Fireworks displays and Bonfire Night in and around the York area in 2021. How nice it is to get a bit more back to normal! Almost all bonfire night events and fireworks displays are running this year! There are some displays both before and after Bonfire Night too, so you could go to more than … Read more
New Year’s Eve Events in Yorkshire – if you are anything like us, you struggle to know what to do on New Year’s Eve. So, I have put together a list of New Year’s Eve events going on in Yorkshire. Flamborough Fire Festival This year’s Flamborough Fire Festival promises to be the most spectacular … Read more
Looking for ideas for things to do in Yorkshire with kids over May half-term 2021? Here’s a round-up of local family events and activities. For lots more year round ideas and reviews have a look at our big post on Family Days Out in Yorkshire. But for May Half-Term in Yorkshire, have a look … Read more
Festive Christmas ice-skating in Yorkshire – there are few things more Christmassy that ice skating round a beautifully lit Christmas tree with Christmas tunes playing in the background and a promise of hot chocolate to come! Here is my list of ice skating venues in Yorkshire at Christmas. I shall update the list as venues … Read more
I love straw hats on Miss H, she just looks so cute and summery in them! I found this plain hat (just £3 in Primark) and the brim is fabulous, but I wanted to make it really stand out with adding peonies. We get so much chocolate at Easter I wanted to make a non-chocolate … Read more
We first came across the Woodland Adventure Company several years ago when we were invited to a birthday party hosted by them. Adam was great with the kids and it was a fabulous mix of magic (tiny bells on a hidden string tinkling throughout the forest) to popcorn making and fire lighting. More recently we … Read more
Stockeld Park Christmas Adventure – We love Stockeld Park at Christmas, there are so many festive activities! A Great Place for a Get Together This time we planned our trip to coincide with a reunion – meeting up with old friends with similar aged children and it worked really well. The children had a fabulous … Read more
I asked Master T what his favourite thing about our Halloween trip to York Maze was and he told me it was carving his pumpkin. He loved it when we visited Farmer Copley’s Pumpkin Patch so this didn’t surprise me. Golden Ticket Pumpkin He saw the ‘Golden Ticket’ notice that somewhere in York Maze’s … Read more
Flamingo Land have really got into the Halloween spirit this week (did you see what I did there – out with the Halloween puns in the very first sentence!). They’ve gone to town decorating the park and so many of the staff were dressed up (and looking like they had a good time doing so … Read more