Travel, Days Out & Events Archives

A Day At Dudley Zoo

10th August 2019

Recently I took the kids to Dudley Zoo, a fair-sized Zoological Garden located in Dudley, West Midlands. A 15-minute drive from either junction 10 or junction 9 of the M6 (depending on which direction you were arriving from). Our Visit to Dudley Zoo The Grounds Entry to the Zoo is very fair, we ...

Trentham Monkey Forest, Stoke On Trent: Review

14th June 2019

Shortly before the recent Half Term, I came across a post on Facebook from Trentham Monkey Forest, announcing the arrival of a new baby Barbary Macaque. Later in the day, after a bit more investigation I discovered there were in fact 3 new babies born, the first babies born at the Monkey Forest ...

Newport Carnival – June 2019

8th June 2019

I’m very fond of the little town I live in, we’ve lived here for 18 months now but I can’t see myself leaving here ever. Everywhere I turn there is amazing community spirit, the people are amazingly friendly and the events happening during the year here, are something not to ...

10 Reasons We To Choose To Holiday In The UK

1st June 2019

You will no doubt have seen on my blog that we do enjoy taking holidays, but we don’t leave the UK (with exception to a day 5 holiday in Tenerife 4 years ago). But every other holiday has been in the UK. Everyone has different reasons to go on holiday, regardless if you are staying in the ...

The World Of Beatrix Potter, Bowness-On-Windermere : Review

29th May 2019

On day 6 of our Lake District Holiday the weather was forecast to take a turn for the worst so we opted to stay a little closer to our caravan for the day and look at attractions which were mostly indoors. One attraction Leah was desperate to visit during our holiday was The World Of Beatrix ...

Lakes Aquarium, Newby Bridge, Cumbria : Review

27th May 2019

On the final day of our holiday in the Lake District, we headed over to Lakes Aquarium at the southern point of Lake Windermere. A perfect way to spend a couple of hours if the weather is a little bit bleak and you need to enjoy an attraction indoors. Location Located at the southern point of ...

Windermere Lake Cruises: Review

24th May 2019

Whether you are holidaying in the Lake District or just on a day trip you want to plan your time so that you can take a cruise with Windermere Lake Cruises. With cruises departing from Lakeside, Bowness-On-Windermere and Ambleside throughout the day and cruises lasting 45 minutes to 3 hours, ...

Try Archery with Archery GB Big Weekend Event

10th May 2019

If you have followed my blog or social media for a while you may have seen from time to time that we are rather into our Archery. Lewis being the absolute exception as he just loves his bow and is regularly seen up at the Archery field enjoying a good shoot. He enjoys talking to his friends ...

10 Reasons Why You SHOULD Go To BlogOn – May 2019

7th May 2019

At the weekend I attended my second BlogOn conference since returning to blogging back in August 2018. The last conference I attended was back in September 2018 and was held at Hotel Football in Manchester, the same place for this years conference. Why should you attend Blog On? If you are a ...

Nu Spa in Manchester City Centre : Review

7th April 2019

Recently Tina (over at Mothergeek.co.uk) was invited to try out the spa and relaxation facilities at Nu Spa Manchester, I was fortunate enough to be invited along as a +1 so I wasn’t going to turn down the opportunity. If you are a regular reader of either my blog, or Tina’s you ...