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Silchester: Roman Amphitheatre

KarenAugust 22, 2025January 26, 2026

You often overlook visiting places on your doorstep; this was our first visit to Silchester - site of a Roman City and Amphitheatre. The excavations of the site were stopped...

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Oxford: Junkyard Golf & Amazing Thai Food

KarenAugust 21, 2025January 26, 2026

Jon's Birthday and we were off to Oxford to celebrate. Callum had enjoyed going to Junkyard Crazy Golf in Oxford a couple of months back, so we decided to give...

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London: Hold Onto Your Butts!

KarenAugust 16, 2025January 26, 2026

A couple of months back, Jon stumbled across an ad for a show called Hold onto Your Butts that had debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe. Essentially a parody of Jurassic...

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Southern Brave v Birmingham Phoenix

KarenAugust 10, 2025January 26, 2026

Our annual trip to watch Southern Brave in the The Hundred and today the Women and the Men would be taking on Birmingham Phoenix. We were parked up really quickly...

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London: Formula E

KarenJuly 26, 2025January 26, 2026

Slight hic-up with getting into London - no direct trains were running between Thatcham and Paddington so we needed to switch at Reading. Just a 10 minute delay or so...

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London: Houses of Parliament

KarenJuly 12, 2025January 26, 2026

The 9.10 train from Thatcham gets us into Paddington in 41 minutes - it just stops at Theale and Reading. The forecast was for another hot day so the plan...

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Didcot: Flying Scotsman & Pendennis Castle

KarenMay 31, 2025January 26, 2026

The Flying Scotsman is the iconic and legendary train and we've wanted to see it up close for a number of years. At some point, we would love to do...

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Bath: Return to the Forbidden Planet & Treasure Trail

KarenApril 17, 2025January 29, 2026

I happened to mention to Jon that Return to the Forbidden Planet was one of my all-time favourite musicals. I'd seen it a couple of times in the West End...

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Cheltenham: Pittville Park Treasure Trail

KarenApril 12, 2025June 13, 2025

Hurrah!! For the first time in an age the weather was sunny and warm. Very different to the torrential rain on the previous three visits which curtailed our exploration of...

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London: The Lost Passenger and Newcastle Takeover

KarenMarch 15, 2025September 4, 2025

A trip in London this weekend with friends from Newcastle. We had planned this before Christmas and booked a hotel room overnight ... just as well as this was Carabao...

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London: Moorgate: Metropolitan Maze

KarenJanuary 24, 2025June 13, 2025

This year's family Christmas Presents - Tickets for Hidden London's tour of Moorgate: Metropolitan Maze, going behind the scenes at the Station. First decision for the day was breakfast. We...

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A Football Match too Far!

KarenJanuary 18, 2025June 13, 2025

We'd not been able to make it over to Cheltenham for their match against Barrow, so I persuaded Jon and Callum to go to Swindon to watch Barrow play here....

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Silchester: Roman Amphitheatre

Oxford: Junkyard Golf & Amazing Thai Food

London: Hold Onto Your Butts!

Southern Brave v Birmingham Phoenix

London: Formula E

London: Houses of Parliament

Didcot: Flying Scotsman & Pendennis Castle

Bath: Return to the Forbidden Planet & Treasure Trail

Cheltenham: Pittville Park Treasure Trail

London: The Lost Passenger and Newcastle Takeover

London: Moorgate: Metropolitan Maze

A Football Match too Far!

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 12 (Bergen)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 11 (Kristiansund)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 10 (Brønnøysund)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 9 (Stokmarknes & Svolvær)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 8 (Hammerfest)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 7 (Kirkenes)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 6 (Honningsvåg)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 5 (Tromsø)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 4 (Bodø)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 3 (Trondheim)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 2 (Ålesund)

Hurtigruten Coastal Express – Day 1 (Bergen)

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