It’s my mum’s birthday in a few weeks so dad and I went present shopping together. It’s becoming a bit of a tradition and I enjoy spending time with him. As Saturday was the only day we both have free between now and her birthday, we decided to go then and chose Cheltenham. I also bought other presents for my family for later on in the year. 🎁🎄 Unfortunately I…
Lifestyle
-
Wicksteed Fitness Playgrounds and Outdoor Gyms Review
Some of my colleagues and I have recently signed up for the Monster Race this year, which is a 5km or 10km obstacle course with mud, water and man made obstacles to conquer (we’re signed up for the 10km); I started my training for it at the weekend. Today’s training was interval running followed by yoga, but I also had an impromptu workout in a local park! I warmed up…
-
Stand up paddle boarding with Cotswold Water Park
Ryan and I headed to the Cotswold Water Park last weekend to try out stand up paddle boarding on one of their lakes, we chose the facilities provided by Cotswold Water Park Hire, but there are many companies offering this and other water activities across the park. There’s also an inland beach and water obstacle course, and BBQ rental. The majority of the activities are first come first served and you don’t…
-
Geeky Clean Game of Foams Crate Review
I was going through my Facebook news feed back in April and came across a sponsored post for a page called Geeky Clean, an online store selling handmade soaps, candles and other bath and shower products. I especially love the Harry Potter sorting hat bath bombs! The post that brought me to them, however, was offering Serenity, Doctor Who and Star Trek themed soaps! Of course I bought all three (the latter being a…
-
Sightseeing in London
On Thursday morning, mum and I took the National Express coach to London to do some sightseeing and to watch Bat out of Hell the musical at the London Colesium. I had surprised her with the tickets for Christmas last year and, as it was a matinee performance, we decided to make a day of it and do some sightseeing as well. We both booked the day off work then…
-
Tips for your first comic con
My first convention was a little Doctor Who event in 2008 called Dalek Invasion which was held at Yeovilton Fleet Air Museum. I met the 6th Doctor, Colin Baker, spent too much money (!) and was in awe of the fabulous costumes and prop displays I saw. Since then I’ve been to loads of conventions (normally 6 a year) and have picked up some useful tips, whether it’s your first…
-
Dealing with allergies
I briefly touched on allergies at the beginning of my write up about Collectormania Birmingham and Swindon Film and Comic Con but wanted to talk about it in more detail. I have four different allergies; two food allergies and two skin allergies (contact allergen dermatitis). My food allergies are to dairy (primarily the milk you find in dairy foods) and tomatoes, and my skin allergies are to nickel or nickel…
-
Post race thoughts from my first 5km Race4Life
I did it! I completed my 5km for Cancer Research UK’s Race4Life! 😀 … I was feeling very nervous this morning and spent my day at work dreading it. It felt like all those exams I had in school and when I took my driving test. I was so nervous, I thought about if it rained, if I slipped, if I fell on my bum. Thankfully only the rain part…
-
Collectormania Birmingham & Swindon Film and Comic Con
I’ve spent the past month recovering from a severe allergic reaction from a plant which likely happened while I was at Go Ape or helping my dad in the garden on our staycation. It was a skin reaction to my hands, feet and the back of my neck with redness, blistering and a lot of itching!! The Doctor said it’s very difficult to narrow down which plant I had the…