Author: Alan Hooper
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Disneyland Paris Half Marathon Day 3
The build up to today had taken nearly 18 months. I’m not joking! From not being able to run for 3 minutes, all the way to running 16km in one go. The Disneyland Paris Half Marathon had been a focus on my training and a target to hit to keep me motivated. And here we…
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Longhorns Jesmond
Everyone I know… I mean EVERYONE, seems to have gone to Longhorns Jesmond, yet it’s seemed to pass us by. I’ve driven past it several times and spied through the window in the Newcastle City Centre one a few times. The actual visit was inevitably going to happen, but when! Longhorns Jesmond It was the…
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Bistrot Chez Rémy at Walt Disney Studios
One of Disneyland Paris’ newest restaurants is based in the Walt Disney Studios Park. The restaurant is based upon where the animation Ratatouille left off. Rémy has his own restaurant and it cooking for you… his ratty chums! Before I step into the restaurant itself I just want to congratulate the Disney Imagineers for their…
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The Blue Lagoon… Experience.
Yo Ho yo Ho a Pirates life for me! I’m not sure if I would want a pirates life as I’m too used to the home comforts of cleanliness, coffee and a memory foam mattress. I would deal with the eye patch, as a child the eye hospital made me wear a plaster on one…
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Disneyland Paris Half Marathon 2016
As you read this (unless your reading this after September 25th), I’m in Disneyland Paris preparing for one of the longest runs I have ever done. If you knew me at school or after, exercise was really not my thing. I had a special knack with an excuse note to get out of P.E. When…
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Dealing with the death of my Dad
I know that this is a family based blog and usually we talk about fun days out with happy smilie kids, but life isn’t always like that. After 1 year has passed I felt it was worth sharing my experience, even if there are elements that may be grim. My Dad My Dad (also named…
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Sony DSC-H400 Review
Let’s start off with full disclosures here. I’m not a photographer, but I like good photographic arrangements. I love vivid colours and I’d love to be able to do this one day. When we started blogging back in January 2016 all we had was our iPhone 5’s camera. Which worked out fine for snapping in well-lit…
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Duck Leg and Red Currant and Wine Sauce
After a disastrous trip to the meat shop, I was forced to drag myself to Tesco. We really fancied Duck with come form of sauce and it was my challenge for the Saturday night. We weren’t falling for the trip our kids pulled last time either. “I don’t want any I don’t like it” followed…
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Corn on the Cob
Out of all the food choice you can have, Pizza, Grill, Kebab, topped Hot Dogs, Paella, Gyros and many more offerings, the surprise hit at the Just So Festival for our kids was Corn! It’s not like they’ve never had it before, it could just be they’ve never had it like this before. The Corn stand…
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Jason Cook’s Comedy Club
Comedy can be hit or miss at times, and believe it or not, not everyone likes it! Or so I found out when I tried to organise a Works night out a few years ago! Alan: I’m trying to organise a night to [insert closed down comedy club here] and I’m looking for numbers. Dave, what do you…