When we were visiting Drayton Manor Park and Zoo last time, we were invited to visit the newly refurbished The Haunting attraction – and our boys, whilst quite terrified for the first five minutes, absolutely loved it.
If you enjoy a good scare and you’ve visiting the park, make sure you take a tour and see if you can find any evidence of paranormal activity, like Jensen did!
You can pop see a little video of our experience over on our YouTube channel!
So… We’re about to flash our blue and white Drayton Manor Ambassador badge again this October and head up to the Midlands for some Hallowe’en and Firework fun! Drayton Manor Park will end its action packed 66th season with two weeks of spectacularly spooky half-term fun for the whole family this October. From 15th to…
So I nearly forgot to publish this post! Here we go, back to Birdworld again… Jensen was convinced that the eggs were about to hatch and waited patiently for signs of a crack…for about two minutes, then we were off to see other birds…until we fell over. Despite insisting I was fussing (“Stop fussing, Momma!”…
As soon as I knew I was going to be a mommy, I started thinking of Christmas. Being 8 months pregnant at the time, all I could think of was how we would celebrate as a little family – a new family – and the fun we would have making memories. As it turned out,…
As soon as I opened my eyes, I thanked my lucky stars that the weather was the complete opposite to Saturday’s complete washout of the Romsey Show. We were going’ huntin’ zebra [imagine that in an Elmer Fudd voice]. The Marwell Zoo Zany Zebra Trail has been on in Southampton and the zoo since mid July…
This term at school, Jensen’s topic is “Once Upon A Castle” – which is amazing for us as a family because this summer we spent time at one of the most beautiful we’ve been to, Bodiam Castle. We were invited as ambassadors of Visit 1066 Country, and very excited to be exploring new territory! Bodiam…
After becoming the parents of two very beautiful boys [our huskies] in 2000, fireworks were removed from our annual calendar. Terrified of the huge bangs and whoops, and flashing lights in the sky, each Bonfire Night we sat at home cuddling our shaking Excalibur as he cowered in the kitchen or tried to flee to safety,…