After a long, tiring day at London Film and Comic con, we headed back to our hotel, the Hilton Olympia which was a 5 minute walk away which came in very handy getting up on Sunday to get our VQ tickets. Unfortunately that’s one of the only good things about our experience. The room was good, don’t get me wrong, it’s probably one pf the best hotel beds I’ve ever…
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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…
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The Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens
According to my mum, we used to go to The Cotswold Wildlife Park frequently when I was a child, and according to my Grampy I used to insist on the reptile house first to see the “gwanas” (iguanas). I don’t remember! The earliest memory I have of here is from near my 21st birthday when I visited with my mum and auntie. Seems likely though as my favourite part of…
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Day trip to London
It was our 2 year dating anniversary yesterday and we took a trip to London for the day to celebrate and to see Wicked at the west end. I’ve been to London countless times in the past 9 years, mostly for comic con, sight seeing or for a concert. Most of the time I travelled with family or my partner but a few of them I travelled alone. The first…
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How we spent our Staycation part 2
A couple of months ago I talked about how Ryan and I spent our Staycation and that we had another one coming up in early May. The weather was bizarre this week, a mixture of rain, sun and thunderstorms, which meant we couldn’t do as many outdoor activities as we hoped. Dragon Boat Racing in Gloucester Sunday, we went to the Dragon Boat Reggatta in Gloucester where they had live…
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How we spent our Staycation
We had a Staycation last week, the weather was pretty good. Cloudy and not too warm on some of the days but the rain held off! 🙂 In my last post I wrote a list of things we planned to do with our week off, here’s what we decided on. At Home Day – R&R Monday was mostly spent at home and at the gym. Ryan has a weekly training…
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Weymouth – a trip down memory lane
Weymouth is one of my favourite places to go on holiday in the UK, my family used to go here every year and either stay at a campsite here or down the road at Westbay. We’ve also stayed in The Bridport Arms, Westbay as well. There are so many things to do in this part of the UK from fossil hunting in Lulworth Cove to the dinosaur museum in Lyme…
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The village of Sandford A.K.A. Wells
Ryan and I had the day off together, which is rare as he’s usually working at the weekend, so decided to take a road trip to Cheddar Gorge and on to Wells which is where a lot of Hot Fuzz was filmed. Sandford is the name of the fictional village in the film. We went to the pub (where they have a pint), the shop to get a cornetto (like…
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Mother’s Day at Longleat Safari Park
Yesterday was Mother’s day in the UK so we took a trip to Longleat Safari Park. Mum had been hinting at wanting to go to their for weeks. 🙂 To keep the suspense we took a detour through Westonbirt but as soon as she saw the lion signs the secret was out We bought our discounted tickets online to benefit from the online discount. As I was going through the…