We are really fortunate that we live around 5 minutes from the sea and the seaside town of Felixstowe in Suffolk. This means that throughout the year we are able to visit the town and enjoy some of the things that Felixstowe has. Apart from the beach, amusement arcades there are some other fun things…
I was very lucky that much of my childhood was spent living in North West Norfolk, a place that as a very young child we visited regular taking our caravan up from the outskirts of London pre-M25 and heading up to the coastal road, setting up the caravan and then spending a week or a…
One of our Top Museums for Kids in London is the Natural History Museum. As someone that loves nature, learning about the earth and animals this is the place to go. Whenever we visit London we try and fit in a visit from a short trip before it closes to see the latest exhibition to…
As a family we love a trip to London and look forward to it for weeks, we wake up and look out of the window and 9 times out of 10 it’s nice and our plans for the day are fine. However, that other option it’s not great means we have to adapt our plans…
Although as a family we are passionate about Nature and Wildlife our secondary passion is history and particularly Ancient History and cultures. Of them, the one that fascinates us the most is Ancient Egypt. We’ve read fiction books about Ancient Egypt, created our own Cartouches and learnt about the history in school but NOTHING can…
Weekends away exploring the UK are one of the ways that we are ensuring that we are spending family time together which is one of our family goals. But, finding family-friendly hotels to stay at where we can all feel comfortable, rested and happy has been a challenge. We’ve stayed at some nice ones, but…
I was lucky enough to spend 3 years at the University of Wales Bangor so when the kids were little we decided to return for a long weekend with the kids and explored some of the many attractions within easy reach of Bangor in North Wales. There is so much to do and explore with…
There is so much to do in London with kids, whether you are visiting for a day or coming for a trip one of your days should be spent at one of the many museums. Picking which ones to go to can be a challenge as there are so many different ones to choose from….
One of our family goals this year is to spend at least 1 weekend every month as a quality time weekend with the kids exploring, adventuring and ignoring the day to day chores of homelife. For the first weekend of the year, we decided to head down to London to get some culture, history and…
One of our favourite Indoor Activities to do in London is to visit the Warner Bros. Studio Tour. We love seeing the magic of the movies behind one of our family favourite movie series Harry Potter. Of the times we have visited maybe because it was my first visit, maybe because it features parts of…
Last week I spent a day down in London talking with radio stations around the country all about Childhood Nostalgia based upon research carried out by Hollywood Bowl. I talked about how as parents it’s up to us to think about the things that we loved doing as a child and introduce them to our…
There is nothing like escaping your day to day and discovering somewhere new, and also something very nostalgic if you head off by train. Southeastern Railways covers Kent and East Sussex and is a quick and easy hop to the coast from the city. Hastings is famous because of the Battle of Hasting in 1066,…
Sitting last week with my kids and husband at the theatre in our hometown watching Naomi Wilkinson the presenter of a couple of award winning wildlife shows for kids may just have been the highlight of our break it certainly inspired and energised me that we should be doing even more with the kids than we…
When it comes to movies and books there is one series that has captured my attention since I was a late teen and I have read many many many times and seen the movies, even, more times than my husband has seen his favourite. It’s Harry Potter of course. It captured my attention because JK…
As a child, there was a place that I visited every summer Holkham. Holkham is on the North Norfolk Coast, and is a small coastal town – the highlights being the amazing beach and also Holkham Hall. Last autumn I returned with the kids to discover the delights of the hall in a different season…
How well do you know the area that you live in? We’ve lived in East Anglia all my life (well my parents have I’ve travelled a little bit) and in Suffolk for the last 9 years and we’ve never really explored the county much! So a couple of weekends ago after spending the spring evenings…
If you’ve seen a lot of our recent post you will see that we are spending more and more time outdoors – there will be more coming up on why this is in a future post. But one of the things we’ve been doing is exploring where we live, we’re very lucky to live in…
We’ve never taken the kids to a theme park, nor a fair so taking them for the first time is a big deal for us. I love theme parks the fast rides are my favourite – my husband not so much but the kids have been excited seeing theme parks on a few TV programmes…
It’s time to get out of the car and see what you can find away from the roads and pavements. There is so much more to explore and see on foot and National Trust are kicking off this year’s Great British Walk with some fabulous events around the country. With over 1000 different walks, events…
Welcome back to this week Tuesday Tots, I’m sorry if you were expecting to see some featured posts this week instead I wanted to share some pictures for an amazing weekend we had where J and T were present whilst History was being made. This weekend Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 60 years on the throne…
A couple of weeks ago Rainy Day Dad, J, T and I went to the beach to help with the Marine Conservation Society Big Beach Clean Up. As I mentioned before I have spent time in the past cleaning beaches, surveying them and working on them for most of my early 20’s so I thought…
During Space week I took J and T to Rendlesham Forest which is a Forest Commission Forest in Suffolk and is slightly famous for it’s UFO sightings. Where is it Rendlesham forest is located in Suffolk north of Ipswich with Woodbridge and Melton being the nearest local towns. It is easy to find and its…
Welcome to our new feature – Great Days Out and it with huge pleasure that I open it with Hunstanton Sea Life Centre and a competition to boot. Many moons ago (15 years to be precise) I worked at Hunstanton Sea Life Centre whilst in the Upper 6th as an Aquarist (one of the staff…