Our Easter weekend in photos! Dear mummy, phew! What another hectic weekend! We like being busy even in the mixed weather. Over the Easter weekend we visited #EatStreet at Basingstoke's Festival Place Shopping Centre. Here we picked up some last-minute chocolate from Hotel Chocolate, enjoyed free food tasting from Costa and Nado's and watched the... Continue Reading →
Bricks in Motion at Milestones Museum Saturday, March 28, 2015 Dear mummy, it's blowing a gale outside today so we opt for an indoor activity. We head to Milestones Museum where we are sheltered from the elements. It's our third time here and our second time enjoying an official LEGO Event. Last year we visited Lego... Continue Reading →
Top Ten Places in Hampshire this Easter! Dear mummy, here's a little list I compiled of places to go and things to do in Hampshire this Easter! Easter is a lovely time in this neck of the woods and we love visiting gardens and farms in Spring. Here's our top ten attractions. Exbury Gardens, Southampton... Continue Reading →
Dear Mummy, there's nothing better than a trip to the beach to get rid of winter cobwebs. It's not often that we get a trip to the beach so we jumped at the chance to head down to Hayling Island in Hampshire to see Grandpa and Granny. They live on the coast right next to... Continue Reading →
Farmer Palmers winter experience. Who says you can't go to the farm in winter? Usually we wait until the Spring but on this occasion we brave the cold weather. Dear mummy, frost is on the car when we head off to Dorset to Farmer Palmers adventure farm. It's over an hour's journey from our house... Continue Reading →
Our Valentine's Day Weekend in Pictures It's been an interesting past couple of days. The weather has been a bit hit and miss in Hampshire, we've had glorious sunshine and then heavy downpours. We've had days outside in the fresh air and others cooped up in the house. On Valentine's Day we feasted on goodies... Continue Reading →
#Lockyourlove this Valentines Day "Love is in the air, everytime you look around" Dear mummy, I think that's how the song goes?!? This week at Festival Place Basingstoke they are holding a very special event called #lockyourlove just in time for Valentine’s Day. Have you ever been abroad and seen padlocks on railings from tourists... Continue Reading →
She sells sea-shells on the sea-shore. The shells she sells are sea-shells, I'm sure. For if she sells sea-shells on the sea-shore Then I'm sure she sells sea-shore shells. We headed to Bournemouth in Dorset, UK over the weekend to find some shells. It was a cold and blustery day but we were determined... Continue Reading →
Alice Holt and The Gruffalo's Child Trail Dear Mummy, it's our second attempt at visiting the Gruffalo's Child Trail event, organised by the Forestry Commission. It's been happening up and down the country since Autumn 2014. This time we visited Alice Holt Forest in Farnham, Surrey as opposed to our last trip to Moors Valley in... Continue Reading →
Visiting Kingston Lacy, National Trust, Dorset. January 19, 2015. Dear mummy, this week we headed across the county border into Dorset to visit to Kingston Lacy. Kingston Lacy is a Grade 1 listed country house and estate owned by the National Trust. It's just on the other side of the quaint Wimborne Minster, off the A31,... Continue Reading →
Our trip to Winterfell – Game of Thrones
Our trip to Winterfell (Castle Ward, National Trust) Dear Mummy, after visiting Mount Stewart on our recent trip to Northern Ireland we tracked down where they filmed scenes from Game of Thrones. Season 1 of the TV adaptation used the courtyard of Castle Ward in County Down, Northern Ireland, for Winterfell. My mummy and Daddy are huge Game of... Continue Reading →
Where? You may ask. Where indeed... Dear mummy, we visited The Moors Valley Country Park in Dorset over the weekend to join other little children on the Forestry Commission's Gruffalo trail and we were a bit disappointed. Oh No! Luckily for us the company of NCT friends and families made it worthwhile for us and a... Continue Reading →
A winter walk at Mount Stewart, National Trust Dear Mummy, on our recent trip to Northern Ireland we headed outside Belfast to find an old National Trust estate called Mount Stewart. It's an 18th-century property situated on the east shore of Strangford Lough (or Strangeford as my mummy calls it). It's about 40 minutes from Belfast where we... Continue Reading →
Dear mummy, what is it with the man in the red suit? Father Christmas, Santa Claus and Saint Nic. He's the same person right? Today we visited Marwell Wildlife to see the man in question....I don't know why and I'm too young to understand. All I know is that he passes judgement on little children,... Continue Reading →
Winter Wonderland in London's Hyde Park Dear Mummy, thank you for being brave enough to venture into the big smoke and take me to London's Winter Wonderland, I've had a really great time! It's not often that we brave London as a family, you see the thought of boarding a train full of commuters, packed... Continue Reading →
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