
Rudding Park Harrogate: Our Two-Night Yorkshire Escape
AD | PR collaboration with Rudding Park There are some places in Yorkshire that you know are special before you even arrive, and Rudding Park is definitely one of them. We were lucky enough to be invited by Rudding Park for a two-night PR stay, and although I have visited Rudding Park many times over the years – for dinner, spa days, press events, parties and weddings – I realised that I had never really experienced it properly as a guest. So, when the invitation came through to spend two...

Four Months of Reformed: My Honest Update + The Flavour I Didn’t Expect to Love
My Reformed discount code: CAROLINESMITH Get 10% off your first Reformed kit + £70 worth of accessories when you order through my link. 👉 TRY REFORMED WITH MY CODE Affiliate link — I may earn a small commission if you purchase through my link, at no extra cost to you. ⸻ Four months later… has Reformed actually made a difference? Back in June, I wrote about Reformed Coffee after just one week of trying it. And I deliberately called that post “My First Impressions” because, honestly, I think...

Things I’m Loving This Week — 9th September
So… I took a rather unexpected break from social media over the summer. I don’t really know why, if I’m completely honest. I think I just reached a point where I needed a bit of a breather from it all. I’ve been doing social media properly for probably seven or eight years now and, although I absolutely love it and have met some wonderful people and had some amazing opportunities because of it, sometimes it can start to feel like hard work. You know when something you enjoy slowly becomes...

The Edit: Things I’m Loving Lately
There are always those things that quietly creep into your life and before you know it, you’re wondering how you ever managed without them. A coat you keep reaching for. A coffee you’ve become slightly obsessed with. A deodorant that has somehow become a family affair. A fashion find that costs considerably less than you were expecting. And, of course, the occasional Yorkshire hotel that makes you want to cancel everything and simply stay there forever. So, rather than keeping all these...

Our Family Adventure in the Maldives (Yes… with three children!)
Ad – This trip was gifted in collaboration with Fushifaru Maldives and Meyyafushi Maldives. I suppose I’ve always thought of the Maldives as one of those once-in-a-lifetime destinations — honeymoons, anniversaries, maybe a vow renewal if you’re feeling fancy. But never, ever did I imagine it would be somewhere I’d take my children. And yet… here we are. I’m 42, live up in Yorkshire (originally from near London), and I have three children aged 13, 11 and 8. When I was invited to experience...
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