This weekend, we decided that a nice country walk is for wimps, and we headed up to Dalby Forest instead to try out the Tree Top Junior course at Go Ape!
01Jul/14
27Jun/14
YSP Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire
This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is just off J38 of the M1 north of Sheffield, and it is HUGE. It is the very extensive grounds of Bretton Hall, and it has been turned into a home for works of art from a wide range of sculptors, including Henry Moore, and Antony Gormley.
12Jun/14
Father’s Day: Ideas for days out with Dad
Father’s Day is coming this Sunday, the 15th June.
The weather looks like it’s going to be cloudy or sunny, depending where you live, and hopefully not a lot of rain. It’ll be a good day to get out and about with Dad as a special family treat. Continue reading
11Jun/14
Feature: The Story of Woburn Forest – Center Parcs
A sponsored post brought to you in association with Center Parcs
We’ve haven’t yet been to Center Parcs. We’ll get there eventually no doubt in our mission to try out every attraction and holiday park in the UK. It does look awesome.
09Jun/14
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire
How to introduce Stonehenge? Surely. there is no-one alive who couldn’t recognise Stonehenge on a picture?
Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a mystery, and a wonder. It has been attracting visitors since it was built hundreds of years ago. Although archeologists and other people whose job I can’t spell are able to have a good idea of when and how Stonehenge was built, we really still don’t know why.
01Jun/14
Pirate Island Adventure Golf, Castleford, West Yorkshire
On a gloriously sunny Yorkshire Sunday, we headed over to outlet village Junction 32 in Castleford to have a bit of a mooch around the shops, have some lunch, and most importantly; to play Pirate Island Adventure Golf!
31May/14
Fort Paull, Paull, East Yorkshire
This is a guest post from Meredith, aged 9, and is an entry into the MAD Blog Awards 2014 Kid Blog of the Year.
“My FAVOURITE way to spend a sunny day outside is…visiting somewhere new with my family.
Here’s what we did when we visited Fort Paull, on the East Yorkshire coast.
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30May/14
Feature: Things to do in York, North Yorkshire
I love York. Being from East Yorkshire, York is our second city. We have been visiting since I was a child. For the North of England, it isn’t a cheap city, but there’s always lots of things to do in York, both free or to pay for.
29May/14
Jorvik Viking Centre, York, North Yorkshire
Jorvik Viking Centre tells the story of the Viking history of York, and is somewhere we visited a couple of times as children. Superbreak gave us some tickets so we could take our own children and see what had changed in the last twenty or so years.
20May/14
Exploring Brayton Barff, Selby, North Yorkshire – with Yorkshire Water
This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series
Yorkshire Water invited us to find out more about Brayton Barff, near Selby in North Yorkshire. It is one of the many Yorkshire Water sites which are open to public use.