Places To Eat in Nottingham A Bit On The Quirky Side Are you a sucker for the unconventional? Like to eat your pizza with flamenco’s and leafy palms? Want your chicken balls delivered on roller skates? Fear not. Amongst the throngs of great Nottingham restaurants, we’re not short of a few quirky eateries and the…
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Day 4 – Brixen & Braies with some Austria on the side
Day 4 as part of our Summer Roadtrip 2018 visiting the Italian Dolomites, Lake Bled and Istria. A travel diary, if you will… Brixen And Lake Braies With A Bit Of Austria I’m really going to miss this place; the smell of clean air, being fenced in by the most beautiful pieces of limestone, the urge…
Day 3 – Staying Local In The Val Di Fassa
Day 3 as part of our Summer Roadtrip 2018 visiting the Italian Dolomites, Lake Bled and Istria. A travel diary, if you will… Val Di Fassa Waking in cold sweats my subconscious had clocked before I had that this was to be our last full day in the most beautiful country on earth. Moving on…
Day 2 – Italian Dolomites & Bolzano
Day 2 as part of our Summer Roadtrip 2018 visiting the Italian Dolomites, Lake Bled and Istria. A travel diary, if you will… Pordoi Pass, Italian Dolomites Apart from the fact our waiter was far too happy for 7.30 in the morning and it was about all I could do to crack a bon giorno…
Day 1 – Italian Dolomites
5 hours driving and many epics views later I sit on my hotel bed with this amazing view. Feeling a tad too city-gal next to all the other holiday-makers who look like Regatta threw up over them, I think I misjudged this place. Apart from not buying my holiday wardrobe from Millets I also didn’t…
Review : Lake Maggiore Zipline
I don’t want to lie to you – I was having secret panic attacks at the thought of Ziplining 2K across a huge forest at 80mph. They had to be secret as I wasn’t about to let my kids know how much of a wuss I was : I teach them to be brave on…
A Self-Guided Walking Tour Of Nottingham
A Tour Of Nottingham Nottingham is famous for many reasons, not least that it’s menfolk seem to like wearing tights – think Robin Hood and Dean off of Torvil and Dean. It’s also the home of Raleigh™, Boots The Chemist, Paul Smith, lace, the very first football club, cricket and the oldest inn in England….
Brick Lane Hub – A Review Of Premier Inn’s Budget Hotel
The Brick Lane Hub – Hotel Review I knew it was a London budget hotel room and I knew it would be small, that I had been told, but the name Hub? I started singing the nursery rhyme Old Mother Hubbard, except this time, instead of going to the cupboard, she was sleeping in one!…
Holiday Sickness Sucks! – Advice For Before, During And After.
A few years ago my brother needed medical attention on holiday in Greece because he’d had an allergic reaction to the feather pillows – after being prescribed medicine from a local pharmacist it took 3 grown adults to help him off the plane home, including one of us to just guide his legs. No alcohol…
Futuroscope Themepark Review – Vienne, France
When planning our recent road-trip to Frnace with the kids, there were some places I was having a hard time convincing the rest of the family about. I just cannot fathom why they’re not interested in photographing an abandoned church in Normandy!? However, when I started telling them about Futuroscope in Vienne I think I…
Have a Roald Dahl Day – Museum Review
EVERYONE HAS A ROALD DAHL STORY Back in the day, when giving croggies and playing kerbie had you exhausted by 8 o’clock, the ultimate wind-down session was a few chapters of the latest Roald Dahl book, in bed with a mam that collected accents for a hobby. The Twits had you thinking up tricks to…
Is A Plaster Cast Really Necessary For That Broken Leg – And 6 Other Top Tips On How To Save Money When Travelling.
You may totally high five yourself/crack open the Asti/do a little Carlton shuffle when you nab yourself a £19.99 return flight to Italy this summer. And you absolutely are allowed to Instagram your laptop screen/jump on the bed in your nickers/hang your head out of the car window when you’ve booked yourself the elusive £50…
Last Minute Dot Com – Does It Pay Off?
Waiting To Book A Last Minute Holiday – Is It Worth It? We knew 6 months ago we had a week free but wanted to experiment with the world of last minute holiday booking. We’ve never done it before but we were poised to see if waiting till the end would pay off financially. Are…