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Review: Westmorland Services, M6

October 30, 2015 by Susan Leave a Comment

Mr B and I are fans of the holiday road trip, and our recent holiday took us all the way down to Essex, London and a family wedding in Northampton. Before embarking on such a trip we usually fill the car with fruit snacks, a couple of posh bags of crisps (IMO these are Sea…

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Filed Under: foodie, Review, Travel Tagged With: long car journey, M6, motorway, service station, UK, Westmorland

Smitten Saturday/Sunday – Holiday Preparations!

July 21, 2013 by Susan Leave a Comment

Last week I did my first Smitten Saturday post – joining in with Glasgow Mummy, so I’m taking part again this week! (see the button on the right hand side for how to join in). I’m just about to go on two weeks holiday with Mr B, which we are really excited about. Our last 2…

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Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: holiday, Prague, UK

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