Eve though we had just dropped Callum off at University for the start of his second year, we were back the following weekend as it was his birthday. We brought...
With Callum heading off to Birmingham for the weekend with friends, it was just Jon and I for our annual voyage on SS Shieldhall. As we weren't sailing until 2pm...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Weekend away for us for my birthday and I'd always wanted to go to Wells - the second smallest city in England after the City of London. Wells was also...
First of no doubt many visits to Cheltenham whilst Callum is here for University. As he celebrated his birthday in Freshers Week, we headed back over to take him out...
Back into London for the second time in two weeks - this time was to see the F1 Exhibition at ExCel London. Jon managed to get priority booking and secured...
Another month, another Treasure Trail. A day out for Callum to break up his A Level revision. This time we headed to Guildford. We found the recommended car park fairly...
Late last year, we were watching QI and the legend that is Professor Brian Cox was one of the guests. Like his fellow panelists, our minds were blown with his...