I love autumn and there’s not many people I know who don’t enjoy the seasonal change. All the leaves changing colour, the natural foraging of blackberries and sloes, and the joys of collecting shiny conkers from their cases. Like most children N loves picking up conkers, and the threatening dying off of horse chestnut trees…
Rainy day fun at Blackpool Pleasure beach and Ripley’s Believe it or Not
One night in Blackpool at a time is plenty for me, and the second day of our time there was spent at Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Ripleys Believe it or Not Blackpool. Up at the South Pier end of the town, it’s more spacious and quieter than the other 2 piers. As the weather wasn’t…
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 2 places that fitted this more relaxed pace of life when we visited the Lake District. Lakes Aquarium I really wanted to visit the Lakes…
An evening at Coral Island Blackpool and Buccaneer Family Restaurant
The OH would have hated it, but when you’re at the seaside, you need to pop in to the amusements to play on some arcade games. I love it, N loves it. They remind me of playing the 2 penny games with my Great Uncle in Cleethorpes, when he’d give us £1 in change to…
Blackpool attractions – Sea life, Blackpool Tower, Madame Tussauds
If you’ve never been to Blackpool, you should. Just to experience it. Like many northern traditional seaside towns, it’s a bit run down and could do with a huge face lift. But there’s the buzz of being at the seaside, and there’s so many traditional experiences that everyone should see at least once in their…
