Center Parcs 2023 – Day Six – A Nothing Day
Sometimes you just need a rest from the continual activities. Today was that day!
Center Parcs 2023 – Day Five – A Slow Day
We have been coming to Center Parcs for so long that we predate the introduction of wifi internet access here. I remember being here in an apartment more than 15 years ago where it was the only accommodation that had wifi access and being excited by the prospect. Of course, things have come on a …
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Center Parcs 2023 – Day Four – A Quiet Day
We’ve had a couple of full-on days so it was good to be able to do a lot less today. The only booked activity was “football pool” which is very much as the name suggests – pool only with footballs. I think that when this was initially booked up the thought was that this would …
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Center Parcs 2023 – Day Three – Wet, Wet, Wet
Today was all about water. Subtropical Swimming Paradise The big attraction in Center Parcs is the “Subtropical Swimming Paradise” although that’s a bit of a misnomer as it is not really possible to swim in it. It’s one of the free, or should I say, included things to do. There are essentially three areas – …
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Center Parcs 2023 – Day Two – Segwayhey!
Mainly this break is about our grandchildren so most of the activities revolve around them but actually, the first thing was did was adult oriented – Segways. I have been on the self-righting machine a couple of times before and each time has been great fun. After the obligatory training session and health and safety …
Center Parcs 2023 – Day One – Why’s it wet?
If you live in the UK, you will have been enjoying the excellent weather over the last six weeks. This week we are making our annual pilgrimage to Center Parcs and, as is now traditional, all that changed as almost literally as we drove through the entrance the drizzle started. That’s three years in a …
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Luke Jerram’s Gaia, Reading Town Hall
Generally, Reading does a pretty good job of putting on a wide variety of events in the town. Not music and theatre as The Hexagon is too small a venue for many acts and it’s too close to London to attract many who would naturally gravitate there. However, occasionally something out of the ordinary comes …
National Garden Scheme/Whiteknights Studio Trail, 2023
We’ve attended a couple of events recently that have taken place locally. One, the National Garden Scheme, which, as the name suggests, is a national event that takes place locally; the other, Whiteknights Studio Trail, is locally organised and run. Both are the height of voyeurism if you like to nose around other people’s homes …
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Bath 2023 – Day Three – Killin’ Time
We had a morning to kill in Bath and as the weather was so good and because we’d enjoyed it so much we decided to head back to the canal. Feeling like Bath natives rather than tourists we headed out without the need to refer to the map retracing our steps across the Pulteney Bridge …
Bath 2023 – Day Two – In Hot Water
Bath is known for its spring water and the Roman Baths that were built to take advantage of them which, the leaflet I have in my hand tells me, are the only mineral waters in the UK to be hot. There are three springs in Bath where this water emerges, where it comes from is, …