11Jun/14

Feature: The Story of Woburn Forest – Center Parcs

June 11, 2014Feature, FeaturesKidsDaysOutReviews

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.

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09Jun/14

Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire

June 9, 2014entrance fee, museum, teenagers, teens, Wiltshire, young childrenStonehengeKidsDaysOutReviews

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.

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01Jun/14

Pirate Island Adventure Golf, Castleford, West Yorkshire

June 1, 2014entrance fee, sport, teenagers, teens, Yorkshire West, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

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!

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31May/14

Fort Paull, Paull, East Yorkshire

May 31, 2014entrance fee, museum, teenagers, teens, Yorkshire East, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

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

May 30, 2014Yorkshire NorthKidsDaysOutReviews

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.

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29May/14

Jorvik Viking Centre, York, North Yorkshire

May 29, 2014entrance fee, museum, teenagers, teens, Yorkshire North, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

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.

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20May/14

Exploring Brayton Barff, Selby, North Yorkshire – with Yorkshire Water

May 20, 2014free, park, Yorkshire North, young childrenKidsDaysOutReviews

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.

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10May/14

Bridlington Birds of Prey and Animal Park, Bridlington, East Yorkshire

May 10, 2014entrance fee, toddlers, Yorkshire East, young children, Zoo and animalsKidsDaysOutReviews

Bridlington Birds of Prey and Animal Park is in the Park Rose complex just outside of Bridlington at Carnaby. It used to be known as the Park Rose Birds of Prey Centre but has expanded recently and undergone a full rebranding under owners Carl and Claire. We went to visit this week to see what had changed and to meet the new animals.

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29Apr/14

Feature: Where to Meet the Characters at Disneyland Paris

April 29, 2014Disneyland Paris, Feature, FeaturesKidsDaysOutReviews

Without characters, Disneyland Paris would be just nothing more than a very good theme park. For us, the characters make our visit to Disneyland Paris complete. We don’t really have favourites – we love them all, and our trip wouldn’t have been the same without them.

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29Apr/14

Feature: The wuss’s guide to rides at Disneyland Paris

April 29, 2014Disneyland Paris, Feature, FeaturesKidsDaysOutReviews

I don’t know about you but I just can’t do big rides. Never have done. Unfortunately, when your children (inexplicably) love big rides, then you kind-of get roped in to going on with them, especially on those rides where they’re too small to go on without an adult. Our trip to Disneyland Paris this time saw me going on some rides I’d never been on before. This was because I’d avoided them because they sounded a bit scary. Funny thing is, I’m a lot better with scary rides if I can see them in action first, rather than rides that you can’t see, if you see what I mean.

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