Want the fun of a trampoline and a high ropes course without the fear of bouncing / falling to the ground? The answer to your prayers lies at a UK first attraction in the Lake District. Treetop Nets, near Windermere, is a mix of giant trampolines, bridges, walkways, slides and tunnels all made from ropes…
The dinosaurs of the Jurassic Coast have woken from their 65 million year slumber to begin a new reign of terror in the nearby New Forest. There have been sightings of fierce velociraptors, flying pterodactyls, giant triceratops and even a mighty tyrannosaurus rex, with the screams of children heard echoing around Hampshire. But don’t worry…
World record holder Jonathan Edwards could have almost hopped, skipped and jumped from our holiday home to the beach. I reckon Usain Bolt could have sprinted to the golden sands in about four seconds, the 90 degree left turn slowing him down somewhat. And it would have taken the sprinter only slightly longer to have…
Our Devon break wasn’t so much a home from home as a gnome from gnome. We had the company of more than 2,000 of the little fellas at the Gnome Reserve in a four-acre garden in the village of West Putford. The wacky family attraction, established in 1979, is the largest of its kind and…
New Year, in the eyes of many, is a time to dig out the tracksuit and work off those Christmas calories. But this Scrooge-like tradition is not one I adhere to. I much prefer to keep the festive chocs coming and the booze flowing for as long as possible. Which is why the offer of…
We didn’t get off to the best of starts, me and Robin Hood’s Bay. Within minutes of setting foot in the Yorkshire fishing village I’d taken a direct hit from a seagull’s messy missile. I tried to laugh the incident off but as I removed my poo-soaked sunglasses I could tell that my four-year-old daughter…
I was promised the “ultimate all over body experience” that would leave me “walking on cloud nine”. And it would last a mind-blowing 90 minutes. What man the wrong side of 40 could say no to that? My “Top To Toe Ocean Radiance” treatment took place in the wellbeing spa at the Macdonald Hill Valley…
It was full steam ahead on a journey back in time during our long weekend in Snowdonia. The Caffery clan spent both the Saturday and the Sunday enjoying the Welsh national park’s magnificent scenery from the gleaming carriages of two great little railways. First up was the The Welsh Highland Railway, a 25-mile track between…
We awoke to views of a marina filled with speedboats and some very expensive yachts. Then, after breakfast in a dining room that overlooked a landscaped garden with palm trees, we stepped straight on to miles of golden sands. Sounds like we were staying at some boutique hotel in the Med, except that the sea…
As I jogged along the glorious Pembrokeshire Coastal Path it seemed I’d accidently stumbled into Teletubbyland. There before me was a turfed dome which bore a striking resemblance to the home of those colourful characters Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Po. I rubbed my eyes but it was still there. I was tempted to knock…
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