Hello — I’m Linda Garrould, and this is the small family blog I write from my desk in Norwich.
Saturday and Sunday exists for the three things I plan most weekends around: family days out worth doing, gardening jobs worth knowing, and recipes worth keeping. If a guide, review or recipe lives on this site, it’s because someone in our house found it useful first.
Our mission
To help busy families spend their weekends well, without trawling the internet for hours. Every post here is written for the way our own family actually plans a Saturday: quick to read, honest about the effort and the cost, and useful whether you’re heading out, staying in, or pottering in the garden.
Who I am
I’m a Norwich-based writer with a background in software and IT management. I’ve been writing this blog since 2012, alongside my husband John and an extended family roster of opinions on which cafés serve decent cake. Most posts begin somewhere we’ve actually been, something we’ve actually cooked, or a job that needs doing in our own garden this weekend.
What you’ll find here
- Family days out. Heritage sites, gardens, walks and weekend events across the UK, with honest notes on parking, timing and what’s worth the entry fee.
- Gardening. Month-by-month jobs, plant care and quietly useful kit for a family-sized plot — from a real garden in Norfolk.
- Recipes. Straightforward home cooking from our kitchen, including a steady stream of family-tested baking.
From the family archive
Two corners of the early blog, written when the children were small, have earned a permanent home here. In 2019 we grew runner beans — measuring height and yield against KS1 and KS2 learning objectives, with technology drafted in to record the results: Runner Bean Growth Stats 2019. And William, who loves Lego and owns more than fifty sets, wrote up his own verdicts in William’s Lego reviews. Both stay online exactly as they were written.
A note on links and ads
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