Another weekend in the Lake District saw me looking to visit some sort of train related activity. I had seen some wonderful photos of steam engines at Threlkeld Quarry & Mining Museum so I thought why the hell not. Unfortunately the timing didn’t work out for me as they weren’t […]
England
Travel and days out in England, UK.
Blackpool
It’s a year since an impromptu trip to Blackpool. The girls had never been and we were on the way home from the Lake District so why not! Discussing this with a friend who thinks I’m actually mental for liking Blackpool but let me run through the reasons why I […]
Centre Parcs Is Pointless (from the perspective of an Eryri resident)
I’ve recently been away for a few days to Centre Parcs (Whinfell Forest) in Penrith. It’s the most pointless waste of money – for me as an Eryri resident. Don’t get me wrong is it lovely and I can see the appeal of it for city dwellers but it’s not […]
#AD – South England Staycations In 2021
(In collaboration with Hotels.com, but all views are my own) Ah so it would seem that holidays abroad are still out of the question for 2021. I must admit, I don’t feel confident about travelling outside the UK for a while but that’s fine because there are so many fab […]
Lost Castles Liverpool
Over the weekend the Lost Castles event was taking place at locations in and around Liverpool. We were invited by the lovely Anca to visit the castles with her and her husband. So a family day out was planned! Lost Castles The Lost Castles is the idea of French artist Olivier […]
Attingham Park
One of our stop overs on the way down to Centre Parcs was at Attingham Park near Shrewsbury. We stopped to have a spot of lunch and a bit of a play in the play area before the second part of our journey. We didn’t get a chance to explore […]