Thursday, September 25, 2014

What's on in East Herts - 25/9/14

Every week we bring you an update on local events and what to do with the kids in Hertford, Ware and Hoddesdon.

If you’d like to submit an event or activity for inclusion, email editorial@parentingdaily.co.uk…

 And now, without further ado...

 Friday, September 26th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, September 26th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Friday, September 26th, 7.30-11pm: The Musclehelp Foundation 4th Big Charity Quiz, Wodson Park
www.musclehelp.com/event/charity-quiz-night

Saturday, September 27th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Saturday, September 27th, 10am: Planes 2, Hertford Theatre
www.hertfordtheatre.com

Saturday September 27th, 12-4pm: Tea In the Museum Garden, Hertford Museum
http://www.hertfordmuseum.org

Sunday September 28th, 11am-3pm: Autumn Wedding Expo, Hertford Castle
www.hertford.gov.uk

Tuesday, September 30thh, 11am: Parent & Baby Screening – A Promise, Hertford Theatre
www.hertfordtheatre.com

Wednesday, October 1st: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 2nd, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Thursday, October 2nd-8th: Hertford Children's Book Festival 2014
http://www.hertfordchildrensbookfestival.co.uk/

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Friday October 3rd-8th: Hertford Children’s Book Festival 2014
http://www.hertfordchildrensbookfestival.co.uk/

Friday, October 3rd, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 3rd, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, October 4th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Wednesday, October 8th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 9th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

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Friday October 10th-12th: Hertford Food & Drink Festival

Friday October 10th, 10.30am-12pm: Hertford Country Market, Hertford Museum
http://www.hertfordmuseum.org

Friday, October 10th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 10th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Friday October 10th: Food Glorious Food Afternoon Tea Walk, Hertford Town Centre
www.gohertford.co.uk

Saturday, October 11th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday October 12th, 12-3pm: Autumn Open Day, Hertford Castle
www.hertford.gov.uk

Sunday October 12th, 2.30pm: One Direction Where We Are – The Concert Film, Broxbourne Civic Hall
www.broxbourne.gov.uk

Wednesday, October 15th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 16th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

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Friday, October 17th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 17th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, October 18th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Saturday October 18th, 10am-5pm: Ware’s Got Talent Auditions, Tower School, Ware
www.lovewareliveware.org

Sunday October 19th, 10am-5pm: Ware’s Got Talent Auditions, Tower School, Ware
www.lovewareliveware.org

Wednesday, October 22nd: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 23rd, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Thursday, October 23rd, 7pm: Shakespeare For Schools, Broxbourne Civic Hall
www.broxbourne.gov.uk

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Friday, October 24th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 24th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, October 25th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday, October 26th: Tiny Toes Show - Baby & Toddler Exhibition, Orsett Hall, Essex
http://tinytoesshow.co.uk

Sunday, October 26th, 5pm-6.30pm: Children’s Haunted Hertford Ghost Walk
www.hertford.gov.uk

Monday, October 27th, 9.30-4.30: Super Hero Fun Day, High Wych Primary School, Sawbridgeworth
www.jollypods.co.uk

Wednesday, October 29th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 30th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Thursday, October 30th, 7.30-9pm: Halloween Haunted Hertford Ghost Walk
www.hertford.gov.uk

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Friday October 31st, 7-10.30pm: Halloween Haunted Hertford Ghost Walk
www.hertford.gov.uk

Friday, October 31st, 7.30pm: Live Professional Wrestling, Broxbourne Civic Hall
www.broxbourne.gov.uk

Friday October 31st, 7pm: Ware’s Got Talent Finalists’ Public Show, Chauncy School
www.lovewareliveware.org

Friday, October 31st, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 31st, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, November 1st, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Wednesday, November 5th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday November 6th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

If you’d like to submit an event or activity for inclusion, email editorial@parentingdaily.co.uk.
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Monday, September 22, 2014

Commuting and parenting - Can the train take the strain?


Last week I went back to being a daily commuter for work - an hour on train & tube in the morning and again in the evening.

I wasn’t really sure what to expect to be honest. I’d been lucky enough for the last nine years to have lived within a 10 minute walk (at one point 30 seconds walk) of my place of employment.

The only commuting I had to do was to the firm’s London office once a week, and usually out of the peak hours.

Living the dream.

Except you don’t really appreciate that at the time though, do you? Everything’s relative, you see, so getting grumpy about having to get out of bed at 6am to catch a train just turns into getting grumpy about having to get up at 8am to walk down the road. Sometimes 8.30am.

So it was with some trepidation that, at the age of 37, I willingly returned to the daily grind.

Firstly, and let’s be clear, it was for a fantastic opportunity, so ‘doing it’ was never in question. And I know that commuting is a daily necessity for a great many people from all walks of life.

But I think what I was most concerned about was how the commute would impact family life. We have a 10 month-old son and my wife and I had established a most excellent work/life balance based around our work hours, work locations (she commutes into London) and childcare.

I wasn’t concerned at all about having to get up early. Really, I wasn’t. Much.

The reality has been something of a mixed bag. The commute itself is not nearly as taxing as I expected (though in the two weeks I’ve been doing it train & tube has been working ok - I’m waiting for the day it all grinds to a halt because of the leaves/snow/monkeys on the line).

Even the early rise isn’t problem as, well, junior has kind of meant early rises for the last 10 months anyway.

The logistics of childcare have had to change a little, but the biggest impact has been the time we get to spend to ether as ‘a family’ in the evening. I particularly miss the time I had with The Boy on my own in the early evening before Mrs East Herts Parent got home from work.

