Author: Alan Hooper
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Geocaching in the North East
One of the reasons we started this blog was to focus more on exploring our local environment and see regional attractions. Sometimes this involves spending money on admission fees, but occasionally we come across a very low-cost option. This is where Geocaching came back in. Geocaching Geocaching is a mini exploration challenge that some one…
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The Parlour at Blagdon – Afternoon Tea
The sky was blue and we’d failed at going camping for the Bank Holiday weekend, so were desperately trying to do more than watch TV. I’d subtle dropped the hint at finding afternoon tea several times, but Catherine hadn’t caught it. So at Lunchtime on the Monday I pushed for Afternoon Tea anywhere. She rang…
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Northumberlandia
Although “The Lady of the North” has been open for a couple of years now, I’d never actually been to the sculpture. This is one of the reasons for blogging, to changing my view point and spend time exploring what we have here. I have travelled past the construction of it on a regular basis…
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Mermaid Blanket – Crochet
So I’ve just finished training for the Half Marathon Run, Climbed the Yorkshire Three Peaks and worked my fingers raw lifting Scaffolding into the van. It was time to relax with a cool refreshing lager and some crochet! Yes I did say Crochet. For those who don’t know me that well, I’m not one to worry…
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Chicken Tikka Masala
Chicken Tikka Masala is one of our favourite meals. It is amazing how many different varieties of the same dish there are. When we’ve ordered Chicken Tikka Masala from the takeaway, it can come come spicy, sweet or a little bland. So we’ve hunted out this recipe of the dish to become our favourite version. Bizarrely…
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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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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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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…