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#MySundaySnapshot – Beach Bound 05/52 (2025)

by RachelSwirl February 2, 2025

Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series you are welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines on this linky if you’d like to participate. Fresh starts are on the horizon, the storms seem to have died down and we have been graced with gorgeous weather this weekend. With the winter sun shining bright, we took a Saturday stroll along the shoreline and enjoyed the fresh air whilst the weather was on our side. “Found a little patch of heaven now So then I’m gonna turn oysters in the sand ‘Cause I’m working my way back …

#MySundaySnapshot – Changing Direction 22/52 (2024)

by RachelSwirl June 2, 2024

Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, which is part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series that you are very welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines upon this linky should you wish to take part. “They stole a few elections Still we the people won We voted out corruption and Big corporations We voted for an end to war New direction We ain’t gonna stop now Until our job is done” Ani Difranco – Which Side Are You On? Thanks for reading my #MySundaySnapshot post, I look forward to catching up and sharing your #MySundaySnapshot pictures either through your own posts, social media shares or comments upon this …

#MySundaySnapshot – Beach Bound 21/52 (2024)

by RachelSwirl May 26, 2024

Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, which is part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series that you are very welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines upon this linky should you wish to take part. We spent last weekend in Blackpool celebrating our fabulous fifteen-year-old’s birthday. After a sunny but successful drive down the M6 in our recently repaired Zafira we spent a couple of hours sliding and swimming at the Sandcastle waterpark. We then showered and dried ourselves off before heading down the prom for a slap-up family meal at Mr Basrais World Cuisine. Given that we were then faced with an ‘all you …

#MFFMM – My Five Favourite Monthly Moments from April 2024

by RachelSwirl April 30, 2024

Welcome to my brand new linky – My Five Favourite Monthly Moments aka #MFFMM. This series will go live on the last day of each month and will celebrate five favourite moments from the month gone by. You are most welcome to participate either by submitting comments on these posts or by creating your own posts (on a blog, social media platform, or website) and then adding your link below. So without further ado, here are My Five Favourite Monthly Moments (#MFFMM) from April 2024: Birthday Celebrations Paul turned the grand age of forty-one earlier this month. We celebrated with …

#MySundaySnapshot – Sandy Shores 27/53 (2023)

by RachelSwirl July 2, 2023

Welcome to this week’s #MySundaySnapshot post, which is part of a snap-sharing-blog-linky series that you are very welcome to join. Click here for further information and guidelines upon this linky should you wish to take part. With the summer holidays fast approaching, we suddenly seem to be squeezing endless amounts of activities into a very tight schedule. Bring on mid-July when we reach that final day and we can finally stop living by lists each and every day. We are super lucky to live right by the shore, especially during times like these when the pressure seems to be rising by the minute. At least …