Now referred to as Aubergine. So, we had a good long think about whether to have a meal with some Disney characters while we were away. It was one of those 'we aren't here often, we should get everything out of it we can' versus 'blimey, that's a lot of money' debates. The issue was [...]
3 Before 40: Titanic Hotel
I'm saying it right at the start: I am aware how privileged, snotty and ungrateful I will sound to some in this blog. But what I'm trying to say is that bucketlist experiences can be a bit of a let down. So, we were very kindly given a voucher for the Titanic Hotel as a [...]
Disney: It’s A Small World
I don't remember going on the It's A Small World ride before, either when I visited Disneyland Paris in year 8 or Disneyworld Florida in my teens. If anything, the most I knew was that it's an annoying song that Scar can't stand Zazu singing in The Lion King. Somewhere at the back of my [...]
2 before 40: Pet’s Corner
I really apologise that I've been so bad with updating you on my 40 before 40 challenge! Here's number 2, only 10 months late. For Soph's second birthday, we took her to Pet's Corner (now called Sundown Adventureland) near Retford. Bizarrely, Nathan and I have a lot of childhood memories from similar places in Nottinghamshire/South [...]