We took a picnic by the river on day 7 of our #30DaysWild adventure. It was a bit of an impromptu dinner as the forecast hadn’t looked great, but I decided to throw caution to the wind (and the rain) and chucked our food into bags. The boys were delighted at the sudden change of …
For day six of our #30DaysWild we visited SEA LIFE Blackpool to learn about some of the underwater creatures we share our world with. We have been to other SEA LIFE centres at Manchester and Weymouth so I was interested to see if Blackpool was as good. We arrived and the children were given stamp …
There have been some incidents in our local area recently where children have come into contact with Giant Hogweed. Some have suffered burns as a result. A park nearby has Giant Hogweed growing along the riverbank, so people who aren’t aware of the dangers of the plant have had their skin come into contact with …
For day 4 of our #30DaysWild challenge Louis wrote a poem about his favourite creature: the bat. We have spent a lot of time as a family looking at and talking about bats. We even sponsor one in Louis’ name through the Bat Conservation Trust. We have visited all manner of sites with our bat …
The boys are very interested in life and death, with how things work and how things come to be. The imminent arrival of their baby brother has probably heightened their interest too, so I thought we could take a look at life cycles. I thought it best to start with something small. We opted for …
Day two of our #30DaysWild is all about building a shelter or den in the woods! We went over to Tatton Park in Cheshire to attend the Geronimo Festival that was held there. We had an amazing time and the boys were exhausted when we left. The highlight of their day though was heading into the …
Today is the first of June and therefore the first day of our #30DaysWild adventure, and we started with Nature Bingo. I saw a tweet about #30DaysWild a few weeks ago and signed up for the free pack they were offering to participants to help them get out into the wild and appreciate the natural …
One day after school last week, the boys came home to find a box from Kinetic Sand Build on the kitchen table. To their great delight, we had been sent Kinetic Sand Build Crash ’em Cars and they couldn’t wait to get stuck in! After just a few minutes reading the instructions we were all confident …
This weekend the Imperial War Museum North is hosting a marvellous weekend of fashion tips and tutorials with a difference. Fashion on the Ration is a collection of the wonderful ways men and women stayed stylish and on trend with the few resources they had access to during wartime. Beetroot juice lip stain, anyone? IWM …
Our latest restaurant review was somewhere I love going – Nando’s. The boys have been to our local branch but never to the branch at intu Trafford Centre, which is where we were sent to review. Ordering your food at Nando’s is a bit different in that you are seated, you peruse the menu and then …