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Pirate Marra – Northumberland Scout Camp
Lots of people would think I was crazy spending my bank holiday weekend in a field with nearly 3000 kids and not a pub garden in sight. But on the last May bank holiday that’s exactly what I did. The reason for this crazy holiday (or potential endurance test?) was that I was volunteering with…
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Glamping in Pooley Bridge at Hillcroft Campsite
At the beginning of the year, we started to plan our annual camping trip with our friends the Lights and Walkers. The previous year we had stayed at Park Foot campsite at Pooley Bridge which we enjoyed but wasn’t without a few minor hiccups. Mainly involving our leaking tent and an incident with dog poo! …
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Our Website was Hacked!
Technically this is a lie, but for the best way of describing it, it is the same. We were camping in the Lake District, having a fun long weekend for the School Half Term Holidays. Unknown to us our hosting company had detected some strange activities on our website hosting account. A set of files…
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Puppy Dog Pals Toys
Last Christmas we introduced two little tiny dwarf hamsters into our family. Two adorable little balls of fluff. We never really knew that over the following few months we’d find out that they have two different personalities. The Hoopster Hamsters (when no one is looking) are seriously training for something! We received a bundle of Puppy Dog Pals…
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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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Gel A Peel Fuzzy Kit Review
We’d seen these on display the last time we were in Toys R Us. Both Abigail and Imogen thought they looked fun and crafty. Then fast forward to the beginning of May when we were at a Blogging conference, where we met the PR company for Gel-A-Peel. We asked if it would be possible to review…
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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…
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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…