Christmas At Shrek’s Adventure! Shrek’s Adventure on the South Bank in London has had a touch of a festive makeover and a very special guest has set up camp for the season of fun, frolics, ginger bread men and good will to all men. Now when you visit, after taking a trip to Far, far away, battling with Rumple Stiltskin, meeting all your fave characters from Shrek and rescuing the green ogre himself as you laugh out loud on your […]
Willows Activity Farm – Santa Spectacular 2019! I don’t even know how many times we’ve been to Willows Activity Farm in St Albans but I do know that you can never have too many days out there, and I also know that even when we moved from East London (a half an hour’s drive to the farm) to Norwich (a 2 hour drive to Willows) I was not prepared to give up our visits. It’s a shame that we no […]
New Technology and Car MOT Testing Early MOTs were a simple matter. Initiated on the back of the 1956 they tested for just three things: brakes, lights and steering, and the vehicle only needed to be tested every ten years. For a while it was called the ten-year test or the Ministry of Transport test, which over time became shortened to just MOT or MOT test. Over the years, as the science behind accidents was better understood and the public’s […]
Families On A Budget! – How we save on our Broadband, Shopping, Christmas, Family Days Out and more! When Jonny decided to have a career change this September and train to become a teacher we knew that we’d have to have a serious look at our finances! We knew very well that there were things we wasted money on simply by being stuck in our ways and too lazy to look into it but the change in our finances forced […]
SmartBuyGlasses to Launch a Black Friday AND Cyber Monday Sale Event London, United Kingdom – Leading the way with its customers in mind, SmartBuyGlasses UK has just unveiled its deals lineup for the Black Friday 2019. The list includes several all-time favourites as well as huge discounts on up-and-coming eyewear brands, giving them the chance to save BIG when purchasing designer eyewear. The promotion is available on all eyewear site-wide, all shapes, sizes and materials, giving customers a huge collection […]
My NYE 2020 Cottage Holiday Wishlist! When New Year’s Eve hits it’s time to make plans. Not of the not eating any more chocolate variety or banishing alcohol… Gosh life is for living after all, but of the ‘something to look forward to’ calibre because new beginnings need new plans and those plans have to be of excitement and something to look forward to. The day to day of work, eat, sleep, repeat keeps everyone floating for sure but those […]
Victorian Family Christmas at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse! Long fans of Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse we visit many times throughout the year using our annual pass (which for a family of two adults and as many children as you’d like to take on any given day costs just under £100 – for ALL of the Norfolk Museums of which Gressenhall is included). We go to as many event days as we can (because they are mostly included in the pass […]
Thursford Christmas Spectacular 2019! I almost don’t know where to begin with this review? My mind’s racing this way and that not wanting to miss a thing in the exact same way I didn’t know which way to turn next while actually watching the Thursford Christmas Spectacular. I mean, I’d heard it’s breathtaking and I knew that every year coach loads of folks travel from all over the country to see this unmissable moment in festive theatre, but really I […]
SKATE At Somerset House – 2019! We’ve not been to the opening of SKATE at Somerset House for the past couple of years and we’ve really missed it. Raffie being born a couple of weeks before put us out for 2017 and then last year we were otherwise engaged but the children have never let me forget it – so this year the opening press event went into the diary as soon as the invitation arrived and today was the day […]
How to Have a Stress-Free Family Day Trip Although travelling with children can be challenging, experts highly recommend it because of its numerous benefits. For one, holidays, even day trips, can advance brain development in children. The Telegraph explains this is because you exercise your children’s “PLAY” and “SEEKING” systems, two genetically ingrained systems in the brain that generally do not get exercised at home. Your children’s concentration skills also increase when you go on family holidays, especially when you […]
