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Christmas Gifting Challenge with AO.com
A few weeks back we were approached by Ao.com to be part of their Christmas gifting challenge. In short, we needed to buddy up with another blogger to select a gift they would love and they would reciprocate with a gift for us. All very exciting!! Deborah at Country Heart and Home was our blogger…
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Cheated out of my ancestral home
Many years ago my Dad started to tell me a story about how he should have been living in a manor. Apparently, he had “proof” of how he’d lost his ancestral home. Information about hidden graves of children who had no nameplates or plaques. A tomb behind a secretly blocked up crypt. Buried workmen crushed…
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8 Things to do in Skegness
We were looking for things to do in Skegness, that wasn’t Butlins. Don’t get me wrong we love staying and playing in Butlins, but there has to be more to the area. So, on our Halloween week break, we left the safety of the chalets to find what else there is to do in Skegness.…
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Seaton Delaval Hall – A North East National Trust Day Out
After a massive Sunday lunch at the Astley Arms in Seaton Sluice, we decided to stop by at Seaton Delaval Hall to burn off a few of those roasties. Although, from the photos it looks cold it was a perfect Autumn afternoon, with a slight breeze in the air but still warm enough to be…
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Sunday Lunch at the Astley Arms, Seaton Sluice
We have started on a mission now. Finding the North East’s Best Sunday Lunch. Who would have thought there was so much variety in the same set up of ingredients. Meat, Vegetables, Yorkshire Pudding, and gravy. Today we went back to a Carvery Lunch we used to go to a few years ago to see…
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Disney Themed Sunderland Illuminations 2017
As a young Little Alan, I recall visiting Sunderland Illuminations on the way home from visiting my Auntie in Seaham. My dad would drive along the sea front and we’d gaze out at the strings of bulbs hanging across the roads. Something similar to Blackpool’s Illuminations but in a smaller scale. Turns out that Sunderland…
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Singalonga Beauty and the Beast at the Customs House
Its no secret that the Hooper household are big Disney fans. When we saw that the Customs House in South Shields was showing a special Singalonga ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on a Sunday afternoon we were keen to head along. The girls still haven’t got over my rendition of the Katy Perry song ‘Chained to…
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Making Bath bombs with EXPERImake Scent-Sational Spa
We’ve tried all different DIY science experiments and so far we’ve not had a lot of success. Our biggest repeat failure is slime production. So until we know exactly what we’re doing, Science kits are the way forward. This week the Nickelodeon EXPERImake Scent-sational Spa kit landed at our door for review. WOW! Make your own Bath…
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A Cheeky Zapatista!
We’d been invited to the Basketball Game as guests of Zapatista this Friday. For the past 39 years I really thought I didn’t like sports, but after watching 4 games with Newcastle Eagles, I think I’ve been converted. With tip off at 7:30pm we had a tight schedule with sorting out a meal. So, we…
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Evan’s Bistro – A Family Sunday Lunch in Whitley Bay
We were looking for some where different to go for a Sunday roast dinner. For some reason we always seem to miss out the coast. Which is a shame as the Tynemouth Market, Fish Quay, Whitley Bay Sea Front, there is lots to do and you could easily fill in a day. Anyway, we had…