Jon spent his childhood up North and only moved down South for his Uni gap year, then permanently when he started work at Micro Focus. He's been back many a...
Opening weekend of the new Premiership season and we had tickets for Newcastle's first home match. It would be a tough one - they were up against Tottenham Hotspur and...
We were up in Newcastle for a long weekend and we decided to head up to Hadrians Wall for the day. Weather wasn't particularly brilliant but we had raincoats ......
We headed over the Basildon Park this morning to meet up with friends and try the Ball Run. Free entry with National Trust membership and it cost £3 for a...
Today we were heading down to Southampton to watch cricket - one of the T20 matches. Hampshire was playing Kent at Ageas Bowl, just outside of Southampton. We'd booked a...
An afternoon trip out to The Vyne today - a National Trust property located in Sherborne St John, near Basingstoke. It's currently undergoing a major renovation and having the entire...
Friday off work for Jon and we were lucky enough to get tickets to go to the Sky Garden. This is at the top of the new-ish Walkie-Talkie building that...
Jon had a couple off days of work and Callum had some friends over for the day. Operation Distraction X-Box was in operation and the weather was looking a little...
For the last couple of years, Mum has mentioned about the amazing Christmas displays the Barton Grange Garden Centre has. I was taking Mum up to Barrow so she could...
Our second visit to the British Wildlife Centre exactly one year on from our first visit. Callum's choice for a day out so he must have enjoyed the place to...
Another treat for Callum today – a behind the scenes tour of St James Park. We were all looking forward to it! We caught the Metro from Hebburn into the...
Callum was so excited. A trip up North to see grandparents and also to see his first ever Newcastle match as they took on Ipswich. He'd been to St James...
One final visit to try and find the last couple of Zebras we'd missed on previous visits to Southampton. This time, it was just Rachel and I heading down. There...