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Yorkshire 3 Peaks Challenge
Approximately mid September 2015, my old school friend David Wilson started to talk about a walk up the Yorkshire 3 peaks challenge. He was looking to fill a minibus up with eager hikers and lead an expedition to fulfil the Yorkshire 3 peaks challenge. There are a couple of things that appealed to my inner…
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Rice Crispy Squares
Catherine said you can’t blog that recipe, it too simple. Yet that is the very reason I NEED to blog it. My mother used to make these for me as a child. At first I was… Hmm these are strange, but then I couldn’t stop chomping on them. Then Kellogg’s decided to produce them and…
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Broom House Farm-County Durham
Last December, we had the unusual situation of being child free with a tank of petrol that needed using up. Early the next day the scrap man was coming to take our trusty 10 year old Renault Scenic to car heaven. We decided to head south to County Durham through Stanley (stopping at the clearance…
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Disney Magic Kingdoms – App
I promised myself I wouldn’t do it and I’ve gone and done it… again! Much against my better judgement, I downloaded another iPhone game that could hook me in for hours. A Disney game that was overly hyped across Facebook and the Disney community. The question is do I feel cheated and short-changed from the…
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The Jungle Book
Nearly 50 years ago, Walt Disney released the original animated version of the Jungle Book. Inspired by the book of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. The was also the last animated film that Walt Disney himself produced. Obviously I can’t remember the original release, but I can remember my Mum taking me to see a…
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Stick Man trail – Hamsterley Forest – County Durham
After reading the fantastic review from ‘north east family fun‘ a while back, the Stick Man trail at Hamsterley Forest was high on our list of things to do with the girls. We love a good trail and nothing motivates the girls more than the sense of achievement from completing a worksheet! The girls are…
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Eddie the Eagle
The last time my Mum had been to the cinema was nearly 20 years ago. My Dad had taken her to see Titanic on the big screen. It was a big event that my Dad was clearly looking forward to as he was the kind of person who’d wait “until it was on the tv…
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Za Za Bazaar
It’s the Easter Holidays and we have guests up from Great Yarmouth. On previous visits to our home Town The Speed Family have been to Taybarns in Gateshead. It was only last year that we introduced the to Za Za Bazaar, they liked it so much we visited twice in 3 days! Followed by a…
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Clip n Climb Cramlington Again!
Catherine had taken the kids to Clip n Climb Cramlington a few months ago as part of a Rainbows trip. For the Rainbows visit the centre was booked out as a private hire. Both Abigail and Imogen loved it and were desperate to go back. So we needed no persuasion to go back, when our…
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Quay Ingredient
It was Lunchtime on Thursday of the School holidays and we were looking for a light snack / cake and some drinks, before we set off on our Banks of the Tyne Treasure Trail. We’d heard a lot about The Great British Cupcakery, so we headed over. People were spilling out on to the streets…