I’ve tried to get round this by putting the commute to good use - carrying a laptop to and from work means I can get stuff done on the way home (I’m on the 6.11pm from Finsbury Park as a write), which means I spend less time of an evening firing off emails and more time with junior.

It also means I’ve been able to get re-acquainted with some box set action on the train that had fallen by the wayside for a year or so.

All of which means commuting as a parent is kind of OK. I mean, we’d all rather not be doing it, but it pays the milk, right?

And you know what? For those mornings/evening after a night when baby doesn’t sleep through, it provides a nice little window (quite literally) to catch some Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

What's On 18/9



Every week we’ll bring you an update on local events and what to do with the kids in Hertford, Ware and Hoddesdon.

If you’d like to submit an event or activity for inclusion, email editorial@parentingdaily.co.uk…


Friday, September 19th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, September 19th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
http://www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, September 20th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Saturday, September 20th, 2pm: Andy & Mike’s Tick Tock Time Machine, Hertford Theatre
www.hertfordtheatre.com

Sunday, September 21st, 11am-1pm: Hidden Hertford Walk, Hertford Museum
http://www.hertfordmuseum.org

Monday, September 22nd, 7.15-8.15pm: Michele’s Dance Club, Jackson Hall, Hoddesdon
Michele_Maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Tuesday, September 23rd, 11am: Parent & Baby Screening – Boyhood, Hertford Theatre
www.hertfordtheatre.com

Wednesday, September 24th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday September, 25th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries


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Friday, September 26th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, September 26th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Friday, September 26th, 7.30-11pm: The Musclehelp Foundation 4th Big Charity Quiz, Wodson Park
www.musclehelp.com/event/charity-quiz-night

Saturday, September 27th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Saturday, September 27th, 10am: Planes 2, Hertford Theatre
www.hertfordtheatre.com

Saturday September 27th, 12-4pm: Tea In the Museum Garden, Hertford Museum
http://www.hertfordmuseum.org

Sunday September 28th, 11am-3pm: Autumn Wedding Expo, Hertford Castle
www.hertford.gov.uk

Tuesday, September 30thh, 11am: Parent & Baby Screening – A Promise, Hertford Theatre
www.hertfordtheatre.com

Wednesday, October 1st: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 2nd, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Thursday, October 2nd-8th: Hertford Children's Book Festival 2014
http://www.hertfordchildrensbookfestival.co.uk/

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Friday October 3rd-8th: Hertford Children’s Book Festival 2014
http://www.hertfordchildrensbookfestival.co.uk/

Friday, October 3rd, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 3rd, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, October 4th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Wednesday, October 8th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 9th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries




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Friday October 10th-12th: Hertford Food & Drink Festival

Friday October 10th, 10.30am-12pm: Hertford Country Market, Hertford Museum
http://www.hertfordmuseum.org

Friday, October 10th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 10th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Friday October 10th: Food Glorious Food Afternoon Tea Walk, Hertford Town Centre
www.gohertford.co.uk

Saturday, October 11th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday October 12th, 12-3pm: Autumn Open Day, Hertford Castle
www.hertford.gov.uk

Sunday October 12th, 2.30pm: One Direction Where We Are – The Concert Film, Broxbourne Civic Hall
www.broxbourne.gov.uk

Wednesday, October 15th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 16th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries



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Friday, October 17th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 17th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, October 18th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Saturday October 18th, 10am-5pm: Ware’s Got Talent Auditions, Tower School, Ware
www.lovewareliveware.org

Sunday October 19th, 10am-5pm: Ware’s Got Talent Auditions, Tower School, Ware
www.lovewareliveware.org

Wednesday, October 22nd: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 23rd, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Thursday, October 23rd, 7pm: Shakespeare For Schools, Broxbourne Civic Hall
www.broxbourne.gov.uk

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Friday, October 24th, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 24th, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, October 25th, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Sunday, October 26th: Tiny Toes Show - Baby & Toddler Exhibition, Orsett Hall, Essex
http://tinytoesshow.co.uk

Sunday, October 26th, 5pm-6.30pm: Children’s Haunted Hertford Ghost Walk
www.hertford.gov.uk

Monday, October 27th, 9.30-4.30: Super Hero Fun Day, High Wych Primary School, Sawbridgeworth
www.jollypods.co.uk

Wednesday, October 29th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday October 30th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Thursday, October 30th, 7.30-9pm: Halloween Haunted Hertford Ghost Walk
www.hertford.gov.uk

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Friday October 31st, 7-10.30pm: Halloween Haunted Hertford Ghost Walk
www.hertford.gov.uk

Friday, October 31st, 7.30pm: Live Professional Wrestling, Broxbourne Civic Hall
www.broxbourne.gov.uk

Friday October 31st, 7pm: Ware’s Got Talent Finalists’ Public Show, Chauncy School
www.lovewareliveware.org

Friday, October 31st, 2.15-2.45pm: Toddler Tales, Ware Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries

Friday, October 31st, 5pm: Kids Martial Arts, Hertford Combat Academy
www.hertfordcombatacademy.co.uk

Saturday, November 1st, 10am-12pm: Children’s Dance Class, Great Amwell Scouts Hall, Ware
Michele_maguire@hotmail.co.uk

Wednesday, November 5th: Yoga With Abi, Hornsmill Community Centre, Hertford
Follow @yogawithabi on Twitter for more details

Thursday November 6th, 10.30-11am: Toddler Tales, Hertford Library
www.hertsdirect.org/libraries




If you’d like to submit an event or activity for inclusion, email editorial@parentingdaily.co.uk.



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