Visiting Plantasia Tropical Zoo, Swansea
A visit to Plantasia Tropical Zoo in Swansea with a child, checking out the killer plants and tropical animals
Travel reviews
Visiting Tenby beach and places to eat in Tenby
Visiting Tenby beach and sharing some of the places we ate while on holiday in the Pembrokeshire seaside town of Tenby
Staying at Heywood Spa Hotel Tenby
Enjoying a stay at Heywood Spa Hotel Tenby, over Easter break with a child, and how we found our visit.
Doubletree at Hilton Forest Pines hotel stay
*Ad – press trip We love a hotel stay, so we were happy to visit the Doubletree at Hilton Forest Pines hotel just outside Scunthorpe for a review. Scunthorpe wouldn’t usually a destination of choice, but we combined it with…
Doubletree at Hilton Cambridge Belfry hotel stay
*AD – Press trip We’ve stayed in a lot of hotels in our time and the Doubletree at Hilton have been good experiences in the past. When we were asked to review a couple, Forest Pine and the Cambridge Belfry…
Exploring Hughenden Manor and gardens
Over the winter I always have a few Saturdays to myself when the OH and N are off shooting. But often they’re filled with chores, hair appointments or other things that take up too much of the day to go…
Exploring engineering at Enginuity, Coalbrookdale
Over the holidays I had to get us out the house. This time we decided to visit Blists Hill Victorian Town (my request) and Enginuity (N’s preferred choice, and a way to get him to agree to Blists Hill). It’s…
Go back in time at Blists Hill Victorian Town
Considering I wasn’t a history fan at school, I do enjoy living museums and looking back at old streets and houses. We’ve been to Black Country Living Museum in the past and I really wanted to visit Blists Hill Victorian…
Loving rides at Drayton Manor theme park and zoo
It’s been years since I’ve been to a proper theme park, but over half term we decided to head to Drayton Manor theme park and zoo. We’d taken my sister in law and the youngest nephew – it’s always nice…
Staying in the historic Imperial Hotel Blackpool
I love a modern, clean lines, contemporary hotel, but sometimes it’s nice to enjoy some beautiful old fashioned charm and spectacular historical décor in a hotel. We’ve stayed in a few old fashioned spectacular architecture hotels in the past –…
Visiting Lake District Wildlife Park and Lakes Aquarium
Sometimes on a day out, you want something with a gentler pace of life and less glitzy than the big chains. The Lakes Aquarium and Lake District Wildlife Park were two places that fitted this more relaxed pace of life…
