Author: Alan Hooper
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Marmite Easter Egg
Have you seen the Marmite Easter Egg? Can you even believe that there is such a thing. I mean there are those that Love Marmite and those that Hate it. Yet I’ve never met anyone that was a Lover of Marmite, if it was mixed into an Easter Egg! Marmite Easter Egg I’ll take you…
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The Bank of Dad
Welcome to the Bank of Dad. We are a friendly bank that encourage young savers to deposit money and learn the values of saving. We do not judge you on your purchases and we offer you a free overdraft, with options to earn extra. The Bank of Dad Balancing the value of money between our…
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English Pancake Recipe
Pancake day was last week and you could say that I’ve timed this wrong. However I don’t feel that Pancakes should be limited to one day a year. In fact our kids have been asking for them for over a month now. Usually we cook the Ultimate American Pancakes, but this time around we chose…
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Beamish Wild – School Holiday Camp
Beamish Wild are expanding their offerings to include School Holiday Camps. Today was a sampler day that we had been invited to try out. I’ll admit that we’d never been to Beamish Wild before today, but had been to an event at Beamish Hall. Imogen has tried a few tree top adventure / high rope courses,…
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Oli’s and Joe Gosforth
Oli’s and Joe on Gosforth High Street opened towards the end of 2016. Yet another restaurant in Gosforth we wanted to try out. The branding on the outside looks amazing. The design is eye-catching and we were hoping the interior would live up to our expectations! Gosforth High Street is quite a popular location for…
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The Hoopers February
February is over already and we’re heading into March. The summer will be here before we know it. Just like last month we’ve compiled a round up of selected highlights from our blogs in February. Then after we’ve added the items that didn’t make it into a stand alone blog post. Restaurants Turtle Bay…
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Snatch – Mobile App game
I won’t lie to you! When I told my friends that I’d downloaded an app called “Snatch”, they wondered what I was doing? What did you search to find that was one comment. It wasn’t any thing dodgy, but a risk free game to play on your smart phone. I’ll try and enlighten you while…
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Chris Ramsey: Is that Chris Ramsey? at The Customs House
The moment of clarity hit me while sitting in the Steamboat. We were off to see Is That Chris Ramsey? At first I thought am I blogging about it, then I thought naaaaa I’ve already done that. Cat argued back at me that we hadn’t. I carefully chose not to argue back anymore as generally…
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New New Bengal – Best Indian Restaurant in Gosforth
The New New Bengal Indian Restaurant in Gosforth is the refurbished result from the New Bengal Restaurant. The Old New Bengal Gosforth The Indian restaurant had been established in Gosforth for over 40 years. We’d visited a couple of times when on our dating years. During the late summer of 2014, the business was set on…
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Geocaching for Beginners
We’ve been asked for a Geocaching for Beginners guide. As there are so many elements to the hobby (not sure if I can call it a sport) we decided to break it up into the absolute basics. Then may add a follow-up guide in the future. Geocaching is a game of hide and seek that…