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Cirencester

KarenMarch 7, 2026June 6, 2026

Days Out Restaurant

Winchester: Helios

KarenFebruary 21, 2026June 5, 2026

Cruise Nordnorge

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 12 (Bergen)

KarenFebruary 17, 2026March 1, 2026

Cruise Nordnorge

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 11 (Kristiansund)

KarenFebruary 16, 2026March 1, 2026

Artwork Trail Days Out Treasure Trail

Windsor

KarenMay 31, 2019June 11, 2025

Day out in Windsor to do a Treasure Trail. We opted to get the train in - Thatcham to Reading, Reading to Slough, Slough to Windsor. It took about an...

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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

KarenApril 18, 2019July 27, 2024

Grandad was down to stay with us over Easter so we headed down to the Historic Dockyard at Portsmouth for the day. It's a while since we were last there....

Days Out Treasure Trail

Oxford Treasure Trail

KarenApril 11, 2019June 11, 2025

Jon had taken a couple of days off over Easter so we headed up to Oxford for the day to do the City, Tower and Meadows Treasure Trail. We caught...

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Greenham Common Stomp

KarenMarch 23, 2019June 16, 2024

Callum had committed to do the Three Towers Hike with the Scouts at the end of the month. He needed new walking boots so to make sure these are well...

Days Out Treasure Trail

Exploring Reading

KarenMarch 2, 2019June 11, 2025

Callum was keen to introduce his cousins to Treasure Trails so we had arranged to meet up with them in Reading to tackle a local one. Hopefully we would see...

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London – The Potion Room

KarenFebruary 23, 2019July 24, 2024

Final morning in London and one last treat for the weekend. This one we'd been keeping secret from Callum. This was afternoon tea with a difference at The Potion Room...

Days Out Restaurant Treasure Trail

London – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

KarenFebruary 22, 2019June 11, 2025

Thursday 21st February Our Family Christmas present was tickets to watch Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - a two part play where up until now, the tickets had been...

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London – War of the Worlds

KarenDecember 15, 2018July 24, 2024

Jon has always loved the music and the story of War of the Worlds so when he learnt that the Jeff Wayne version of the show was going on tour...

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The Big Build – Week 23

KarenNovember 9, 2018

Friday 9th November All go today. The builders were in in the morning continuing their work. Andy was in briefly putting the fibreglass coating on the flat roof. Jimmy and...

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The Big Build – Week 22

KarenNovember 2, 2018

Friday 2nd November The main extension was nearly finished and was really transformed when the correx was lifted from the floor. Work surfaces arriving next week so fingers crossed, the...

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The Big Build – Week 21

KarenOctober 27, 2018

Saturday 27th October Another major step forward in the kitchen today. Phil from SCMG was templating the kitchen for the work surfaces. I was overruled by Jon in getting black...

Days Out Restaurant Treasure Trail

London – Big Birthday Weekend

KarenOctober 21, 2018June 11, 2025

Saturday 20th October The clock had ticked around for another milestone birthday and we were heading into London to make a weekend of it. Early start as Callum had his...

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The Big Build – Week 20

KarenOctober 19, 2018

Friday 19th October The kitchen continued to take shape and it was obvious we weren't going to be short of cupboard space! Bobby then re-rigged up the sink over the...

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The Big Build – Week 19

KarenOctober 12, 2018

Friday 12th October Steven made a start on the flooring this morning - a bit of time spent working out where best to start and how the floorboards should meet...

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The Big Build – Week 18

KarenOctober 6, 2018

Saturday 6th October Today was a wet and damp day. One good thing about the rain, is that it showed there was a problem with one of the Velux windows. ...

Cirencester

Winchester: Helios

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 12 (Bergen)

Hurtigruten Coastal Explorer – Day 11 (Kristiansund)

Windsor

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Oxford Treasure Trail

Greenham Common Stomp

Exploring Reading

London – The Potion Room

London – Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

London – War of the Worlds

The Big Build – Week 23

The Big Build – Week 22

The Big Build – Week 21

London – Big Birthday Weekend

The Big Build – Week 20

The Big Build – Week 19

The Big Build – Week 18

Cirencester

Winchester: Helios

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)

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