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Bubbles and Breakfast at Malmaison Newcastle
To celebrate our 14 year wedding anniversary, Catherine books in a Bubbles and Breakfast deal at Malmaison on Newcastle’s Quayside. We’d already booked our meal out at Kaltur on Dean Street and decided to expand the celebrations. Malmaison Newcastle Deal The last time I got on a bus to stay in a hotel was a […]
Kaltur – A New Dean Street Restaurant | Spanish Tapas
Kaltur has opened a new venue on Dean Street. This is in addition to their Kaltur on High Bridge unit. We’d visited the original and loved the food, so as a special wedding anniversary treat we headed out to Dean Street to get some Spanish Tapas. A Special Spanish Tapas Treat The new Kaltur on […]
Harry Potter: Wizards Unite UK Tips and Game App.
It’s starting to happen again, but this time Harry Potter Wizards Unite could be the adults choice. We’ve downloaded the latest Augmented Reality game on our phones. When I say we, that’s Cat and myself, the kids haven’t got excited about it. Based upon a similar style of game like Pokémon Go, the “get outdoors […]
Cracking Open the Latest Hatchimals Pixies
#AD – We were gifted the Hatchimals Pixies to unbox The Hatchimals series has been in front of our kids for most of their lives. From the big self-hatching Hatchimals down to the Hatchimals Colleggtables. Today we were diving into the latest discovery from Hatchtopia, the Hatchimals Pixies. Hatchimals Pixies Hatchimals Pixies are a new […]
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 […]
