Author: Alan Hooper
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Newcastle Eagles Basketball at Sport Central
A damp Friday morning in Newcastle and I was on route to an even damper Rothbury. Just as I shut the door of my van I spotted a message. “I have 4 corporate tickets for Newcastle Eagles Basketball, for tonight if you fancy them?” We had been racking our brains for something different to do…
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The Funky Indian, Sunderland
The Funky Indian, is based next to the Winter Gardens in Sunderland town centre. We passed it on our Snowdog Trail in 2016. But Every time we walked passed the windows and peered in it looked empty. We’d heard good things about the place, but from the outside it looked like no one was home!…
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Chicken and Bacon Tagliatelle Recipe
After all the in depth cooking of Christmas, here is a Quick and Easy Recipe with ingredients you may already have in stock. Bacon and Chicken is a great combination as the two meats flavour combine really well. Also Chicken and Bacon are relatively cheap to purchase. I believe that I cooked this meal with around…
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What Happened in 2016?
Happy New Year from the Hoopers! Thank you for your continued support as we move into 2017. Every comment, share and like of our family blog is much appreciated. The Christmas holidays have gone by in a flash and the waistlines and wallet are showing the evidence of a very festive time! We had a lovely break…
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Vapiano at Disneyland Paris has opened in the Disney Village
We hit lucky again, Vappianos have a NEW restaurant had opened at Disneyland Paris. I would have broken my neck to get an early opportunity to visit Vapiano, when I podcasted and blogged on DisneyBrit. Vapiano, Disney Village Vapiano is a new Italian restaurant with chains throughout the world, but this one was located in…
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Moana – Disney’s Moana Review
Moana has taken control of the Disney Princess parade (OK she’s not a princess). We’ve recently come back from Disneyland Paris, where we managed to catch up with Moana (Called Vaiana there). As soon as we knew she was available for a meet and great we needed to get a photo. Our two wanted Moana’s…
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Wynyard Hall Gardens – Winter Wonderland
It was the 4th of December and all through the house, was Tinsel and Baubles, bits of loft insulation and a 7ft tall fake Christmas tree (in pieces). Yes we decided to get Christmassy a little later this year. Usually we’re the 1st of December, but we had too much going on. Today was one…
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Zapatista’s Festive Burrito Filling at Ridley Place
We were getting into that Christmas spirit and while twisting tinsel onto the tree and cursing over broken fairy lights, we started to think about the Panto we were off to see at the Tyne Theatre (Beauty and the Beast). But then I started to think… food! Zapatista’s Festive Burrito We’re big Mexican food fans in…
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We’ve been nominated for the UK Blog Awards
I’ll say it again in smaller text… We have been nominated for the UK Blog Awards in the Parenting category. Back at the beginning of January 2016, Catherine and I thought it would be fun to document our experiences with the kids. After all we’ve got loads of photographs that we’ve taken, but never quite…
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The Days of the Raj – Gosforth
The Days of the Raj has had a restaurant in Gosforth (opposite Asda), for many years now. It is a sit-in restaurant but also serves up a takeaway. I’ve got to admit that I have had a love-hate relationship with the place. Last time I went to order the British meal of choice Chicken Tikka…