I love a trip to the panto. It’s such a fantastic family Christmas event in my opinion. So I was thrilled to be invited to review Sleeping beauty at the Lawrence Batley Theatre in my home town. I took my mum, sister and my eldest daughter (she’s 6 years old) with me. Pantomimes offer something […]
Category Archives: Days out & UK travel
We love having fun packed family days out as well as UK holidays. Here you’ll my recommendations for the best places to visit with your family across the UK. We’re based in the North West so I have a lot of content for this area but also other areas of the UK from our travels.
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Dec
Dec
Last weekend we were invited along to Churnet Valley Railway Santa and steam. It was a lovely festive family day out that we all enjoyed. This review should give you an idea of what to expect from a trip on the Santa Express through Staffordshire. We boarded the train at Cheddleton but you can also […]
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Dec
Dec
This weekend we were invited along to see Mr Popper’s Penguins at Waterside, Sale, Greater Manchester. I love family theatre and we’ve seen a few different shows as Waterside including Father Christmas last year which is by the same production company Pins and Needles. Mr Popper’s Penguins is based on the 1930s Picture book. It […]
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Nov
Nov
Advertisement feature On Sunday we headed to the Chill Factore in Manchester to review the new snow park and their Santa’s Grotto. Find out all about this great family day out below. We were given admission in exchange for this review. Chill factore is an indoor snow centre in Manchester. As well as skiing and […]
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Nov
Nov
Last week we had an amazing week in the lake district. We did lots of family walks which our kids enjoy most of the time. We wanted a family day out that was more for them than us one day though. We were kindly invited along to Treetop Nets Windermere which we thought would make […]
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Nov
Nov
We love Julia Donaldson books in this house. So we were thrilled to be invited to review Stick Man live tour at Waterside arts, sale. I love taking my kids to the theatre, it makes a lovely and memorable family day out. This was our second trip to Waterside arts, we reviewed their Christmas family […]
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Sep
Sep
We’re not long back from our magical weekend at Just So festival 2019 and already the kids are asking when we can go back. In fact, they actually started asking as we were walking back to the car on Sunday night, tired and very muddy but after having the most amazing adventure. Find more great […]
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Aug
Aug
We visit North Wales a lot over the summer months and one of our favourite places to visit is Greenwood family park (formerly Greenwood forest park). We’ve been 3 times now and each time the kids have loved it. It’s a fantastic family day out which is why I recommend it as one of our […]
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Jul
Jul
We love exploring the UK as a family. We are so fortunate to live in such a beautiful country with so much to explore. Find links to all my favourite UK family days out and holidays. I share many of these adventures here on the blog and this post is designed to help you find […]
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Jul
Jul
We had a fantastic day out last weekend at National Forest Adventure Farm’s Moon landing maze. This was the second time we’ve visited the National Forest Adventure Farm, the first was for their North Pole Experience last year. We loved our first visit so as soon as I heard about the Maize maze I knew […]