Category: North East Days Out
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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…
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December Plans
Wow! I cannot believe it’s already December and the big man in red’s visit is imminent. 2016 has gone in a flash and in January our little baby ‘Here Come the Hoopers’ will be celebrating it’s first birthday. The past few weeks have been so busy, so this year shopping will be left to the last…
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The Jolly Fisherman on the Quay
Child Free Day After a lovely coffee in the Long play cafe we meandered up to town, grabbing some last minute crafty bits for Imogen’s party taking place that night. After bumping into our neighbour Kim, and my sister in law Janice and her Mam in the space of 5 minutes, Alan came to the…
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Katie’s Garden – Sunderland
On the eve of Imogen 9th birthday we took a trip down to Katie’s Garden in Sunderland with my friend (and fellow Brownie owl) Victoria and her daughter Elizabeth (7). It had been quite a crafty weekend as Imogen had celebrated with a little party with her classmates on Friday evening decorating mugs, canvas bags…
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Long Play Café – A quick cuppa
Its not that often I get to have just a random day off work. Or should I say a day off work without any real purpose. Usually it would be that the kids were off, or a delivery was coming, or even a job needed to be done. Today was a day to just do…
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Pizzastorm – Greys Quarter, Newcastle
My eyes are opened nearly every time I go into Newcastle’s Town centre. Normally for good reasons. We’d headed into Eldon Square to get some new glasses. Don’t worry I did go to Spec Savers. Although I was surprised to see that Vision Express is next door with an almost identical glass shop front. Are…
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The Gardens – Wynyard Hall
You have to love facebook for throwing up some good ideas for days out. The ‘Pumpkin, Pumpkin, Pumpkin’ event at Wynyard Hall Gardens came up on my timeline and it seemed like a good way to fill in a Thursday afternoon of half term. The cost of the event was £15 per child for 3 hours…
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The Vampire Rabbit at the Mining Institute
A few months ago I spotted on North East Family Fun’s blog a guide to the exciting events taking place during the 2016 Juice Festival. I have to admit, the Juice Festival wasn’t a programme I was overly familiar with so we were keen this year to find out more and book onto one of the…
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Disney on Ice – Frozen
We’ve been to several Disney on Ice productions over the years. I even decided to go and see a show with Catherine one year… before we even had kids! It’s no secret that the Hoopers are huge Disney fans, but at the same time, we are realistic. If we have a poor experience we wouldn’t…
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Sunderland Winter Gardens and Museum – Snakes Alive
Last weekend on the Snowdog hunt we found ourselves on the last lap of the trail in Sunderland city centre. Sunderland evokes a lot of childhood memories for me as my Nana Betty and my Great Nana Kitty always took me and my brother in the school holidays for a day trips out from Jarrow on the…