Category: Fun with Five

  • Theme Parks – Visiting with kids

    I’ve blogged before about Disneyland Paris,  today I’m going to have a look at two of the UK’s big parks:  Thorpe Park and Alton Towers. Location: Just inside the M25, north of Heathrow. Catering: Independent chains – the Pizza Huts and Burger Kings of the world. Time of Visit: Beginning of the summer holidays –…

  • Half Term holidays, done and dusted.

    And that’s that done.  Kids back to school, all frowns and disappointment that the holiday’s over and done with.  So where did the week go?  It seemed to fly by, that’s for sure.  For me, at least. I was fortunate this time that my wife had half term off as well and we started off…

  • #TheGallery – Week 170: New

    Last few months have seen a lot of new.  New house, new area, new friends, new village, new schools, new and interesting ways in which DIY can be botche (in the past, that is. We do things properly), new playparks and new beaches. Okay, so the beach is now an hour and a half away, not…