We recently went to the Wolseley Centre which is just outside of Rugeley town centre on the A51, it is next to the wyevale garden centre. The Wolseley centre is a great nature reserve run by the Staffordshire wildlife trust. I have been here several times before but it is always a place to keep visiting.  The Wolseley centre was once the ancestral home of the Wolseley  family dating back to the 11th century, you can still see the remains...

We recently went to Snibston a museum of discovery in Coalville, Leicestershire, it is run by Leicestershire county council. We decided to go here as one of the kids went on a school trip and she said is was good so we thought would be a great place to visit for a family day out.  Entrance cost is £7.50 Adults, £5.00 Children, £22.50 Family (2 + 2), though if you go to the official website HERE and download the leaflet and print it out...

We recently went to Cadbury World in Bournville Birmingham, Prices are £14.75 Adults, £10.75 Child  £45 Family (2+2)  £53.00 Family ticket (2 +3) These prices are direct from Cadbury world website which gives you a discount of 5%, On Thursday’s is purple Thursday which gives you a 2 for 1 offer. though we got our tickets using tesco clubcard exchange vouchers see HERE for details on how to do this. Once you get into the main...

While we was on holiday in Exmouth Devon at Devon Cliffs Haven Holiday park we went to the World of Country Life, this is just on the entrance to devon cliffs holiday park, because it was on the entrance we had drove past it a few times, but wasnt sure about going  as was really wet when we was on holiday but we went as we had a discounted ticket through haven so we thought we would go.  Normal entrance fee is £9.85 adults, £7.85...

While on holiday in devon we went to Kents Cavern which is just outside Torquay, which is a prehistoric cave, entrance prices are 8.95 adults and 7.95 for children / seniors.  If you book tickets online you can save 15%, unfortunately we didn’t do that and couldn’t book the ticket online on my phone as the mobile internet signal was weak around the area we was stopping. You have to pay for parking at about 2 for 4hrs, just a...

While on holiday on our way back to the haven park after visiting Kent’s cavern in Torquay, as it was raining hard we wanted somewhere to go inside we had a leaflet for the house of marbles in Bovey Tracey which is free to visit and also the parking was free. The House of marbles contains three different museums, the games museum, marble museum, and the pottery museum. Upon entrance you go into the main shop with all different...

We just went to the Waterfront Pub at the Barton marina in Barton under needwood as was seeing family at the pub, I myself have never been to the Barton Marina, The Marina has a few specialist shops inc aswell as The Waterfront pub, Thai Marina restaurant and the Apple Tree coffee shop & delicatessen. The waterfront pub also has live entertainment on Fridays and Saturdays. Unfortunatly we went on Easter Sunday and the weather wasnt the...

The sun again gave away lego toy sets between the 8th and 15 October 2011, the sets were Star Wars Star Destoryer no. 30053 Harry Potter The Lab no. 30111 City Blue Truck no. 30024 Alien Quest Jet pack no, 30141 Cars 2 Gremlin no. 30121 Ninjago Ninja Training no. 30082 Harry Pottter Trolley Boy no. 30110 Again the set like all the  other Sun & News of the world promotions you had to collect from either WH Smiths or Toys-r-us. You...

Last year while on holiday on the last day of our holiday we went to Lakeland Wildlife Oasis , entrance prices are Adult £8.95 Child (aged 3-15) £5.95, Senior, £6.95 Family (2+2) £24.95 Children under 3 are FREE, though from the holiday park that we was stopping at there was a large leaflet about all the places in Cumbria and the Lake District and there was money off vouchers, the one for the lakeland wildlife oasis was a buy on get...

Last year we went on holiday to lakeland, South lake district Cumbria, and we visited a few places around the area that I wrote about, but hadn’t wrote about Beatrix potter world, so hope you find this delayed review of this attraction informative and interesting. Beatrix Potter World is located at Bowness-on-Windermere, it is located across the road from the main car park in the town, access is up some stairs from the main road or round...

About a month ago I brought one of these cheaper Android based tablets that are available so here is my option and quick review on these type of tablets, the one I brought was a 7” maipad model based around the VIA 8650 also known as the WM8650 which runs at 800mhz it has 256mb ram and 4gb flash ram installed (the full spec of the model I brought is listed at the bottom of this review). The unit came with extras including stylus,...

Just a quick post about the Burntwood Lantern parade on Saturday 10th December, The Lantern parade is organised by Forward Action Burntwood (Fab) Charity. This is a yearly event, this year I have got involved with my partner and her children who did it last year, we now have built 3 different lanterns. There have been workshop over the past two weeks at the oakdene centre then at the youth club to build you lantern, as of Thursday 8th...