27Sep/14

The Wychwood Festival 2014, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire

September 27, 2014Featured, Festivals, GloucestershireFeatured, Festival, Gloucestershire, musicKidsDaysOutReviews

This is a guest post about the Wychwood Festival from Sarah. Sarah is mum to to two big boys and a growing girl. She works at home, runs half marathons, tries to avoid housework and blogs at MumofThree World.

The Wychwood Festival is a three-day festival held at Cheltenham Racecourse on the last weekend of May half-term (you know, the one without the Bank Holiday in it!). It celebrated its 10th anniversary this year. It tends to feature biggish bands from yesteryear, mixed in with up-and-coming local talent. Topping the bill this year were The Stranglers, The Boomtown Rats and my own very favourite band of all time, The Levellers. Continue reading →

21Sep/14

The MADs 2014 – the aftermath, and a thank you!

September 21, 2014Awards, Feature, Featuresawards, MADsKidsDaysOutReviews

Well, on Friday I attended the MADs as a finalist in the Best Family Travel Blog category and I only went and won!

It was amazing. I was honesty so shocked I couldn’t move out of my seat to go on stage and collect it and had to be given a bit of a poke. Continue reading →

16Sep/14

The MAD Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

September 16, 2014Days Out, entrance fee, museum, teenagers, teens, toddlers, Warwickshire, young childrenMAD Museum, StratfordKidsDaysOutReviews

This is a brilliant guest post from Jennifer of Jennifer’s Little World about the MAD Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon Continue reading →

14Sep/14

Family holidays: Thorpe Park, Cleethorpes

September 14, 2014Family Holidays, Featuredfamily holidays, Haven, Thorpe ParkKidsDaysOutReviews

We love Haven! Our latest trip saw us at Thorpe Park, which is just south of Cleethorpes on the North East Lincolnshire coast. It was a typical British static caravan weekend. Perfect. Here’s our postcard from Thorpe Park Continue reading →

08Sep/14

Review: Usborne Spotter’s Cards – 50 Things to Spot in London

September 8, 2014ReviewReviewKidsDaysOutReviews

We LOVE London. Well, I love London. I’m working on the children. I bought them a pack of spotters cards from Usborne and they are really helping London come alive. I bought them for the children but, to be honest, the 50 Things to Spot in London pack is useful for adults too.

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05Sep/14

Conisbrough Castle, Doncaster, South Yorkshire

September 5, 2014Days Out, Yorkshire SouthConisbrough CastleKidsDaysOutReviews

Last week, my three younger children went with Grandma and Grandad on a trip to English Heritage’s Conisbrough Castle, which is near Doncaster. For more information on Conisbrough Castle, please visit the website of English Heritage

I armed my six-year old with a camera. This is the result (with a smidgen of post-editing)…….. Continue reading →

27Aug/14

The National Fishing Heritage Centre Grimsby

National Fishing Heritage Centre, Grimsby, North-East Lincolnshire

August 27, 2014Days Out, Lincolnshireentrance fee, Lincolnshire, museum, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

The National Fishing Heritage Centre is an award winning museum in Grimsby, North-East Lincolnshire. It’s somewhere I remember visiting as a child, but it’s twenty years since I’ve been. We decided that it would be a good place to visit on a rainy day. Continue reading →

21Aug/14

Snozone at Xscape, Castleford, West Yorkshire

August 21, 2014entrance fee, sport, teenagers, toddlers, Winter fun, Yorkshire West, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

Snozone is an indoor snow slope (with real snow!) within the Xscape complex. There is one at Castleford, West Yorkshire, and Milton Keynes, Bucks. Snozone is popular with budding and experienced skiiers and snowboarders, but not everyone knows that they also do sledging and sliding sessions.
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14Aug/14

Sundown Adventureland, Retford, Nottinghamshire

August 14, 2014entrance fee, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, theme park, toddlers, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

To us, Sundown Adventureland is one of the best kids days out around. It is a little over an hour away from our home and we try and visit at least once a year. We were invited to return to check out the new features including the Angry Birds play area, so it would have been rude not to!

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13Aug/14

Feature: Visiting Rio do Janeiro with TAM

August 13, 2014Feature, FeaturesKidsDaysOutReviews

We love the UK and its fantastic offering of things to do but sometimes I yearn for somewhere a bit sunnier and brighter. I’ve been asked to look at the range of destinations in South America which you can get to with Brazil’s biggest airline TAM and I have to say a trip there is looking very tempting. But where would I go? TAM flies to several destinations from London, including Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, and Lima, all of which would be fantastic to explore. I think I would start with Rio!

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