Category: Days Out
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Nausicaa Sea-Life Centre only an 1.5 hours from London!
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…
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St Alban’s South Signal Box
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…
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Boat for Hire
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…
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Butterfly World
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…
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Lost for ideas….try a pick your own…
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…