Jousting Battle At Bolsover Castle The sun beat down on Bolsover Castle, but there was nothing gentle about the mood. This wasn’t a quiet bank holiday stroll through history. This was war on horseback. Steel rang out as four hardened knights rode into the arena, armour scarred and shining, visors […]
Day Trips
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Blackpool Airshow: A First-Time Family Adventure It’s the big six-week school holidays in England, so we decided to treat Oscar to his very first airshow. Our choices were Blackpool or Southport, but having been to both, we knew Southport’s single-track roads and slow-moving traffic would be a nightmare. Blackpool was […]
Twycross Zoo Review – Expensive, Confusing, and Rainy Well, what can I say about Twycross Zoo? My initial thoughts were that it felt a little expensive, slightly regimented, and, to be honest, a bit on the small side. Perhaps that’s being a little unfair—after all, the animals seemed genuinely well […]
A Disappointing Visit to Amerton Farm After a fantastic morning at the Trentham Monkey Forest, I thought it would be a nice idea to take Oscar to Amerton Farm to finish off the day before heading back home. Having so many fond memories of this place over the last 20 […]
A Spare Afternoon at Trentham Monkey Forest We found ourselves with nothing firmly planned, so we decided to make the most of a free afternoon and head over to the Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire. It’s one of those places we’d mentioned visiting several times but never quite got round […]
We took Oscar to Robin Hood’s Wheelgate Park in Newark, Nottinghamshire, and he had a blast from the moment we walked in. Wheelgate Park has plenty going on — rides, play zones, animals and indoor areas — basically everything you need to keep a kid busy for a few hours. We […]