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The Secret Life of Pets
A little under two weeks after we waved goodbye to our dog sitting duties, Cat spotted that The Secret Life of Pets was released at Vue Cinema. The film had sort of skipped under the radar and didn’t seem to have that much hype about it. And sadly (in a way), when I realised it…
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Morpeth Treasure Trails
On Friday of the half term holidays we took a trip up to Morpeth, which is around a 15 minute drive from Gosforth up the A1, to meet my friends Andrea, and Natalie and their children Francesca (6), Jacob (8), William (11) and Faye (8). Alan unfortunately had to work to keep the wheels of…
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Sage Summer Party
We received a flyer through the door the other day inviting us to Sage‘s Summer Party as their head office on the Great Park. We’d been to one a few years ago and it was a pleasant afternoon out. Our diary was empty… what could be more fun than a party organised by an accountancy…
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Geocaching in the Dark!
Ok I admit it I am a Geocaching addict. I started this exploration adventure around the beginning of May and I just can’t stop. It’s got so bad that Imogen has started to talk Geocaching to anyone that will listen. Our current weekend routine involves getting up at 7am and driving out to get a…
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Kendal Camping – Day 3 – Kendal and Wild Boar Inn
Packing up Sadly our long bank holiday adventure had come to an end and it was time to pack up and head back to Newcastle. As the weather was still gorgeous and so rubbish back at home we decided to spend as much of the Bank holiday Monday in the Lakes, soaking up the precious rays.…
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Blaydon Race 2016
It was on the 9th of June that world-famous Blaydon Race took place. Ever since the song immortalised it the race has been done on the same day. Our friends (The Coulsons) Stephen and Louise, suggested the race and I like to rise to a challenge. Preparation It was Thursday evening at 7:15 that race…
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Kendal camping – Day 2 – Grasmere
I’ll admit I’m in love with this area of the Lake District and I think Alan was a bit sick of my saying so en route. It’s probably the area we know best as we spent a week in a holiday cottage in nearby Elterwater with my parents (pre-children). It’s a week that lives in…
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Kendal camping – Day 1 – Bowness on Windermere
Airbed Issues After a dodgy night of slumber with a very rude 3am (then 5am) wake up call due to a rapidly deflating air bed, I was up, showered and drinking my cup of tea in the sunshine by 8am. Despite the baking hot temperatures in the tent the rest of the Hooper gang were…
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Seussical The Musical
We’ve been to Durham several times and walked past the Gala Theatre. We’d never stepped foot into the building until last night, when we went to see Seussical the Musical. Durham Gala Theatre The Gala Theatre is a new modern building right in the centre of Durham. It’s interior is clean simple and modern and…
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Camping in Kendal
When the early May Bank Holiday camping trip fell to pieces due to Weather, Boiler and Car issues, we knew we had to get another one booked in. So we looked for somewhere within a 2 hour range from home and Kendal fell into place. Camping in Kendal We’d joined up to the Camping and…