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Improving our shed security with Burg-Wächter

August 2, 2021 by Catherine Leave a Comment

This is a collaborative post in partnership with Burg-Wächter Do you have a shed in your garden?  If the answer to that question is yes, how confident are you about your shed security? With over 22,000 reported garden and shed burglaries in the UK every year, it’s definitely a good idea to make sure your shed and it’s contents are as secure as possible. We store all of our bikes in our shed, and unfortunately we’ve had to deal with ...

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Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Bike, home security, Reviews, Security, Shed, Shed security

A Beginner’s Guide to Mountain Biking with Halfords

May 23, 2018 by Catherine Leave a Comment

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Are you making the most of the lovely spring weather and getting active outdoors? So far this month we’ve managed some family games in the garden, a few weed-clearing sessions down at the allotment, and lots of seed planting - things are still a bit behind after all that cold weather, so we’ve got some catching up to do! One of the other family activities that we all really love to do together is bike rides.  Getting everyone into the saddle ...

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Filed Under: Exploring Nature Tagged With: Activity, Bike, Children, Family, Halfords, Mountain Biking, Nature, Outdoors

First bike memories & bikes through the decades with Halfords

January 25, 2017 by Catherine 2 Comments

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Do you remember your first bike?  It’s such a classic gift to receive as a child, isn’t it - and whether your parents painstakingly wrapped it, led you outside with your eyes closed to find it, or just hid it under a blanket, nothing quite compares to the excitement of that first ‘big’ present. Halfords asked me to join in with their Bikes through the decades feature and share my own first bike memories.  I was a mid-70’s baby (showing my age ...

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