Tag: Days Out

  • Trip to Dunham Massey National Trust

    Trip to Dunham Massey National Trust

    Today we had a trip to Dunham Massey National Trust. It’s such a nice place to walk through, not only does it have amazing gardens and a great house to walk around, the large grounds have free roaming deer’s, that you can get close to.

  • Trip into the Lakes

    Trip into the Lakes

    Today we had a trip up to the Lake District. Not been up here for far to long. This time we headed a little further in up to Ullswater / Glenridding. We haven’t been on this lake before so we hired a boat after Ryan had a dip ?

  • Rufford Old Hall

    Rufford Old Hall

    We had a morning free, so nipped down the road to Rufford Old Hall for a walk around the gardens and the lower level of the house which is the only parts open at the moment due to you know what…. It’s part of the National Trust so well looked after, and plenty of staff…

  • A Visit To Chester Zoo

    A Visit To Chester Zoo

    Today we had a well overdue trip to the zoo. We haven’t been to Chester Zoo in almost 10yrs, a few things have remained the same, but lots have changed. Red Panda’s was high on Ryan’s list to see, but I think we got to see almost everything there, and I’m not surprised as our…

  • A Walk Around Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

    A Walk Around Ingleton Waterfalls Trail

    An early start this morning to get up to Ingleton Waterfalls before the rush of walkers. We haven’t been here in a very long time. So glad it had cooled down from last week, because I think it would have beaten us before we would have gotten all the way around. As there are still…

  • A Walk Around Hornby Castle

    A Walk Around Hornby Castle

    As it was Fathers Day today, thought we would have a nice walk around Hornby Castle this morning. Never been there before, and as they only open the gardens to the public twice a year it was worth a couple of hours.

  • Week 10 – Getting Out And About..

    Week 10 – Getting Out And About..

    Over 70 day’s now since I started working from home. My youngest has been home for about the same amount of time. He will most likely not be going back to school until September. My eldest has now finished high school and is now waiting on news of his exams and a college place. I…

  • Elf: A Christmas Show in Liverpool

    Elf: A Christmas Show in Liverpool

    At the weekend we were in Liverpool for the Elf Spectacular show. It was at the M&S Bank Arena on the docks. I’ve not been in Liverpool for years, it really has changed, and parts of the docks are completely different. Anyway everywhere is lit up ready for Christmas which is nice..

  • Williamson Park

    Williamson Park

    The other week I had a day off work for my wife Birthday and she wanted to go to a park in Lancaster called Williamson Park. It was only a 40mins drive from us, so we were there in no time, very near the place we got Kylo, our forever home rescue dog.

  • An Evening At Circus Zyair

    An Evening At Circus Zyair

    Last week we went to the opening night of Circus Zyair as they came to Leyland for a few days. We had seen them 3 years ago in Preston and really enjoyed it.