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Fatherhood: Family Days Out – Christmas at Legoland Windsor

Posted on December 14, 2014June 4, 2018 by Henry Elliss

With the big day fast approaching, and a trip to see Father Christmas still not ticked-off our seasonal ‘to do’ list, my wife came across an interesting new option last week. It seemed to fulfil all the criteria: a fun day out, a chance to meet the big man and do some other Christmassy stuff,…

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Fatherhood²: Family Days Out – Thomas Land at Drayton Manor

Posted on September 15, 2014June 4, 2018 by Henry Elliss

For Freddie’s birthday treat this year, we decided to head to the Midlands to experience the delights of ‘Thomas Land’ – the Thomas the Tank Engine-themed park which nestles itself inside Drayton Manor, up near Birmingham. As a regular viewer of the aforementioned Thomas, the moment Freddie heard Thomas Land existed he wanted to visit…

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Fatherhood²: Family Days Out – The Natural History Museum

Posted on August 29, 2014June 4, 2018 by Henry Elliss

With just a few days left of the summer holidays, I’m probably far too late to be of any use with this review – but hey, when has irrelevance ever stopped me writing a blog post? Last weekend (after our trip to the View from the Shard) we headed over to the Natural History Museum…

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Fatherhood²: Family Days Out – The Shard

Posted on August 23, 2014June 4, 2018 by Henry Elliss

As I’ve reviewed a few family days-out now (all at my own behest, I hasten to add – though if anybody wants to send us anywhere nice, just shout!) I decided I might as well make a bit of a feature of it and review some of the other days out that we have as…

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Fatherhood²: Family Days Out – Warwick Castle

Posted on July 8, 2014June 4, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Having been planning a weekend at Thomas Land @ Drayton Manor for some time (to celebrate Freddie’s 3rd birthday), our plans went slightly awry a few weeks before hand when we discovered that the park was semi-closed on the day we’d been planning to visit. As we’d already booked our hotel for the Saturday night,…

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Fatherhood²: 7 Lessons I’ve Learnt After Our First Summer of Camping

Posted on September 22, 2013April 11, 2019 by Henry Elliss

As I’ve mentioned a few times over the summer, Sara and I recently invested in our first family tent, along with all the equipment needed for family camping trips galore. Several months later, and as the last remnants of summer begin to leave us for the year, I’m pleased to report that we’ve made great…

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Fatherhood²: The 10 Best Things About CarFest

Posted on August 26, 2013February 4, 2019 by Henry Elliss

This weekend just gone, we were lucky enough to attend CarFest South, the family festival dreamed-up by Radio 2’s Chris Evans. Sara bought us weekend camping tickets to the event earlier in the year as a treat – and it was one of the main reasons we finally got our camping arses in to gear….

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Fatherhood²: A Camping We Will Go – It’s Just Like Riding a Bike, Right?

Posted on August 5, 2013April 11, 2019 by Henry Elliss

In an exciting development for this family, this Wednesday will see us heading off on our first ever camping trip. We’re packed, we have a brand-spanking-new tent (and virtually every accessory you can think of) and we’ll be hitting the M4 in less than 48 hours. The Gower Penninsula in Wales is our destination –…

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Fatherhood²: A family-friendly four-star hotel experience

Posted on August 9, 2011June 4, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Well, there’s a first time for everything – this is the first time I’ve ever written a blog post whilst on holiday! Thankfully, the experience I want to tell you about was SO good, I wanted to write a bit about it before I forget… This week, we’re down in Cornwall on a family holiday…

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