One of the good things about having a toddler (for me at least) is that it prompts you to think a bit harder about even the most standard of journeys.A recent drive back from visiting my in-laws in south Essex was timed to happen over lunch time. A hungry toddler is not something anyone would want...
The last time I visited Melford Hall I was living in Hertfordshire and working for another National Trust property. So it was nice to revisit it many years later with my husband and toddler. Melford Hall is located in the Suffolk Town of Long Melford. If you're really in to your history and heritage...
On our way to our recent holiday we decided to stop off to let our toddler stretch his legs and have a snack. We'd been to the same holiday location several times and each time we had seen signs to West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village so this seemed like an ideal opportunity to check it out. West Stow...
The early death of a teenaged heir to the throne often leads to some uncomfortable comparisons of "what might have been" for the spare that takes their place. But given that Afonso was imprisoned by his younger brother Pedro, it could be said that Teodosio of Braganza really was a loss to his...
