Starting my week with the Weekly Edit is a ritual I’ve kept for years. It’s my favourite Monday morning anchor—a chance to slow down, celebrate the ‘small wins,’ and gather the smiles from the week behind us. Part reflection and part record-keeping, it’s my way of documenting our family’s adventures before the next chapter begins. I seem to have skipped a week so here’s what we’ve been up to for the past fortnight.

The Weekly Edit {Week 20/2026}

We had a lovely Bank Holiday so took the opportunity to re-visit Langley Park in Buckinghamshire to see the colourful rhododendrons. They were just starting to flower in all shades of yellow, red, pink and orange and were really pretty.

I’m a huge fan of the podcast Uncanny so decided to book tickets for Uncanny: Fear of the Dark with Danny Robins in London. We treated ourselves to dinner at the German Gymnasium in Kings Cross first. The show was really good, featuring new stories and the audience were able to contribute their spooky stories too.

My teens have been so busy, my daughter were more athletics competitions, day trip to Lords Cricket Ground and the museum at Silverstone, as well as Scout camp. My older teen has enjoyed his last day of Year 11 and getting through his numerous GCSE exams.

We’ve been re-arranging the downstairs of our house for a good few weeks now. We’ve shifted all of the furniture around and started stripping the wallpaper and dado rail. We’ve chosen the paint for the walls and ordered new radiators too.

I read The Lost Chateau by Dinah Jefferies which I really enjoyed. I’ve definitely felt on a bit of a reading roll lately, I’ve read 8 of the 24 books I challenged myself to read in 2026.