Author: Alan Hooper
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Best Family Holiday Ever in Craster, Northumberland
We continue our series of My Best Family Holiday Ever. This week Samantha Rickelton shares a cozy Winter getaway in Craster. Samantha has been blogging for 6+ years now (full-time self-employed for 2 of those). She set up Mrs Mulled Wine last year as she is a huge Christmas fan and Christmas posts were always very…
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Celebrating Getting Back To School with a Disney Party
After the 6 long weeks of school holidays September was finally here. Parents throughout the country rejoiced (or was it just us?) as it was back to school time!! The summer holidays were full of fun but Abigail was really looking forward to seeing her friends. 6 weeks is a long time! Holidays and work…
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My Best Family Holiday Ever in Calella de Palafrugell, Spain.
As the Summer holidays drift off into just a memory, we thought it would be good to look at what our friends have done on their holidays. We’re running a guest post series on our blog about your Best Family Holiday Ever. Today we’re sharing Steve Rickelton’s Holiday. Steve started blogging as Big Stevie Cool…
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Crazy fun with the Boom Ball Game
Sunday afternoon in the Hooper House. We’d been for a Sunday Lunch and thought instead of curling up on the sofa and chilling, maybe we should play a game as a family. The Summer was only just still tempting me out of the warmth of the house. So we should really make the most of…
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Small Steps, Huge Leaps and Plodding Along!
The beginning of September is a big moment in so many peoples lives for many different reasons. The most important is that it is my birthday (I’m now 39). The second is preparing for photograph your front door day. All parents will be aware that the first week of September it is LAW that you…
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Things to Do on the Costa Del Sol – A Day trip to Morocco
When your on holiday in Spain, sunning yourself in a heat wave. The perfect thing to do is leave the country! As bizarre as that sounds this is exactly what we did. After thinking about it for a week we booked up a Day trip to Morocco. A Day trip to Tangier, Morocco We’d been…
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Things to do on the Costa Del Sol – Selwo Aventura
Selwo operates two parks on the Costa Del Sol. Selwo Marina and Selwo Aventura, the latter is where we’re heading today. With Spain being hit by a heat wave, sitting around the pool just didn’t do it for me, so I was itching to find things to do on the Costa Del Sol. Cat and…
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Zhu Zhu Pets, Adventure Ball and Hamster Wheel with Tube Review
A few years ago, I remember Imogen having a little pet hamster toy called a Go Go Pet. They were palm sized animals that seemed to have a life of there own. A name change and a tie in with a cartoon and movie, Zhu Zhu Pets are here to take over. Zhu Zhu Pets…
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Costa Del Sol Things to do : Selwo Marina Benalmadena
We’d got to around the 6th day of our holiday on the Costa Del Sol and I was looking for things to do. The kids were loving just jumping in and out the pool. Unfortunately I needed to find stuff to do. After a walk to the nearby shops to pick up an english newspaper,…
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Kaltur High Bridge | Newcastle’s best Tapas!
Kaltur is a new Tapas bar on High Bridge Street, Newcastle. I first got to know about them when I was asked to do the signage work with my day job. Enrique said to me while I was working “We’re going to offer the best authentic tapas in Newcastle”. Now I am a very cynical…