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Stikbot Farm Movie Set Review
We’d seen Stikbot in various forms in the shops and knew the concept of the product. For anyone who isn’t familiar with it, Stikbot is a posable figure for creating stop motion animation. It is possible to create stop motion with normal toys. Stikbot has the addition of suction cups to its hands and feet, […]
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Dobson & Parnell, Daily Set Menu
Friday at work my mind was drifting to a weekend of child-free fun. The girls were heading off with my parents to the Blackpool seaside for the weekend to ride the rollercoasters at the Pleasure Beach. I had a more relaxed weekend in mind. A nice meal out, long lie in, and some party planning […]
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Miller and Carter Fixed Price Lunch Special
The Kids had been lucky enough to be taken to Blackpool for the weekend by Catherine’s Parents. Or as I see it… We’d been lucky enough that Catherine’s parents had taken the kids away to Blackpool. Childfree for a full weekend! What were we going to do? Simple, go out and have 2 meals out for […]
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Matilda the Musical Sunderland Empire
As part of our bundle of gifts to the girls for Christmas, we decided to get them ticket s to see Matilda. Knowing that it was coming to Sunderland from the 8th of May to 2nd of June, we booked up early. Our pre-planning meant we had seats 6 rows from the front with a potentially great view. […]
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Colmans Seafood Temple South Shields
We have been itching to go to Colmans Seafood Temple since it opened last Summer. Located in the iconic Ghandi’s temple (a former bandstand come public toilet!) near to Gypsy’s Green stadium, the finish line for the Great North Run. The Colmans’ brand is strong in South Shields dishing up fish and chips to South Shields […]
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Whacky Shots World Warriors Review
Since the Hoopsters channel has started to grow, we’ve been getting quite a few toys for review. Last week we received a Whacky Shots Battle Pack from Brainstorm. Whacky Shots World Warriors Battle Pack From the first inspection, Whacky Shots seems to be a simple catapulting style target game. In reality, there are multiple levels to […]
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Remembering My First Time!
It only seems like a couple of years ago, but when I work it out it was around 1987. I would have been 9 years old at the time. My parents had booked a coach trip with the Evening Chronicle to travel down to London and see The Phantom of the Opera. What seemed like […]
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The Best Non-Cruise on the Tyne
Our experience of holidays on a ship is very limited. We’ve only done one, and that was in the Caribbean. We’d looked at heading over to Amsterdam with DFDs Seaways last year but never got around to organising it. Then when it came to booking the mini-break to Amsterdam this year we booked flights instead of […]
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Booking a Last Minute Summer Holiday to Save Money
The last time we went to Florida was in May 2015, it was a planned holiday. We booked up over a year in advance and paid it off bit by bit. However, It was also a very expensive holiday (that was amazing), that resulted in us buying a tent for a cheap alternative to holidays […]
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Caving Adventure at Center Parcs Whinfell Forest
Every four years I like to visit Center Parcs Whinfell Forest with friends. OK, I’ll reword that… My first visit to Center Parcs Whinfell Forest was four years ago and my second visit was last weekend. Out of all the activities and experiences to do there I really wanted to try the caving experience. However, none […]
