Days Out

Nausicaa Sea-Life Centre only an 1.5 hours from London!

13 October 2011 2 comments

I had no idea there was a Sea-Life Centre, in Boulogne, which in only 1.5 hours from London. We hopped onto the Eurostar at St. Pancras International and within an hour we were in Calais. The Sea-Life centre is only 20km from there. The journey through the tunnel was enough excitement on it’s own for [...]

St Alban’s South Signal Box

10 September 2011 0 comments

We’ve just returned from St Alban’s South Signal Box as part of Heritage Open Days 2011. We’ve gone by it countless times on the train ‘down to London’ as they say but we had no idea that it’s open to the public. In fact, it’s open every second Sunday of the month. Do check the [...]

Boat for Hire

31 July 2011 0 comments

My hubby’s been itching to get Madame on the water. He definitely has a love of the sea; he used to do a lot of scuba diving, sailing and windsurfing. Unfortunately, a lot has changed in the last 20 years in relation to health and safety. So, it’s no longer a matter of popping down [...]

Butterfly World

30 July 2011 0 comments

If you haven’t been to Butterfly World, near St. Albans, in awhile you may be surprised at some of the improvements. When it first opened it was a bit of a disaster; very overpriced, including the café and it was pretty much a building site. It was nice to see all the improvements yesterday, they’ve [...]

Lost for ideas….try a pick your own…

26 July 2011 7 comments

Don’t you just love summer holidays? Not! I’m only on day 3 and already on my knees. I don’t remember as a kid having such a fun filled agenda, my mum used to open the front door shoe us out and that was it for the rest of the day. Now I find myself busier [...]

Win tickets to a Kid’s Festival in August!

29 June 2011 41 comments

Thanks to the lovely people at Lollibop I have a family ticket (4 people) to give away on the blog (value £80) for the Festival on the 5th, 6th and 7th of August in Regents Park. We’re gutted we can’t go as we will be at a family reunion in Canada but it looks like [...]

Lollibop Picnic! A Big Bash for Little People in August!

8 June 2011 0 comments

Kite Flying, Dunstable Downs, Beds

2 May 2011 2 comments

We’ve had an absolutely magical day! It was sunny but breezy. Thanks to good old twitter, someone (@southportlush) suggested flying a kite. Slight panic as we didn’t have a kite, luckily, you can buy Kites in the National Trust Centre at Dunstable Downs. Parking £1.50, Kite £12 and Lattes and Bacon Butties for Mummy and [...]

Where do butterflies come from?

24 April 2011 1 comment

We went to Butterfly World, near St Albans, last week. Yesterday we were talking about where butterflies come from….. Apparently they come from…. I think she meant cocoons! Bless her! :-)

Sledging in April at the Snow Centre, Hemel

23 April 2011 2 comments

It appears that my 3.5 year old daughter has absolutely no concept of fear. People often comment how great it is but I’m not convinced. It’s a bloody miracle that we haven’t been to A & E yet! She runs up to random dogs, has been skiing, quad biking with her dad in Canada, tubing behind a [...]