The year before last we had a lovely weekend away in Blackpool with the kids and one of the things we planned to do was visit The Blackpool Tower Dungeon.  We headed there after a trip to the top of the tower, bought our tickets and were shown where to wait for the experience to begin.That's where our problems started! ;-)  Miss Frugal was already emotional from her trip to the top of the tower (it was higher than she expected, therefore scarier than she thought) and it and she suddenly decided that actually, she didn't want to go in.  The staff were so lovely to her and tried their best … [Read more...]

We've had a lovely day at Richmond Castle today and even though the sun didn't make an appearance we still had a brilliant afternoon.At this point I should probably tell you about the history of this 900 (I think) year old castle but to be honest I didn't read a single sign as I was too busy exploring the many little tunnels and staircases around the castle ruins and snapping the usual pictures of the kids climbing everywhere they possibly could.There were no special events going on and there were hardly any other people there as you can see from the photo above which we took from a … [Read more...]

Last Summer we spent a lovely afternoon looking around the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre in Lincolnshire but I just realised that I never got around to sharing it with you all so I'm putting that right today!The RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Visitor Centre houses a Lancaster Bomber (one of the only two left in the world in working order), a Douglas Dakota, six spitfires, two hurricanes and two chipmunks (not the furry variety).  Most of this goes over my head but the men of the family were extremely excited at the prospect of being in close proximity to these … [Read more...]

We've been to Whitby Abbey a few times now but we haven't been for a few years so when we woke up to blue skies and sunshine last Sunday we decided to have a drive to Whitby and visit again.Here's what the English Heritage has to say about Whitby Abbey: Perched high on a cliff, it's easy to see why the haunting remains of Whitby Abbey were inspiration for Bram Stoker's gothic tale of 'Dracula'. Sink your teeth into years of history, amazing views and a packed events programme, just a short climb away from the picturesque Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby. We drove up to the Abbey but you … [Read more...]