When you live pretty much in the middle of the country, a trip to the seaside at whatever time of year is a real treat. I’ve always loved visiting out of season but we often head to the same places and we all agreed that we wanted a new seaside adventure. So at the end…Continue reading Exploring the beach at West Wittering
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Exploring Chedworth Roman Villa
I’ve always been interested in the Romans, Greeks and Egyptians and I cannot wait for my son to learn about each civilisation at school. He briefly covered the Romans when he learnt about Pompeii last year and we’ve shown him lots of Roman artifacts in museum visits over the last few years. But there’s nothing…Continue reading Exploring Chedworth Roman Villa
Exploring Trentham Gardens
I’ve been wanting to spend time exploring Trentham Gardens near Stoke for a few years, but the thought of the drive up the M6 has always held me back. But I was determined that this year we’d get there, and by converting some of my Tesco clubcard points to days out vouchers, it meant we could…Continue reading Exploring Trentham Gardens
Tiger Cub hunting at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
It’s not a big secret that I live big cats just as much as my son loves giraffes. Spending a day at a wildlife park or zoo is a perfect day out for us and something we do fairly regularly I guess. Recently we returned to one of our absolute favourite places as we spent…Continue reading Tiger Cub hunting at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Walking to Cloud Hill Quarry
I’ve just been looking over our photos from the summer holidays and realised I’ve barely shared any details about our adventures at all. We had lots of trips out and about and a couple of staycations here in the UK with friends. It was a different summer for us, but we still made lots of…Continue reading Walking to Cloud Hill Quarry
Bug hunting on Headley Heath
If you’ve read the blog for any length you will know that my Dad (Guru Gramps) is a keen amateur entomologist who has shared that love with both my son and I. I’m so grateful for the love of nature he’s instilled into me and that I can now pass on to my son. On…Continue reading Bug hunting on Headley Heath