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5 ways to create a cosy and comforting new look in the home for winter

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November 3, 2020

Autumn and winter are my least favourite seasons and can seem never-ending, with drizzly weather, cold temperatures and dark nights. Add another lockdown into that, making your home feel warm and comforting is essential.

Photo by Stella Rose on Unsplash

Think about flooring

Creating a Danish Hygge feel in the house is…

Love builds bridges


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The Full Monty, Mayflower Theatre – Review

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February 15, 2019

Way back sometime last year, Hubby booked tickets to see The Full Monty at the Mayflower Theatre as a Valentine’s Date Night with a difference.

The stage show, adapted for the stage by Oscar-winning writer Simon Beaufoy, has been running for an incredible six years, but this is the first…

Defying Gravity


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Wicked on Tour at the Mayflower, Southampton – Review

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October 9, 2018

Wicked is one of my favourite musicals and we were lucky to see it in the West End when Idina Menzel played the iconic role of Elphaba.
As the kids get older we are keen to introduce them to the delights of the theatre often play our favourite soundtracks in…

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London Meal and Theatre to see Les Miserables with Red Letter Days

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September 28, 2018

Hubby’s favourite musical is Les Miserables and he has been dropping hints about seeing it for years, however, it has never really been on my radar and I have been putting it off.
The hints have been getting progressively stronger as time goes on, the film has been on the…

Old Harry Rocks


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50 places before 50!

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September 20, 2018

I have seen quite a few people take the number challenge before a big birthday, on a quest to achieve a bucketlist of challenges.

I have to admit, the idea wasn’t really for me, until I spotted a friend on facebook doing the challenge in a slightly different way.

Travelling is…

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A visit to Turtle Bay Bar and Restaurant – Bournemouth

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August 10, 2018

We have been itching to try Caribbean restaurant and bar, Turtle Bay, for some time now and last month we were invited to our local Bournemouth branch to try out their fab menu.

Turtle Bay specialises Caribbean sharing food, inspired by beach shack & street vendors across the Caribbean islands…


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A Trip to Birmingham to see Ed Sheeran at the Barclaycard Arena

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May 2, 2017

My husband isn’t really the romantic type, but every now and then he does something to surprise me.
For my 40th birthday it was a hot air balloon flight but other than the occasional meal out we have not done anything as a couple for quite some time.
Back at the end…

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Wonderland the Musical – Review

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April 28, 2017

Last week we were invited to the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton to see Wonderland the Musical.

Hubby and I love our musicals but had not heard of this one before, so were unsure what to expect, but we certainly were not disappointed.
If you book tickets to go and see Wonderland,…

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A Segway Tour of Upton Country Park

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November 23, 2016

Ever since we did a Forest Segway Tour with Go Ape we have been itching to do another, so when I spotted a groupon offer for Dorset Segway Tours I just had to snap it up.
Dorset Segway’s operate at Upton Country Park in Poole and have a free rein to…

KARA GUPPY
Bournemouth

Are we nearly there yet? is a new online blog run by me, Kara Guppy, and is named as such thanks to my daughter Eliza who always asks that very question when we are less than 5 minutes up the road heading off on our adventures. You may know me from my other family blog chelseamamma.co.uk