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Discovering Bats and Pizza with Wild Intrigue | Exploring Wild Northumbria.
Ad – We were kindly invited by Wild Intrigue to experience their Bats & Pizza night. One of the cool things about blogging is the opportunities that come up that manage to push us out of the usual routine. I never would have thought about spending a Friday night in rural Northumberland cooking my own […]
Sunday Lunch at Barluga in Gosforth
The suburb of Gosforth isn’t really an obvious culinary destination for the region’s foodies. Unless you live in the surrounding area there is little to draw you out of the city centre with its wide range of cuisines & trendy pubs. However, as we discovered when we started pulling together our guide to Restaurants in […]
The Alchemist – Summer Menu Date Night
AD – We were invited to the Alchemist to sample their new Summer menu After a day of packing up for our camping trip & checking the Lake District weather forecast 50 times (yes it was going to be wet, wet with a bit more wet!). We managed to bag a babysitter & head out […]
Disney On Ice: 100 Years of Magic
AD – We have been gifted Press Tickets Disney On Ice is back again a the Newcastle Utilita Arena, with a celebration of 100 Years of Magic. This Disney On Ice production features over 50 of your favourite Disney Characters including many Disney Princesses, Pixar pals as well as the Disney Classics. You can’t help […]
Whitehouse Farm is more than just a farm
Ad-we were given complimentary tickets to Whitehouse farm, but paid for our own lunch. A lot of family attractions claim to have plenty to do ‘whatever the weather’ and this bank holiday weekend we put Whitehouse Farm to the test. It really was 4 seasons in one day, with coats on/off & brollies up/down all […]
How does the 2019 Aladdin Film compare to the 1992 animation? | Aladdin Review
Whenever we talk Disney on this blog the first thing I start with is “We’re huge Disney fans in this family”, which is true. And when it comes to Aladdin and this Disney period there is a special time in my growing up (or not growing up!).From 1989 (The Little Mermaid) through to 1994 (at […]
Dippy the Dinosaur in Newcastle
On our last adventure to London Dippy, the Dinosaur had already left the Natural History Museum. It was almost as though he knew we were coming. I say “He”, but to be honest no one is really sure if Dippy the Dinosaur is male or female!Anyway, we were given the chance to meet Dippy as […]
The Late Shows 2019
AD-This is a collaborative post with Gateshead Alive The Late Shows is a regional Culture Crawl around some of Newcastle and Gateshead’s galleries, museums, libraries, and artists workshops. The event takes place annually on consecutive Friday and Saturday evenings in May from 7-11pm alongside the National Museums at Night event. This year the Late Shows […]
What’s at Coral Island Amusements, Blackpool?
#Ad- This is a collaborative post with Coral Island As much as we love a bit of culture there’s something special about spending time in the arcades. Whenever we got to Scarborough or even to my parents home in South Shields the first thing they ask is to go to the amusements. Location of Coral […]
Glamping at Stanley Villa Farm in Lancashire
Ad-we were invited for a 2 night press stay Come the weekend we are usually pretty frazzled and last weekend was no exception. Imogen was about to sit her year 6 SATS testing at school and had been revising hard (or so she said!) Alan’s training for the Blaydon race had picked up pace & […]
