Just so festival is a fantastic family-friendly festival and it is great for taking toddlers to. Read on for my top tips for taking a toddler to Just So festival. Find more great family days out North West here. Just so festival is on for a weekend in august each year and it is a […]
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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Apr
Apr
Last week we took the kids to Legoland Windsor and on the way back we stopped for a night at Mercure Brandon Hall Hotel and Spa in Warwickshire. I was sent a voucher by Red Letter Days as part of my Easter gift guide and chose to pay £15 to upgrade to a family room. […]
26
Mar
Mar
York is a fantastic family-friendly city to visit. It’s really compact but packed with attractions the whole family will love. In this post, I’m going to share with you the best things to do in York with kids. I’ll be covering free things to do in York as well as attractions that you’ll have to […]
19
Mar
Mar
How are we halfway through March already? I’m a little late with my monthly round-up of our adventures as I was writing my Mother’s day gift guide for you. The snow that arrived at the end of January didn’t stick around for more than a day or so of February. As far as winter months […]
06
Mar
Mar
How many KitKat do you think are made in York each day? 4 and a half million. In fact, the streets of York often smell of chocolate thanks to the chocolate factories around the city. York is making more chocolate than ever before. We visitors York’s chocolate story to find out the history of chocolate […]
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Feb
Feb
We love weekends away both as a family and very occasionally without the kids. Weekends away with the family needn’t be expensive. In the summer we love camping but the rest of the year budget-friendly hotels are the next best thing. So when I was asked to review one of the new Travelodge Plus hotels […]
03
Feb
Feb
This year I’m bringing back my monthly roundups of all the adventures we get up to. I love looking back on them at the end of the year (here’s what we got up to in 2018). This year they’ll also be a way to record how we get on with #12familyadventures which is my latest […]
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Jan
Jan
At the end of December, we were invited along to review The snowman at Liverpool Cathedral, a big screen showing of this classic animation accompanied by a live orchestra. Since it’s a little early to be planning days out for next Christmas, I’m going to tell you about a another event from Carrot Productions coming […]
16
Jan
Jan
Last weekend, myself and my husband enjoyed a weekend break staying at The Churchill Hotel York. We enjoyed dinner, bed and breakfast with a voucher from Buyagift. I was given this voucher as part of the father’s day gift guide I put together last year but I was not asked to write this review. We love […]
09
Jan
Jan
I love this time of year for reflecting on the year that’s just gone and planning for the next one. Writing a blog helps with this of course. I have many blog post to look back on and lots and lots of photos. Through this blog, we’re also fortunate to be invited along to some […]