Survival Competition
WIN
a Holts Car Care Kit worth over £100!
Spring is here! Get your hands on a Holts Car Care Kit including all the car care products you need to spring clean your car. There are 5 kits to be won!
Holts is a global manufacturer of car care products and is well known across the world for its market leading products under the Holts, Simoniz, Redex, Tyreweld and Prestone brands – the quality products can be found in supermarkets, car care outlets and motorist stores. The original founder, Douglas Holt, started the business in 1919 with products designed to help vehicles run better and last longer; and this ethos remains valid today.
Entering the competition couldn’t be easier – all you need to do is answer this simple question:
In which year will Holts celebrate its 100th birthday? a) 2020
b) 2019 c) 2015 Simply e-mail your answer along with your
name, address, postcode and telephone number to:
holtscomp@lincolnbrody.co.uk
by 30th April 2013 and mark your entry ‘Holts Competition’.
No purchase necessary. The winners will be the first 5 names drawn at random. The winners will be notified no later than 31st May 2013. The judges’ decision will be final and the competition is not open to employees of LincolnBrody, Holt Lloyd International or their agents. By entering into the competition you agree to receive future marketing and promotional information from Holt Lloyd International Ltd. If you do not wish to receive future information please indicate this on your entry e-mail. Please refer to the full terms and conditions at
www.lincolnbrody.co.uk/holtscompetition
For further product information visit:
www.holtsauto.com
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Contents 6 & 9 SURVIVAL NEWS
10 SCIENCE-SATIONAL! Let’s make science fun for your budding geeks! Try these great activities together and see what happens!
14 ASTRO ADVENTURE Mum’s reader Sarah and her family’s brilliant stargazing weekend with the Field Studies Council
17 HOLIDAYS AT HOME With many of us choosing to stay at home for the holidays this year, travel expert Bob Atkinson highlights a selection of great domestic destinations for us
21 GO WEST
Stunning beaches and beautiful locations in the South West
24 SPRING CLEAN SPECIAL Love it or hate it, now is the time to get our homes spic and span for the warmer weather – here are some great tips to ease you through it
29 DETOX YOUR LIFE THIS SPRING
Natural products expert, Rebecca Goodyear, on why now is the right time to spruce up our own environment
34 CAR-TASTROPHE! Kit Perkins tells us about her second home and mobile diner on four wheels
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38 HIGH-TECH HIDE AND SEEK Treasure hunting with technology – an introduction to Geocaching
40 SUMMER CAMPS Christopher Green from the Campaign for Summer Camps explains some of the wonderful experiences your children can have at a residential summer camp
45 SPRING CLEANING YOUR FINANCES
It’s not just your home that would benefit from a tidy up – now is a good time to have a look at your household finances
47 KEEPING THEM SAFE Advice to keep them safe indoors, outdoors and online
53 THE HARCOMBE DIET This one could be the real deal – lose weight and keep it off….for good!
57 BEDWETTING SOLUTIONS Alicia Eaton, our health and wellbeing editor, offers some ground breaking solutions to bedwetting
58 SPRINGTIME INVESTIGATIONS Fantastic nature-based activities for the whole family
62 A GREAT DAY OUT FOR YOU If we were to organise a show, this would be it. Find out all about Mums Show Live here!
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