Sunday is the day to visit Thompson Park in Burnley if you want to spend a couple of hours having some real quality family time together. Although we visited on a Sunday in August and it was quite busy, it wasn’t so crowded that we couldn’t access the facilities. I’d seen a page on Facebook …
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 …
In May we spent just short of two weeks camping at the Haven Lakeland. We love camping but we hadn’t done more than a long weekend for a couple of years, so I did wonder if the boys would get a bit restless and fed up. I needn’t have worried though – I don’t think …
Last week we started getting into the Halloween spirit and took a trip to Blackpool Tower Dungeon. The Blackpool Tower Dungeon brings together an amazing cast of theatrical actors, special effects, stages, scenes and a ride in a truly unique and exciting walk through experience that you see, hear, touch, smell and feel. It’s hilarious …
We have been to Clitheroe many times. We’ve visited for the day and we’ve camped nearby. We love its market, the eateries and the milkshake shop, but we hadn’t ever been to Clitheroe Castle until last week. We arrived around 20 minutes before the museum opened so before we went in we explored the keep. …
At the beginning of the year we decided to assess our household outgoings. We had been paying our National Trust membership for around three years, and neither of us could remember the last time we used it. While we think it’s a great charity to support, our location isn’t the best for quick trips to …
There aren’t many days left of the Easter break for the boys now and they’ll be back to school on Monday. So when Table Table invited us to come along to their John Milne restaurant in Milnrow, I thought it would be a lovely treat for me to take the boys for a meal before …
This week we’ve been staying in my dad’s farmhouse in Lancashire. With its antique Aga and long winding driveway, we were very much looking forward to spending a few days away from it all. I’ve always fancied myself as a country girl, going on a long walk on a crisp fresh morning and keeping chickens …
Lancashire is a large county and I know that many of my readers will have a favourite part. I still have many parts of Lancashire to visit myself, so I thought it would be great to get a little series going which focusses on a different part of Lancashire each time. This week, for our …
This summer we’ve been over to Burscough in Lancashire to spend the day at Martin Mere, one of nine wetland centres around the country. British summer isn’t always overly kind to us, so when we do get half decent days its always great to be able to get out and do something fun with the boys. …