Category: Days Out

  • Things to do with Kids Outdoors in Dorset

    Things to do with Kids Outdoors in Dorset

    Go Ape, Moors Valley near Bournemouth I don’t know who had more fun, the kids or the adults.  We were recently camping at Eweleaze Farm in Dorset and thought we’d take the opportunity to check out Go Ape, The UK’s #1 Forest Adventure.  One of my friends always wanted to take her daughter and as…

  • Outdoor things to do with Kids Near St Albans

    Mead Open Farm, near Leighton Buzzard and Go Ape, Black Forest With Summer holiday looming I thought you may be interested in a few days out I discovered for kids recently near St Albans, Herts.  These two places are perfect for letting kids burn off a bit of that energy. Mead Open Farm On the…

  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 – Tears and laughter!

    At what age do children show empathy? To give myself a bit of a break on the weekend, I’d checked the weather report and it looked grim, so I booked my daughter and hubby into the Cinema to see How to Train Your Dragon 2.  She’d watched the first one and has also watched How…

  • Camel Racing for Herts Air Ambulance

    Things to do near St Albans, Herts on May Bank Holiday Monday “It’s not every day that you see camels in the Hertfordshire countryside!’ We were looking for something a bit different to do on the Bank Holiday as a family, when someone in my timeline mentioned Camel Racing.  I love stuff that is a…

  • How to Make S’mores in the UK

    I love nothing better than sitting around a camp fire drinking beer.  This probably stems from all the camping that I did as a child in Canada, minus the beer of course, I waited till I was a teen for that. Who needs Graham Crackers anyway? We used to make S’mores while sitting around the…