Visit to Creake Abbey & Baconsthorpe Castle
We are on holiday in Hunstanton, Norfolk and as we are members of English Heritage we looked at what is…
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Potteries Museum & Art Gallery – Stoke-on-Trent Visit
We try to go to different city shopping centres when we go out shopping as going to the same towns…
Farnborough Hall Near Banbury Visit
We are National Trust members and while on a weekend away we visited Farnborough Hall after visiting Upton House which…
Coventry Transport Museum Visit
A few weekends we had to drop our daughter off to Leamington Spa, so we decided on the way back…
Mottistone Gardens & Compton Bay & Downs Visit
Mottistone Gardens Mottistone Gardens is on the south coast of the Isle of Wight and is part owned by the…
Visit To Packwood House & Baddesley Clinton
We had to pick some furniture up from Knowle and as we are National Trust member we decided to visit…
Visit To Kinver Edge & Rock Houses
Our recent visit to the national trust Kinver Edge and rock houses, lovely place and a very nice walk , my review and photos
Carisbrooke Castle Visit – Isle of Wight
Carisbrooke castle is just outside of Newport on the Isle Of Wight and is owned by English Heritage. Entrance prices…
Visit To Tutbury Castle
On the way back from a visit to Sudbury Hall & Childhood museum, we decided to visit Tutbury Castle, Staffordshire.…
Hall Green Greyhound Stadium Demolition
Hearing in the last week about the closure of Birmingham’s Hall Green Greyhound stadium it made me remember of a…
Quick Walk Around Hayhead Wood Nature Reserve – Aldridge
We decided to take the dog for a walk around Hayhead Wood nature reserve in Aldridge. The nature reserve is off the A454 Aldridge Road and is set in 17 acres. The reserve has a mixture of woodland, wetland and grassland habitats. The now nature’s reserve was originally part of the hay head work which mined limestone,
Motor Museum Visit – Bourton-On-The-Water
While on a nice day out in Bourton on the water we visited a few attractions one of these was…
Model Village Bourton-on-the-water Visit
While on a day trip to Bourton-on-the-water for the bank holiday we visited the model village, we had been to…
National Space Museum Visit
We recently visited the national space Museum in Leicester, which is just outside the city centre. We got tickets using…
Moseley Old Hall Visit
We decieded as we had a free afternoon to go visit Moseley Old Hall which is located in Fordhouses, just…
Shugborough Hall and Estate
We recently went to Shugborough estate, as we are national trust members you get admission cheaper for the whole property…
High Peak Junction Walk
After recently catching up on the Tony Robinson TV Series Walking through history, in the first episode I noticed him…
Attingham Park & Mansion
I visited Attingham park today, as I had finished sooner on some work in nearby Shrewsbury, and because have a…
Wall Roman Site (Letocetum)
A few months ago we visited the Wall Roman site (Letocetum) just off the A5 Watling Street, Staffordshire. Now I…
Wookey Hole & Caves
While we was on holiday at a Pontins holiday park in Brean Sands we decided to visit Wookey hole near…
Hornsea Museum – Yorkshire
Last year we visited the Hornsea museum in East Riding of Yorkshire, The museum looks small from the outside, but…
First Time Doing Geocaching
Recently the missus discovered geo-caching. The basics of geo-caching is were you explore different places using your smartphone or GPS…
Remembrance & Poppies
Just a quick post about remembrance Sunday, list of March’s about poppies. This year my daughter and set Epson and…
Castle ring
We live pretty close to castle ring so we do enjoy walking round there and there is also a very…
Sudbury Hall & Museum of Childhood
We visited sudbury Hall and the museum of childhood recently, which is a national Trust property. Entrance cost to both…
Rotunda Museum – Scarborough
The Rotunda museum, is located just of the shore and within walking distance from the town centre of Scarborough. we…
National Brewery Experience
We decided one day last year to go to the national Brewery Centre in Burton-upon-Trent. One reason was we had…
Cheddar Gorge
While we was on holiday and after visiting wookey hole, we went to Cheddar gorge on the way back to…
Bantock Park and Museum
Today we visited Bantock Park and Museum which is just about 1 mile out of Wolverhampton City Centre. Bantock House…
Snibston Discovery Museum
We recently went to Snibston a museum of discovery in Coalville, Leicestershire, it is run by Leicestershire county council. We…
Kent’s Caverns – Prehistoric Caves
While on holiday in devon we went to Kents Cavern which is just outside Torquay, which is a prehistoric cave,…
Wroxeter Bath House Ruins & Villa
We went on a few months ago, but just forgot to write this article to Wroxeter, this is where there…
RAF Air Museum Cosford
We recently visited the RAF Air Museum at Cosford, Shropshire, this is the second time I have visited this attraction in…
Walsall Illuminations the end of a era
As most people will know the Walsall Illuminations in the town centre’s Arboretum has been cancelled for good. On Thursday 3rd March…
Tamworth Castle Ghost Search
On Friday 16th July we went to a ghost search / hunt evening at Tamworth castle, the price was £32 per person.…
Llangollen & Pistyll Rhaeadr Waterfall
We went to llangollen for a special day trip the other Sunday, From where we are was around a 1hr 30min drive,…
Tamworth Castle
We had a visit to Tamworth castle a few weeks ago, the entrance price was £5 For adults and £3…
Warwick Castle Visit
We all had a nice day out at Warwick Castle the other day, so here is my view on the…
Ironbridge day out
We went to Ironbridge on Easter bank holiday Monday, so thought I would share some information and photos. Ironbridge has…
National Trust Free Weekend
Just though I would share this, the national trust are doing a free weekend this weekend the 20th and 21st…