‘Go to Drayton Manor, instead’ I was told when I’d mentioned I was thinking of taking my kids to a major theme park for a day out. ‘You’ll love it, and it’s better for the kids too!’ I was sceptical at first. I’d heard of Drayton, but I knew little about it. I didn’t know … Continue reading
Somewhere beneath the Parisian streets, in a secluded basement on Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, is the wonderfully historic Delaville Cafe. With its rather dubious, and certainly notorious history as a popular brothel, it’s undoubtedly not the sort of place my mother would like to find me in; but it’s clearly proud of its past, clinging to … Continue reading
Although I may be right into the Great Outdoors, that doesn’t always mean that I’m prepared to leave all my creature comforts behind! Any camping trip that runs longer than a night or two needs to be well prepared for, and so when I headed off on a recent trip to Fort William with the … Continue reading
I can’t get my kids to sit still. They have what I like to call, the ‘bouncy’ gene. And trying to get them to remain even semi-motionless for more than two nano seconds tends to leave me exhausted, exasperated and downright drained. So, most occasions, I don’t bother. But when we’re trying to have a … Continue reading
So, you like to have a BBQ do you? Yep, well so do I. I’m not exactly a stranger to a burger or two, but in all my BBQ’ing years the one thing I have always hated is trying to find somewhere suitable to light a disposable BBQ. Y’know what I mean… There you are, happily … Continue reading