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Weekly round up from Northumberland and beyond.
Happy Friday 🎉
How has your week been?
I have been feeling…something, this week. I can’t quite put my finger on what it is exactly, but there’s definitely been…something different about my mood.
On Monday, I headed to the local library to put in a few hours graft, away from the builders at home. I forgot it was Storytime for little ones.
I sat at the desk, laptop open in front of me, listening to enthusiastic grandparents trying to remember all the words to “wind the bobbin up”, toddlers climbing all over their knees and occasionally clapping along. A pang of nostalgia hit me. Out of nowhere I could feel those hot tears pricking my eyes. We are past that stage now. I know for many mothers, it probably comes as a relief that you no longer have to sing along in the library, pretending to be loving life. But I just want to chat about dinosaurs again and wonder what fresh new content Blippi has been creating. I want to sing nursery rhymes and sit for five minutes during that car nap time. However, we are now firmly past this stage.
In contrast, my son went out with his friend after school the other day. They bought pizza, played in the river and were responsible time keepers. I mean, how are we HERE already??
What a rollercoaster ay?
This newsletter will land in your inbox every Friday morning and includes:
Travel - A round up from Northumberland and beyond.
Kids - A “Rainy Day Corner”
A meal plan (because I sometimes hate doing this job, so hoping it saves you from having to wrack your brain deciding what’s for tea.)
News from Northumberland and beyond.
Stephenson Steam Railway in North Shields are offering tickets for dads to ride on the train for just £1 on father’s day. Book tickets here.
If you have been hooked on the latest series of Clarkson’s Farm, you may enjoy reading this review of fellow Girl About writer, Sarah’s visit to his pub - The Farmer’s Dog.
Lilidorei in Alnwick are celebrating Fairy Day on Sunday 22nd June, 10am-5pm. With lots of fairy themed events taking place. On this very special day we're inviting as many visitors as possible to come dressed as fairies, wings, glitter, tutus and all, as we attempt to break the world record for the most fairies gathered in one place at one time!
Discovery Museum in Newcastle, have a brand new Tiny Tyneside play space for under 5s and it’s free!
The Rainy Day Corner.
Speaking of libraries, did you know they often run events for children (workshops/author talks etc) for free?
We are lucky that our library is located in The Alnwick Playhouse, so we could combine a trip to the library with a visit to the cinema. Perfect rainy day activity 🙌🏻 They have drop in events like Lego club on a Saturday or the toddler story time I was talking about before. Most of the time, these are drop in and free 🤩
What’s for tea.
Try this recipe for flapjack - super easy and super delicious (it’s the one we were trying out this week.)
Here’s our meal plan for this week. I always struggle to feel inspired writing the meal plan, so hopefully this might give you some inspiration, if you feel the same.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Love Beth x 🌷