The good thing about having a dog is that they make you leave the house, even when sometimes you would rather be wrapped up warm, eating chocolates and playing Xbox.  Because of this, you see the seasons change and as the snow fell down on us pretty heavily over the weekend, we decided to make […]

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For anyone who knows me, you will know I am defiantly not a morning person.  I love my bed, and as soon as the weekend is near I am looking forward to turning my alarm off and having a good old chill out in bed.  So when I was asked by Free Office Finder to be part […]

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                            I bought my first ever camera a couple of weeks ago, not just my first DSLR, my first camera, and I haven’t had much chance to test it out.  On Sunday I went for a walk with my parents, boyfriend and […]

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I had a beauty post planed for tonight but life got in the way and I’m in a less then fantastic mood so I thought rather then skipping the post altogether, I would do a new favourite quotes and lyrics posts.  It’s been so long since I have last done one of these, and this […]

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As you might remember from my long time no see post, on my birthday weekend I went to Cawthorne to visit Cannon Hall Farm and Cannon Hall Museum.  We got up early and headed towards the Farm first of all. I hadn’t been to this farm since I was a child so I was presently surprised […]

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Being from Barnsley, anything to do with the miner’s strike becomes a punchline, an easy dig and a joke, and as the town ages, the true meaning and importance behind these events start to get lost.  With this year being the 30th anniversary of the miners’ strike, Experience Barnsley put’s it’s own stamp on the […]

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Now I LOVE museums, in fact, I have given myself a life goal of trying to visit everyone in the UK.  Trust me that is going to take a while!  Anyway since I started this blog I have been trying to post my experiences of them and I have a few up on here (and […]

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Well I have not stopped, I’ve been between work in Barnsley, Hertford and London for more work constantly for weeks.  I can’t wait for next weekend when the only thing I have to do is Christmas lunch with my school friends! (although I am going to London again in the week for a conference!) I […]

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Now let’s be honest, when you think of my home town of Barnsley your first thought isn’t likely to be tourist attractions, in fact, I dare not ask what your first thought might be….  But Barnsley actually has 6 museums (even I didn’t realise this) and the newest of which, Experience Barnsley, is sure to […]

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