The Shopover. It’s our new-found Christmas tradition
Dec13

The Shopover. It’s our new-found Christmas tradition

The door clicked closed behind me as I dropped the bag and heaved a sigh of relief. We’d been out for just a few hours, and yet our feet hurt, our heads ached and the bag had become ridiculously cumbersome. Thanking our lucky stars for Premier Inn being right in the middle of things, we’d gratefully stepped back in and whizzed up to our room for a quick pit stop. Dumping the contents of the rucksack on the bed (anyone else...

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Win A City Shopover with Premier Inn! | #LittleStuff24
Dec13

Win A City Shopover with Premier Inn! | #LittleStuff24

“O holy night! The stars are brightly shiiiiining…“ Behind door number thirteen of the 2017 #LittleStuff24 is your chance to win the ultimate shopping break; one lucky winner and guests will win a night stay at one of Premier Inn’s top city shopping locations! Just this week we headed into London for a quick 24hrs in the city with the kids. We shopped, and we touristed, and we explored. We ate, we went to the theatre… and we had...

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Win Four Tickets to Thorpe Park!| #LittleStuff24
Dec11

Win Four Tickets to Thorpe Park!| #LittleStuff24

“Deeeeck the halls with boughs of holly. Fa la la la laaaaa la la la laaaaaa.” Behind door number eleven of the 2017 #LittleStuff24 is your chance to win FOUR tickets to Thorpe Park, worth £200! Come ON – it’s THORPE PARK TICKETS!!!! I don’t think I really need ot introduce anyone to Thorpe Park do I? We LOVE a good theme park (we were Merlin Annual Pass ambassadors in 2016, and of all the amazing things we’ve...

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Win a Family Pass for Go Ape’s Tree Top Junior Adventure!  | #LittleStuff24
Dec06

Win a Family Pass for Go Ape’s Tree Top Junior Adventure! | #LittleStuff24

“Awaaaaay in a manger…” Behind door number six of the 2017 #LittleStuff24 Advent Calendar is a really special adventure – a family pass for a Go Ape Tree Top Junior Trail! Go Ape! is the UK’s No.1 forest adventure. Have you tried it yet? Doing everything from Tree Top Adventures to Forest Segways and Zip Trekking, there’s no shortage of options for a fab afternoon’s activity for the whole family! The bigger Tree Top Adventure is...

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Head To The Heart Of London This Year – Something Special For The WHOLE Family
Nov03

Head To The Heart Of London This Year – Something Special For The WHOLE Family

From Show-Stopping Entertainment to a beautiful Christmas Market and Star-Themed Lights – Leicester Square has something for the whole family this Christmas. Make your family a new Christmas Tradition, and spend a festive day (or two!) in the city to get yourself in the spirit!   If you’re looking for a trip that will include show-stopping entertainment, fun-filled shops, mouth-watering food and dazzling Christmas...

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Wild Foraging with Robinsons Fruit Shoots
Aug07

Wild Foraging with Robinsons Fruit Shoots

I think I first wrote about our love of foraging six years ago, when there was an apple glut and we were about to review a juicer (handy). So when Robinson’s got in touch and asked if we’d like to forage for a new flavour Fruit Shoot, it was an easy yes for us (apart from anything else, as home educators, we’re always looking for new things to learn, and this was a fab way to get 10yr old Bear out into the woods and...

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