Visit Manchester – ever considered Manchester for a family city break? You should.
At the weekend my family and I had the pleasure of visiting Manchester for an overnight stay and two fun-packed days of museum visits, eating at great restaurants and shopping! I hadn’t been to Manchester for about 17 years so it was wonderful to go back and explore the city! Manchester has grown and improved so much from what I can remember of it back when I was 18. Everywhere seemed to be clean and well looked after and there was a...
Simply the Best Family Friendly Pub in the Brecon Beacons – The Star Inn at Talybont-on-Usk
I booked us dinner out on the first night of our holidays (When LittleStuff Went To Wales ) – traditionally for us, first night is chip-shop-ships night, but as it was the husband’s birthday I felt he deserved a little something more. I’d been recommended to try the Star Inn, but when we pulled up outside I was a little cautious – it looked like a very ordinary village pub in a residential street, right on the...
When LittleStuff stayed at Marwell Hotel
A few weeks ago we were invited to visit Marwell Hotel in Hampshire – marketed as “one of the most child-friendly hotels you will find”, it seemed like a no-brainer for a night away during the holidays – particularly as it has Marwell Zoo quite literally right outside the door! So the six of us set off down the motorway (Marwell is just outside Winchester in Hampshire), all set and ready to arrive in plenty of...
Review: Pizza Hut Restaurant. Where else do you go on Cinema Saturday?
Last weekend, as we tumbled out of the cinema after watching The Croods, we were all SERIOUSLY hungry. Fortunately, we had a plan up our sleeves for just such an occurrence (when you have four children, you can pretty much guarantee that hunger is a perpetual issue. When three of those four are either teen or pre-teen boys, you occasionally find yourself despairing of EVER reaching the point where all stomachs are filled), thanks to...
Brilliant make-you-hungry Chiquitos Review from @Mummy_loves
A couple of weeks ago I took my 16 year old son to review the Chiquito Restaurant in Nottingham. We love nothing more than to go out for a meal together and even better when it is paid for ;) I booked us a table using the website as we were going on a Saturday night I knew they would be busy so didn’t want to take any chances. The Nottingham Chiquito’s is right next to a Showcase Cinema so you can guarantee on a Saturday night they...
When LittleStuff went to Frankie & Benny’s. Twice.
Having been asked by Frankie & Benny’s to go along and review their new menu, we were only too happy to oblige – with four children and a teeny tiny bank balance, its not often we take them out en masse for a meal ;) The nearest F&B’s to us is Yeovil (20 miles away), so we duly booked a table during the holidays, and turned up 20 minutes before the allotted 6.30 time… only to find the restaurant was...