This coming weekend is a great time for all rally enthusiasts to visit Powys and North East Wales as the Wales Rally GB is here again 12 to 15 November.

The National Library of Wales was in the news this week for making an image of a map available to the public online.

So the summer holidays are upon us and I am sure that there are many of us for whom the big question looms – what are we going to do to keep the young ones occupied for six weeks??

North Wales has always been one of my favourite places to take my family on holiday. Some people may wonder why I holiday in Wales when I live in Mid-Wales, but when you’ve got perfection on your doorstep, why go anywhere else?!

It was in the news yesterday that Wales now has 41 Blue Flag beaches. This is an increase of seven beaches that have obtained international status as beaches with high water quality.

Back in August I wrote about my top five (ish) castles and high up on my list were Dolforwyn and Montgomery Castles.

This morning, out of the blue (or so it seemed to me not being able to read the mind of an inquisitive 4 year old), my daughter said plaintively “Mummy, I’ve never been to a maze.

I am quite looking forward to Mother’s Day this year.

As has already been established in some of my other posts, I am not always the most organised of people when it comes to holidays.

In a few weeks it will be February Half Term, even though it only seems like yesterday that the house was filled with chocolate coins and homes still need to be found in the house for all the gratefully received presents.