Life's about experiences. These are mine.
WARNING SPOILERS AHEAD! If you haven’t been and want to keep the magic for when you do stop reading now! When it was announced a year or so ago that ABBA were reforming and would be performing I knew that we would have to go. ABBA has long been a guilty pleasure of ours. The …
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We have been vaguely aware of the Milestones museum‘s existance for quite a while now, seeing the signs for it every time we drove through Basingstoke. We’ve had no compelling reason to visit it until recently when we were looking for somewhere engaging to take our young granddaughter this holiday. Milestones is living museum that …
It has been quite a while since I have been down to the Historic Dockyards at Portsmouth but there is so much there that it is always worth a visit. Going there on what was predicted to be the hottest day of the year probably wasn’t the smartest move but we’d planned it for a …
One of the most annoying things, for me, about Center Parcs is being constantly asked “what’s your lodge number?” when going to pay for anything. It reminds me of being in a duty free shop at the airport and always being asked your flight number. They do this for exactly the same reasons – marketing …
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The last day of any holiday is always one of packing and waiting and Center Parcs is no different. You have to be out of the lodge by 10am but you can stay on until the end of the day if you wish. We had decided to stay until lunchtime and so once we had …
I’ve walked a long way today – 8.2 miles to be precise. This actually takes some doing as while Longleat Center Parcs is reasonably self contained you can cover quite a lot of ground if you don’t plan your sessions with some care. So it was that we found ourselves first thing walking over to …
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It’s been a while since we have been to Center Parcs, eight years in fact, and quite a bit has changed in that time. Some changes are temporary brought about by the current pandemic but others are permament. The most noticable change was obvious from the moment that you arrive at the welcome huts at …
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I read a very sniffy article about Center Parcs recently where the author highlighted the fact that given you are paying upwards of £300 a night you are only supplied with a £10 kettle. Admittedly this particular author is used to reviewing high end hotels but I really think he was missing the point somewhat. …
Ah, the fickle English weather. Yesterday has wet and miserable and today is sunny and bright! This was good news as it allowed us to get out and explore more of the amazing Dorset coastline. We headed off to Lulworth Cove and Durdle Door. The intention had been to drive from one to the other …
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