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Twinlakes – a theme park

We visited Twinlakes as part of our weekend in Leicestershire.  For those of you who may not have heard of Twinlakes it is a theme park / farm / animal encounters attraction based in Melton Mowbary, Leicestershire.  We returned from the attractions with mixed emotions, Maya and Raihan had a...

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Thunder

I used to be petrified of the thundering sounds. One of my most vivid childhood memories is a 7 year old me at school. The fire alarm was blaringg as the lightening had set it off, me and my classmates upset and scared with the teacher calming us down by...

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Cheap Family Half Term Holiday Ideas

I always love a holiday bargain but travelling in school holidays always proves to be so expensive.  Its a pet peeve of mine when people who do not have children try to argue that the ridiculous prices for school holidays are justifiable.  So I have put together some ideas for...

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tooth fairy ideas

It’s the simple things in life that make all the difference, the fancy holidays and days out are nice but it is often the ordinary moments which you remember as you lay awake at night.  One of my wishes for my children is that the ordinary moments in life are...

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Travel Bucket List

As many of you know travelling is my thing.  Prior to kids Doc and I, had a huge map in our room and we had each chosen 10 things for a bucket list that we wanted to do.  Once our little adventurers arrived bucket lists, where we travel too has...

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Bargain Glamping offer

We have just returned from a fantastic weekend away at Stanley Villa Farm.  It’s great for a weekend away and it’s a great way for people who want to try camping but don’t want the stress of tents/sleeping on the floor etc. Well I saw this fantastic deal for the site...

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Free Family events 11th – 14th September

They say the best things in life of free, and I couldn’t agree more!  This weekend is the annual National Heritage open days.  The four-day event runs throughout the country and offers individuals the opportunity to go and visit places of history which are either normally closed to the public...

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Stanley Villa Farm – Glamping Family Fun!

So this was our second go at glamping and after loving our stay at Potadoodledo, the adventurers couldn’t wait for our next adventure.  We visited Stanley Villa Park Farm on the weekend 5-7th September 2014 and we have all returned after a fantastic weekend.  Maya has actually asked to return...

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Free things to do in the north west (5th, 6th & 7th September)

Its back to school week and if your family budgets are anything like ours, the long summer holidays will have resulted in there being hardly anything left in the pot.  But fear not, the fiveadventurers are as frugal as ever and after scouring the net we have found 10 fantastic,...

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My beautiful Maya

Dear Maya Mummy has planned to write you these letters for many years, but somehow life always got in the way and I haven’t managed it.  But I thought I would finally do it.  On Monday, you start Year 1 and as I look on how much you have grown...