Bolton Food and Drink festival is back next weekend and is bigger than ever before. They have a whole programme of family events this year – something they haven’t done previously. What’s On Gaming stations, a pirate school, and magic shows are all on the menu for Bolton Food and Drink Festival. The event, organised …
Cocktails at Corn Exchange, Manchester
Last week my sister and I were invited to tour the restaurants inside Corn Exchange in Manchester. We have been there before as a family when we reviewed Cabana, and I kept meaning to return and try other restaurants. I hadn’t really ever considered the option of meeting at Corn Exchange just for drinks, but …
The Art of Keeping Things Lively In Your Restaurant
We have done many restaurant reviews as a family and have found that some restaurants are thoroughly welcoming, with interesting menus and a lively atmosphere, where others are a little… flat. Here are a few ideas for restaurant owners who are looking to keep it lively… It does not matter how fantastic the food and …
Bolton Food and Drink Festival 2017
After success in previous years, the Bolton Food and Drink Festival was back for 2017 and was better than ever! The festival takes place each year within several venues close to the town centre and has so much on offer. With a seemingly never ending food and drink market there was so much choice when …
Slattery’s Afternoon Tea with Ainsley Harriott at Bolton Food and Drink Festival
We spent some time down at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival last weekend, and you may have seen some of my social media coverage about it on Saturday and Sunday. I ambled around the stalls and took a peek at the magnificent setting for The Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, but I needed to be …
Half Term activities at intu Trafford Centre
If you’re looking for something a little bit different to do with the kids this half term why not head down to intu Trafford Centre, Manchester. intu have a dedicated team of children, known as ‘Heads of Fun’ who have chosen to have fun and free cooking workshops throughout the week. Different activities such as crepe …
The Good Life Experience: Highlights
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 …
Foraging for Elderflower
Foraging is something I really want to learn more about. I have very limited knowledge of foraging and if ever there was a subject on which solid knowledge was important, this is it. One misguided decision to eat something in the wild could have dire consequences. One thing I do know how to identify though is …
Things we’re growing
I’ve never had very green fingers. In fact, most everything I try to grow just dies a sudden death. My husband, however, is better and so he and the boys have a few things growing in the back yard. On day 9 of #30DaysWild we are looking at how our plants are doing. We don’t …
Riverside Picnic
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 …