Category Archives: Days Out

01Dec/15
Meeting Santa at Eureka!

Visiting Santa at Eureka!, Halifax, West Yorkshire

This weekend we trotted over to West Yorkshire to the National children’s museum Eureka! to once again see Santa. We love Santa and had heard nothing but good things about the museum. It was also exciting for me as it was a good excuse for meeting up with other family bloggers, which is always a nice thing to do and doesn’t happen often enough for my liking. Continue reading

24Nov/15
Miniland at Legoland Discovery Centre Manchester

Legoland Discovery Centre, Manchester

Legoland Discovery Centre is somewhere we have visited before but it’s been almost three years, which to my children, is like aaaaaaaaaggeees ago, although it feels like yesterday to me. Where does the time go?

After we’d visited Sea Life Manchester, and had some lunch, we hopped back over to the Barton Square area of the Trafford Centre to visit Legoland Discovery Centre.  Continue reading

15Nov/15
Santa at Princes Quay

Meeting Santa at Princes Quay, Hull

Santa is here! Well, he is at Princes Quay in Hull anyway. I’m not 100% sure it’s the real Santa, but the twins say he is, so he must be.

We were invited to the VIP launch event of the new grotto at Princes Quay shopping centre, in Hull. We’d spent the week recovering from double illnesses, and needed to get out and see other people. A trip to Santa was the perfect excuse.  Continue reading

11Nov/15
3D Glasses at Horrible Histories

Horrible Histories: Groovy Greeks at Hull New Theatre

Thousands of years after the Ruthless Romans, Savage Saxons and Vicious Vikings stormed ashore on the coast of Britain and the Gruesome Greeks competed in the first ever Olympic Games, you can relive those horribly exciting times by bringing your family to see Birmingham Stage Company’s brand new Horrible Histories stage shows.

Last night, we did just that – at Hull New Theatre where the Horrible Histories stage show will be performing until Saturday 14th November.

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01Sep/15
What did you do this summer

What did you do this summer?

Have your children gone back to school yet? Mine have another week, so of course I’m filling it with fun and educational days out, right? Erm, wrong. This week is all about catching up with sorting the school uniforms, and trying to restore some sort of routine ready for the 7am starts instead of the perhaps 9am or later than we seem to have slipped into. Oops. Continue reading