It was baking hot last weekend wasn’t it and we had a full day planned having fun at Countryfile Live, which was once again being held in the grounds of Blenheim Palace. We packed our water bottles, slapped on the sun cream and headed off to one of our favourite annual family events. This is the…Continue reading Having fun at Countryfile Live
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Exploring Chimpanzee Eden and beyond at Twycross Zoo
On Sunday we dug out our waterproofs, dusted off our boots and headed up the motorway in the pouring rain. Having barely seen a cloud for two months, the change in the weather was a bit of a shock. Would the animals come out to play as we spent a day exploring Chimpanzee Eden and beyond…Continue reading Exploring Chimpanzee Eden and beyond at Twycross Zoo
Exploring Hidcote for the first time
Each year I make a list of National Trust places that we’d like to explore and as my son gets older and copes with longer car journeys we have widened our horizons. I’d wanted to visit Cotswold Lavender for a while, and realised that we could also tick another NT property off of our to…Continue reading Exploring Hidcote for the first time
Exploring Blists Hill Victorian Town
A few weeks ago we decided to make use of some of our Tesco clubcard vouchers and I exchanged them for Days Out vouchers to use with the Ironbridge Museums. There are 10 different museums within 6 miles of each other, in the Telford area, and the days out vouchers can be exchanged for an…Continue reading Exploring Blists Hill Victorian Town
Exploring Tavira on the Eastern Algarve
When we staying in Portugal a couple of years ago we never ventured east of Faro.. My parents had driven over from Spain, and it almost felt like we’d be taking them home to explore on the eastern side of the coast. Plus it was our first visit and we had plenty to keep occupied. …Continue reading Exploring Tavira on the Eastern Algarve
Exploring the Roman ruins of Milreu
I’m a sucker for a bit of history, and when I was reading my travel guide to the Algarve I spotted somewhere that I thought might be worth adding to our list of places to visit on our recent trip. We’d spent some time exploring Tavira down on the eastern coast of the Algarve and…Continue reading Exploring the Roman ruins of Milreu