days out Archive

One of our regular favourite places to visit as a family, in spring and summer particularly, is St James City Farm in Gloucester. It is a very small farm, in a built up part of the city, where you’d least expect to …

  Whilst on a spa break at the Hallmark Hotel and Spa in Gloucester with my friend Joy (who you can find blogging as PinkOddy), we had the spontaneous urge to try tubing. Having just discovered that our hotel was opposite Gloucester …

One of the places we’ve been to recently is the beautiful, picturesque Cotswold village of Bourton-On-The-Water. It’s a lovely place to go for picnics, walks by the stream, traditional giftshops, old fashioned tearooms and local ice-cream. We’ve had a few days out …

Gloucester is the host city of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and for the next three months, home of the Scrumpty Trail (a play on the words “Rugby Scrum” and “Humpty Dumpty”). The Scrumpty Trail is a sculpture trail organised by Marketing …

Mahoosive apologies for the lack of recent posts. Things got a bit crazy busy round our way. I’ve been shooting off to London for a series of press events and volunteering in Somerset too. I have the huge privilege of working as …

  We were SO EXCITED to get Premium Annual Merlin passes a few weeks ago, that we have already been to FOUR Merlin attractions! I thought I’d use this week to publish some reviews, so I’m starting with The National Sea Life Centre …

I live with a family of football fanatics. There’s my 11 year old son, who plays football, my husband (who coaches, plays and supports), as well as my 13 year old son and 9 year old daughter, who are both supporters. I …

Most of the views I publish for #CheckOutThatView are calm, pretty and serene views showing natural beauty, such as beaches and rolling hills. Or sometimes shots from great height, showing a large section of a town or city. This week I thought …

  Afternoon tea at The Ritz has been on my 30 before 30 list for a long time and it’s something my mum has always wanted to do too. So for my mum’s birthday this year, I decided that’s what I’d treat her …

I thought I’d share something a little bit different for this weeks #CheckOutThatView photo. As much as I’d love to say I’m in a hot country, swimming with sharks and taking photos from an underwater camera, I wasn’t. I do still think …