Kayaking in Dorset for our #GoProAdventures
For our recent #GoProAdventures challenge we were aided and abetted by some really fabulous Outdoor Activity companies here in Dorset. Here’s the first in the series about our Dorset Adventures – River Kayaking in Wareham. Our two eldest had both tried Kayaking on a school’s activity week, but the rest of the family had never set foot in one. So it was with a nervous shiver of trepidation running under the excitement...
Easter Activities with Pets At Home
To celebrate super small furry animals, Pets at Home will be providing Easter fun for children, with free pet workshops over the Easter holidays. My Pet Pals Easter activity club will be holding workshops at 2pm throughout the week using fun, interactive activities to educate the next generation of pet owners on how to care for small furry animals responsibly. Children attending the events will each receive their very own activity...
Snowboarding in the Cairngorms – about as much fun as you can have as a family.
While we were staying at Fisherman’s Cottage with One Off Places, we took Dora the Caravelle down to Aviemore one afternoon for an unforgettable afternoon as guests of The Ski School and Cairngorm Mountain. The husband and I had tried snowboarding about 20 years ago on a dry ski slope, but we had a feeling that a 3hr private family lesson in real snow way up high on a mountain side might be a very different experience… The...
Chiquitos Poole – Mexican food for all the family
When Chiquitos Poole offered us a voucher to review their local restaurant in Tower Park it seemed a perfect choice – the boy LOVES Mexican food! It was No.1 son’s 15th birthday a couple of weeks ago, and we wanted somewhere that was child friendly but not one of our usual haunts to take him out for a quick family celebration. When I rang to book I admit I was amused by the way the telephone was answered… *deep...
Big Family Camping – the properly excellent Bahia 7 tent from Outwell
When LitteStuff tried out the Bahia 7 Tent. It used to be that the husband and I only ever had one question to answer for our holidays – where do we fancy taking the tent this time? We ALWAYS camped. And it made us happy to our bones. Once the children came along, the logistics got a bit harder. More than just a couple of duvets, cooking equipment and a few clothes bunged into a bag. But it wasn’t until I was pregnant with...
Coming alive, it’s coming alive… Horrible Science is coming alive…
Those clever clogs from the Birmingham Stage Company have done it again! The latest in the Horrible series stage shows has given me those exact words (“it’s coming alive, it’s coming alive…” to a maddening tune going round and round in my head, and just when I think I have shaken it off one of my lovely children pipes up and actually sings it and away we go again! Horrible Science, the follow up to...