Category: North East Days Out
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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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Discovery Museum – Newcastle upon Tyne
Sometimes the best laid plans are destined to go to pot and our planned Bank Holiday trip to the Lakes camping was just not meant to be! Thursday started off inconsequential. A sweaty 5k run around Great Park with my ‘This Girl can Run’ group followed by a visit from my friend and hairdresser Jacqueline…
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Broom House Farm-County Durham
Last December, we had the unusual situation of being child free with a tank of petrol that needed using up. Early the next day the scrap man was coming to take our trusty 10 year old Renault Scenic to car heaven. We decided to head south to County Durham through Stanley (stopping at the clearance…
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Stick Man trail – Hamsterley Forest – County Durham
After reading the fantastic review from ‘north east family fun‘ a while back, the Stick Man trail at Hamsterley Forest was high on our list of things to do with the girls. We love a good trail and nothing motivates the girls more than the sense of achievement from completing a worksheet! The girls are…
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Clip n Climb Cramlington Again!
Catherine had taken the kids to Clip n Climb Cramlington a few months ago as part of a Rainbows trip. For the Rainbows visit the centre was booked out as a private hire. Both Abigail and Imogen loved it and were desperate to go back. So we needed no persuasion to go back, when our…
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Quay Ingredient
It was Lunchtime on Thursday of the School holidays and we were looking for a light snack / cake and some drinks, before we set off on our Banks of the Tyne Treasure Trail. We’d heard a lot about The Great British Cupcakery, so we headed over. People were spilling out on to the streets…
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The Banks of the Tyne – Treasure Trail
Mid-way through the school Easter holidays we welcomed our friends The Speeds (Chris, Jaime, Mollie and Emily) from their home in Great Yarmouth. Quite a few of our recent blog posts will feature them. Treasure Trails On their second full day, there was a break from the rain and we decided to go on…
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Wyevale Garden Centre – Spring Week – Enchanted Mini Garden
The Hoopers do love a run out to the garden centre and the Wyevale Gosforth centre is one we often pop to as its only a couple of miles away from our home. A trip here fills a couple of hours in on a rainy day and although we aren’t huge gardeners (our AstroTurf lawn…