Category Days Out

Open Farm Sunday 2015

Have you ever fancied spending the day on a farm? If you have, then keep your diary free next Sunday. Now in its ninth year, Open Farm Sunday has seen over 1000 farms all across the UK open their doors…

Moel Hebog #checkoutthatview

This is Moel Hebog in Wales and it’s the first mountain climbed by our seven year old son Louis. Translated from Welsh, the name means ‘Hill of the Hawk’ or Hill of the Falcon’ – Wikipedia gives me both so…

Penrith May Day Carnival 2015

When I saw that my friend Clare had taken her family to a carnival in Penrith in Cumbria, I was a bit surprised. I’ve always associated carnivals with summertime but actually it seems that the people of Penrith like to…

Bolton Abbey

A day of glorious sunshine. We don’t get many of those so decided to make the most of it and head over to Bolton Abbey near Skipton in *cough* Yorkshire *cough*. I’d never been to Bolton Abbey before and wasn’t…