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Wendy Bunting

Wendy Bunting writes about family and everyday life in Swindon: schools, money, days out and the general absurdity of adulthood. Two children, one partner, and a water bottle budget that is frankly out of control.

Family Life

Coate Water splash park to close for winter, leaving Swindon parents with nothing left to point at

The borough's one truly free, truly tiring activity shuts its gates on Sunday, and half of Swindon's parents are already drawing up a rota for who gets custody of the paddling pool memories.

5 October 2026 · 1 min read

Family Life

Parish council approves £4,350 for toddler toilets after lengthy deliberation on where small bottoms should go

Central Swindon North Parish Council has signed off its share of the plumbing for a nursery loo, a sentence that took considerably less time to write than the meeting took to agree it.

3 October 2026 · 1 min read

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