London – Here … There … Everywhere

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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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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Peter Pan Goes Wrong

KarenDecember 22, 2023July 4, 2024

We saw The Play That Goes Wrong for Callum's Birthday last year, so had booked tickets for Peter Pan Goes Wrong as our Christmas Treat. With Jon being poorly, we...

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Pet Shop Boys

KarenJune 17, 2023June 9, 2024

Saturday 17th June 2023 Fathers Day Treat for Jon - he's wanted to see the Pet Shop Boys in concert for a long time and when they announced they were...

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The Play That Goes Wrong

KarenSeptember 24, 2022June 9, 2024

Saturday 24th September 2022 Birthday treat for Callum - we had read really good reviews of The Play That Goes Wrong so decided we would take Callum as a treat...

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Hidden London

KarenJuly 16, 2022June 10, 2024

Saturday 16th July 2022 We'd been wanting to do one of the Hidden London tours of the Underground for a while now. However, Callum needed to be 14 to come...

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Bonnie & Clyde

KarenJuly 10, 2022June 10, 2024

Sunday 10th July 2022 Jon read that Bonnie & Clyde were taking to the stage and really wanted to go and booked tickets for us all. However he didn't read...

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London – Old Operating Theatre and The Clink

KarenFebruary 21, 2020July 26, 2024

Back in London for the second time in a week! This time we were going to explore some a couple of places we've often walked by but never explored. Train...

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Arsenal v Newcastle

KarenFebruary 16, 2020June 11, 2025

So, I've been an Arsenal fan since I was 6 years old ... I never made it to Highbury. My very first Arsenal Home Game and I would be sitting...

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London – “The Slide” – ArcelorMittal Orbit

KarenDecember 14, 2019June 11, 2025

This trip had to be re-arranged from earlier in the year - they cancelled this due to high winds! For their Christmas presents, we had bought Callum and his cousins...

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London: Treasure Trail & Mousetrap

KarenAugust 20, 2019June 13, 2025

A trip into London ahead of Jon's 50th Birthday. The plan was to complete a Treasure Trail followed by The Mousetrap - Agatha Christie's record-breaking whodunnit. The Treasure Trail started...

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London: Hold Onto Your Butts!

London: Formula E

London: Houses of Parliament

Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Pet Shop Boys

The Play That Goes Wrong

Hidden London

Bonnie & Clyde

London – Old Operating Theatre and The Clink

Arsenal v Newcastle

London – “The Slide” – ArcelorMittal Orbit

London: Treasure Trail & Mousetrap

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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