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Portsmouth Comic Con'25
Each Spring I look forward to attending Portsmouth Comic Con at the Guildhall, and discovering the exciting additions and developments...

Mike Douglas
May 9, 20257 min read


Guildhall Games Fest'24
I was very excited to see a couple of social media posts recently about Guildhall Games Fest . Having been held around Febuary in...

Mike Douglas
Sep 17, 20246 min read


Wrestling at Wembley - All In 2024
What a show! A really enjoyable fun afternoon/ night of wrestling. And this year I had the pleasure of sharing this experience with a...

Mike Douglas
Aug 27, 20243 min read


Portsmouth Comic Con'24
What a weekend this was; from the amazing atmpsopare and experinces to the cosplay and panels. Each year this event becomes... more; and...

Mike Douglas
May 17, 20249 min read


Fitness and Fun at Gunwharf Quays
On Saturday I packed Henry's bag and pushchair into the car and we ventured to Gunwharf Quays for this year's Fitness Festival. Last year...

Mike Douglas
May 6, 20244 min read


Visiting the Wildlife Park
Last week we visited New Forest Wildlife Park, which is in the New Forest just past Southampton. This was the first time I’d been to the...

Mike Douglas
Apr 28, 20244 min read


Reusable Nappies
We are enjoying our reusable nappy journey, and it’s not just about the very cool designs. During pregnancy we looked at and talked about...

Mike Douglas
Nov 30, 20233 min read


Baby Birth Courses
Over the last month or so we have been working our way through NCT and Hypnobirthing courses. Interestingly (well I think so), for me...

Mike Douglas
Jun 27, 20236 min read


Portsmouth Comic Con 2023
This weekend saw the return of Comic Con to Portsmouth Guildhall. Portsmouth Comic Con continues to be one of the top events I look out...

Mike Douglas
Jun 6, 20239 min read


Fitness Festival
We visited the Fitness Festival at Gunwharf Quays today. It was great to see people getting involved and enjoying fitness. I do miss the...

Mike Douglas
Apr 29, 20233 min read


Craft & Crust Music Festival
Yesterday we visited the Craft & Crust Music Festival at Portsmouth Guildhall. What an afternoon! About a month ago I'd been looking on...

Mike Douglas
Apr 22, 20233 min read


Trying Apple Fitness+
Last year I completed my 500 mile challenge, eventually finishing on 684.4 miles (whoop). This year I’m still running once a week, but I...

Mike Douglas
Mar 21, 20234 min read


Portsmouth Games Festival
This weekend Portsmouth Guildhall hosted their annual Games Festival; celebrating retro, modern and board games. With a wide range of...

Mike Douglas
Feb 9, 20233 min read


New Kitchen & Food Prep
At the start of this year we had a leak discovered in the kitchen along with some pretty serious kitchen and floor issues. Which resulted...

Mike Douglas
Dec 20, 20224 min read


Making An AI Friend
Did you see those adverts for Replika seemingly all over instagram in August and September? This was the second time I'd seen a run of...

Mike Douglas
Nov 18, 20226 min read


Vero, after one week
It's been a week since I started using Vero. The new, old social media platform. Here's how it's gone so far. First a bit of history....

Mike Douglas
Sep 6, 20223 min read


Taking a Break To Puzzle
It really does feel like a heavy constant flow of work and tasks from late January to July with a number of mental health related events,...

Mike Douglas
Jun 2, 20224 min read


Ted Lasso - Panic
I believe we subscribed to Apple TV around October November 2019, when I updated my phone and got 3 months free. Since then I have been...

Mike Douglas
Sep 22, 20214 min read


LooseHeadz & Men's Mental Health
I recently found out about the LooseHeadz campaign, which aims to tackle the stigma around male mental health and mental health illness....

Mike Douglas
Dec 4, 20205 min read


First Dinner Out & Smart Darts
What a year it's been!? I have had moments when March felt like yesterday, and moments when March felt like 2 years ago. It's been...

Mike Douglas
Oct 28, 20204 min read
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