This weekend we finally broke free the of the school/work routine and started the school half term with a visit to somewhere that has been on our radar for a while but we had yet to visit as a family. Twycross Zoo & The Gruffalo Discovery Land Based in Nottinghamshire we have an abundance ...
Day Trips
The National Tramway Museum Crich
For many years Ollie and I had passed by The National Tramway Museum and every time we made a plan to visit. Finally after 8 years we made our very first visit with the boys and my parents this summer. We are based in Nottinghamshire and the Tramway Museum is based just over the border in ...
Winning At Thirsk Races Family Day Summer 2019
*Feature With Great British Racing* If you have followed our adventures at Southwell Races this summer and Joshua's first riding lesson you will know that we were working with Great British Racing to celebrate the great Under 18’s Race Free’ campaign The campaign is based on ...
Our First Family Day Out At Southwell Races | AD
*Advertorial Feature With Great British Racing* Southwell is one of the prettiest towns in Nottinghamshire and once of the most special places in my heart. Both Ollie and I went to secondary school there and went out for the first time as kids. The town hosts lots of historic and beautiful ...
Discovering The Joy Of Horses – Joshua’s First Riding Lesson | AD
*Advertorial Feature With Great British Racing* Horses always played a massive part in my family when I was younger. My sister actually left home as soon as she could to train to be a jockey at the Northern Racing School in Doncaster. Once she left she moved all over the country over the years ...
Top 7 Locations From The Harry Potter Films
Exploring the parklands of the ancient castle, meandering through the corridors of Hogwarts and wandering past the shops of Diagon Alley. This has to be every Harry Potter fan’s dream! Well, that dream isn’t such an impossibility because the movies weren’t just shot in a Harry Potter film studio. ...
Discovering Cadbury World This Half Term
*Advertorial Review* Those of you that have followed me for a while will know that I love nothing more than Chocolate. That being said my confession is that I have never visited a really local attraction to me all about Chocolate! Cadbury World is based in Birmingham. And shows the history ...
Half Term Frights With Peperami & Merlin
*Advertorial Feature With Perpermi* Well, here in Nottinghamshire we are about to embark on the Half Term holidays and we are starting to make plans. However with the final few months before Christmas I actually start planning for all our family adventures from half term to the end of the ...
Pumpkin Picking In Nottinghamshire
Here in Nottinghamshire we have so many family related attractions all year round but for me I adore a couple of the short lived attractions too, like strawberry picking at Hills Farm, Kirklington and one of my all time favourites, Pumpkin Picking, at Maxey's farm shop on Hockerton Road just outside ...
Raising Them Ready And A Trip To Yorkshire Wildlife Park
*Advertorial brought to you in association with Aptamil Growing Up Milk designed for children over one year of age as part of a varied diet. Contains Vitamin D to support the normal function of the immune system* This year Ollie and I have been on a mission to rebalance our home/work life and ...
Finally Visiting Dovedale In Derbyshire And Making Memories
When Ollie and I first got together 8 years back, he raved about Ashbourne in Derbyshire and specifically Dovedale stepping stones. He promised we would visit the area and made that pledge every year. Each year slipped by and we still hadn't made it there which is madness we hadn't as it's not far ...
Theme Park Fun & Making Memories
*Advertorial Feature With Nestlé Pure Life water* This summer we have had some fantastic trips planned for the family but with a death in the family and too much sunshine we had put off visiting our local theme park in favour of a cooler and less chaotic day. When Friday presented itself as ...
Our Summer Adventure Bucket List – Nottinghamshire
No matter what area you live in I can guarantee that there are still some areas you have not yet ventured into but have wanted to. We are exactly the same and here in Nottinghamshire we have so many things we would love to do and places to visit but time gets away from us and so this summer ...
The First Family Cinema Trip – Sherlock Gnomes At Showcase Cinemas de Lux Derby
We are family of film lovers and so it has always been a milestone that I have wanted to get to that we could visit the cinema as a family of 4. As Jacob is now 2 we had started thinking that we would take the plunge soon as he has become obsessed with animated films we were even more ...