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Each spring, a bit of unexpected sunlight penetrates my perception, initiating a sudden self-awareness of having been intangibly grumpy. I am emerging from hibernation. It’s time to book a festival! Jennifer Bishop reckons that taking your children to a festival can have manifold benefits.

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Any national week with the aim of ‘Making the Nation Happier’ gets my vote! Running from 22nd - 28th July, National Photo Week urges you to Find 5, Share 5 and Take 5.

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At last – the sun has arrived! This time of year it’s so fun to be outside, making the most of the long days and coming home grubby and tired in that happy, summer kind of way. One day out that has been entertaining kids for centuries is a rock pooling adventure. Given that we live on an island, there are plenty of places to discover marine wildlife.

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The word ‘staycation’ crept into our lexicon some time in the late noughties when people began to feel the pinch of the recession. Suddenly, jetting off to foreign climes wasn’t the cheap and cheerful option, and folks began to look closer to home for their summer jollies.

Ah, alfresco dining. Summer is truly here when we find ourselves munching outside to the sound of crickets and the feel of warm sun on our skin. Even given the vagaries of the British weather, there are always a few special meals outside that stand out in our memories of a particular summer.

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