Thomas Land at Drayton Manor is better than ever!

by Jenny // April 10, 2015 // 4 Comments

Drayton Manor in Staffordshire is one of our favourite places to visit in the holidays. My son is a huge fan of Thomas the Tank Engine so the fact that Europe’s only Thomas Land is found there has us going... Continue reading →

Thomas and friends: Tale of the brave

by Jenny // September 22, 2014 // No Comments

My son is a bit of a Thomas the tank engine fan. In fact “a bit” doesn’t really cover it. He turned 5 in September and still shows no sign of growing out of his trains. We have a massive... Continue reading →

Gruffalos and sandwiches

by Jenny // June 5, 2014 // 1 Comment

“My favourite food”, the gruffalo said, “You’ll taste good on a slice of bread.” We may not all like mouse in our sandwiches but as summer (hopefully) starts we all want to get out and about with our little one... Continue reading →

Cake International Mancester Highlights

by Jenny // March 10, 2014 // No Comments

On Friday I was lucky enough to go to Cake International at Event City in Manchester. The largest sugarcraft and baking show of it’s kind, it’s the perfect event for baking nuts like me.The show was opened by Mary Berry... Continue reading →

Chocolate making with The Cheshire Cookery School

by Jenny // December 4, 2013 // 1 Comment

Last week I was lucky enough to be invited along to a chocolate making class at The Cheshire Cookery School in Altrincham near Manchester. When I told my husband he said I should be going round singing that song from... Continue reading →

Thomas Land at Drayton Manor review

by Jenny // September 6, 2013 // 6 Comments

My son is a huge Thomas the Tanks Engine fan. He was given some engines and DVDs for his second birthday and never looked back. If I let him, he’d take his engines with him everywhere we go. This week... Continue reading →

Celyn Wood Railway in Mold

by Jenny // August 28, 2013 // 1 Comment

A couple of weeks ago the annual round of birthday parties started as the babies from our old NCT class started turning 4. (I still can’t quite believe this). As the kiddies are getting older the parties are actually starting... Continue reading →

Visit Sea Life Centre Manchester – review

by Jenny // August 16, 2013 // 6 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about out day filled with sun, sea and sand. We had a great day visiting the Chil Factore indoor snow centre and Sea Life Centre Mancheter. We had a great day but I... Continue reading →

Red House Farm Altrincham

by Jenny // August 9, 2013 // 12 Comments

Earlier this year we visited a place called Red House Farm near Altrincham when it played host to a fabulous event called Little Fun Fest. Yesterday we decided to go for another visit as we had such a good time... Continue reading →

Sun, Sea and Snow – review

by Jenny // August 5, 2013 // 2 Comments

This Saturday was a beautiful sunny day, (unlike today which is grey and rainy :() it was lovely and bright and felt like a proper summers day, not quite the heatwave we had a couple of weeks ago but still... Continue reading →