Every parent wants to see their child do well at school, right? Every parents wants their child to fulfil their educational potential in order to set themselves up for whatever it is that comes after, right? Yes, this is right, but what is wrong is parents wanting this but doing nothing about it. What is […]
Month: February 2018
Quality Daddy Daughter Time
There’s nothing better than quality daddy daughter time. As your little daughters grow, the time you’ll be able to spend with them will gradually decrease. Before you know it they’ll be going through the troublesome teenage phase where dads are seen as the most uncool people on the planet, despite you maybe thinking you’re captain […]
Working In An Office Is No Excuse To Get Unfit
With more and more workforce stuck in offices, it could seem like a good idea to consider the health risks related to a desk position. While you may encounter a lot less work-related injuries – and that even includes pointy scissors and strong staplers – it doesn’t mean that working in an office is safe. […]
Quick Carrot & Coriander Soup
I’d like to say this is a firm family favourite that we all love – but that would be lying. Carrot and coriander soup is one of MY favourite soups and judging by today protestations from the family it seems there’s only Grace and I that actually like it. But, you know what, I don’t […]
Croque Monsieur – The Yorkshire Edition
Let’s put one thing to bed right at the outset of this post – croque monsieur (which is of course French) is basically a cheese and ham toastie. There, I said it. However, it’s more than just a cheese and ham toastie – it is heaven in toasted bread form! Here’s my take on this […]
How Not To Cook With Your Kids
Anyone who follows me on Instagram can’t fail to notice that I post quite a few photos of food that I cook. I do so unashamedly because part of the reason I do it is because I am proud of myself and blowing your own trumpet now and again is a good thing. Celebrate your […]
Am I Still A YouTuber?
You may or may not know that I also have a YouTube channel. To be honest The Yorkshire Dad channel came before the blog, even though I’ve blogged for quite some time I never really focused on the written word. I then changed my Instagram name to match and my on-line persona grew. I was […]
Running Diary 2018 – Week 5
Distance this week: 10.9km Number of runs this week: 2 Distance to goal: 1949.2km I started this week with a dogged determination that I would run and get rid of the knee injury. I was sure it was just an injury and maybe running it off was the way to beat it. So, with my knew […]
Love Charity Shops, Kids
When I was a lad money was tight for my parents, it’s only once I became an adult and parent myself that I realised just how big a struggle they had. My mum invariably bought clothes from charity shops and it never bothered me until one Saturday a rather unpleasant lad from school saw me […]
My Med Cruise French Onion Soup
Back in 1999 I took Helen on a cruise around the Mediterranean. I was 19 and Helen was 17, hardly a holiday of choice for a couple of teenagers. You see I won the holiday with my season ticket at Huddersfield Town at the last game of the season. It did involve me going onto […]