing monsters is perfect to send to all of your loved ones.

How do you celebrate Halloween?

Hi all,

Halloween is almost here!

Our new Halloween e card is nearly ready and will be on the website very soon!

I find Halloween a magical time of year it has always been one of my favourites. When our children were young, I would indulge myself and we would always plan a big party for Molly and Joe. We'd spend all week planning and carving our pumpkins and then the whole day decorating the house ready for the party.

We planned games that we could play like apple bobbing and even made one up that became a favourite with the kids in which we tied string around the middle of ringed doughnuts and tie them to the tree outside. The aim of the game was to eat a whole one without using your hands and we all had great fun trying! Once all the games were over, we would all be off trick or treating around the neighbourhood.

Here are some old photographs I found of the parties:

What do you do for halloween?

Katie x

P.s. below is a video of one of our old Halloween ecards that is perfect for sending to any loved one at this special time of year.