Worth Every Penny… Almost: Our Honest Norwich City Mascot Experience Review!Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop When I was little, a man called Dick Cann lived on our road. He was responsible for organising the Norwich City ball boys and mascots and, whenever they were short of a child, he’d appear at someone’s front door asking if one of us could help out. Before long we’d all be piling into a minibus and heading off to Carrow Road much to my chagrin, it was […]
PrimEvil 2026 Review: The Perfect Teen Night Out (and a way to spend time with your big kids)!Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop As parents, you reach a point where family days out become a bit trickier. The little ones are easy enough to entertain, but teenagers? That’s a whole different challenge. Which is exactly why our recent visit to PrimEvil Scare at ROARR! felt like such a win. We were lucky enough to attend what you might call the dress rehearsal night ahead […]
A Little Slice of Calm at Robin LodgePeninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop Robin Lodge is one of those places that instantly softened the edges of the day. We arrived with bags, children, snacks, jumpers, all the usual chaos, and yet the moment we stepped inside it felt calm. A proper little hideaway tucked near Burgh Castle, just far enough from everything to feel like a break, but close enough (especially to an M&S food hall) that nothing was a faff. It was exactly […]
Summer Holidays 2026 – Week Two!Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop Second week began rather strangely with a first SOS from Florence at Latitude together say she knew she had tonsillitis but that the medics there couldn’t help. So we hot footed to Southwold (again, but no hardship) to take her to a prescribing pharmacist. Antibiotics prescribed and she was sent back to the festival knowing she’d feel a whole heap better within hours and then… We realised I had driven off without the […]
Roarr! The Norfolk Day Out We Love… Even When It Drives Us Mad!Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop There are some places that just become part of the family rhythm, aren’t there? The ones you return to again and again because they slot so neatly into real life and when somewhere embraces every kind of day: sunny days, drizzly days, days when the kids are bouncing off the walls and you need somewhere that can absorb all that energy without absorbing your sanity, well, […]
Summer Holidays 2026 – Week One!Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop I don’t think we’ve ever been more ready for a holiday and it seemed to be crawling over the finish line for the little two to finally break up from school, but we got there! After the big kids had already been off for a week and a half, taking advantage of school’s sports camp for Jimmy and dancing days at Pineapple for Florence, and after a mammoth and epic weekend for our […]
Wroxham Barns – Summer Holidays 2026! Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop I’d probably say it’s my favourite season at Wroxham Barns whichever time of year we visit! The family who run it help the farm chameleon so beautifully into each with each school holiday, to match the weather and the vibe, that it’s very hard to not think “best day ever”, whenever we get home from a day there! Perhaps then, every season is actually my true favourite, but boy… Summer is glorious! […]
The Boardroom And Eric’s Pizza At Yalm – Norwich!Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop The brilliantly vibrant food hall in the heart of Norwich, Yalm, is the place you can go as a group, but order individually from whichever restaurant you love most? We always have a mixture because we can never quite bring ourselves to only plump for one thing, but one of our family staples when we visit is Eric’s pizza. We love it so much, one time I went without the […]
Sunshine Adventures at Pensthorpe: Wild Rootz, Wildlife & a Half‑Term Poo Trail!Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop A day at Pensthorpe in full sunshine is basically childhood bottled — wild, messy, nature-soaked joy with a side of ice cream and muddy ankles. It’s one of those places that somehow manages to be both beautifully curated and wonderfully wild, and this visit reminded me exactly why we keep going back – which we have been doing ever since Florence was a baby! Gardens That Feel […]
Easter Egg-Stravaganza AT Pensthorpe – 2026!Peninsulacommunityhealth Bigbicepsshop It’s been a while since we visited Pensthorpe, not because we don’t love it, but because school has stolen Posie and gone are the easy days where an annual pass saw us there every week. I miss that, but to fnd the silver lining, I can confirm it’s even more exciting when you’ve missed it! Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that, and to make a return visit during the Easter […]
