Are ready for ‘driving home for Christmas’? Top 6 Car Checks for Winter Driving.
Christmas is coming… had you noticed? And so many people, in the words of Chris Rea, will be ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ (come on – you know you started singing it as soon as you saw the title…). And whilst we know that the big family get-togethers are filled with warmth and hugs and laughter (and perpetual childhood bickering…), if you step away from the end point there’s possibly a couple of hundred...
Is it a bird? Is it a Plane, is it even a sleeping bag?…No, its a SLPY!
Oh my – this is something you’re going. to. LOVE. The SLPY, at first glance, is a sleeping bag; a sleeping bag with a few extra zips and flaps. But it is so much more. The SLPY is a wearable sleeping bag that looks great and keeps you warm. It comes in all kinds of crazy cool colours (Pink, Orange, White, Blue, Green and Black… I went for the brilliantly vibrant Orange). But what sets the SLPY apart from a normal...
The Spirit of Christmas Fair
The Spirit of Christmas Fair is held every year at the beginning of November at Olympia. As you walk through the doors the citrus smell evocative of Christmas envelops you, thanks to Pollyfields Christmas garlands right at the entrance. With over 600 stalls there is something for everyone and it really is a shopping extravaganza. We went as a group of 4 friends and spent almost 7 hours there! We had a fabulous time. Having been...
Barmy Britain? well yes actually!
Those fabulous people from Horrible Histories have done it again! Another wonderful show, this time all about us Barmy Brits! Last night we trouped down to the Lighthouse Theatre in Poole (that’s Dorset, for those of you oop North), keen to get our annual fix of Horrible History; and weren’t disappointed either. From raging mad Boudicca who had a thing for stomping on the Romans to the very extroverted Dick Turpin who took to...
Brittany Ferries for our #ItalyRoadTrip. Brilliant – as always.
The last few years we’ve gone to France, and been lucky enough to travel with Brittany Ferries to get there. Thankfully they put the Barfleur back on the Poole Cherbourg crossing (the Condor Express and I had a little up-and-down relationship a few years back…), and not only does the ship calmly plough through most of the weather we’ve seen without much roll, but we also get a cabin. Which is brilliant, and...
And so… Home. #ItalyRoadTrip
It was with a quiet sense of tired sadness that we finally said goodbye to Italy and headed through the Mont Blanc tunnel on our journey home. Although we still had a full three days of travel in front of us, we all felt that the trip was pretty much over – we began to talk about home and plans for the rest of the year, rather then our plans for tomorrow – or simply sitting back and not really thinking much of anything as...