I posted last week about The Good Life Experience in Hawarden, Wales. We had a great weekend there as a family and would highly recommend it to friends. To read about everything that was on offer over the weekend, nip over to my previous blog post. It would’ve been too much to include our highlights within …
Last weekend we took the motorhome over to Wales for a festival with a difference. While there was music, there was also a whole heap of other forms of entertainment on offer too. We learned about campfire cooking, watched how to make a wooden bow and heard all about iron forgery… so where were we? …
Cirque du Soleil is something I’ve heard people rave about many times, but I’ve never had the opportunity to watch one of their performances myself before. Earlier this month though we went along in great anticipation to see Amaluna as it arrived in Manchester. The story of Amaluna Miranda, Amaluna’s main character, meets and falls in love …
It’s been a fairly quiet summer for us this year as we waited for baby Eric to arrive, but we wanted to make sure the boys had a few fun days out at least. We took a bunch of kids over to The Blackpool Tower in early August, which they really enjoyed, and on a canalside walk in …
This week, Rowan turned six. We had a special breakfast table setting, gifts and balloons, toy and clothes shopping and lots of fun. I’ve thrown parties for Rowan for the last 2 years and discovered that having too big a celebration is something he finds somewhat overwhelming, so this year we took a different approach. …
We were invited to spend the night at Novotel in Liverpool city centre last week, so we planned a couple of activities around it and enjoyed a quick family city break. We checked the Novotel website and found that we could check in from 2pm. We arrived at around 2.15pm but unfortunately the room wasn’t quite ready. The …
The Sun is shining, thermometers are rising, and the kids are out of school. With everyone busy planning to make the most of their summer holidays, expect to see busy airports and endless traffic. If you’re looking for a nice day out with the family, there are endless opportunities right at the doorstep with no …
After our family bereavement on day ten, I’m sad to say that our #30DaysWild enthusiasm waned somewhat. I’ve tried to catch up but the longer it takes, the more pressure I feel I’m putting myself under. I don’t want to just abandon the whole thing though so I’m going to put the remaining 15 days …
Day 15: Looking at the Peregrine Falcon On day 15 of #30DaysWild I was looking for some inspiration. Luckily, the #30DaysWild campaign has a handy little app which came up trumps by suggesting I watch a wild webcam. I found a brilliant one atop Derby Cathedral watching Peregrine Falcons, and spend a considerable amount of …
Louis is eight, and since he was four he has loved bats and everything to do with them. For his fifth birthday Louis asked for a bat detector. We had been on a local guided bat walk and he was hooked. We searched the internet for a bat detector suitable for a four year old …