Category: Days’ Out

As a family, days’ out are really important to us. We love to find new and exciting place to go to, we love taking photos (me in particular!), we love making memories and we adore having fun together. Our days’ out at the weekends are something I look forward to all week as it is the only time we get really.

I also love to be able to report back to my followers and reviewing a venue from an honest viewpoint is fun to be able to do. I hope you can all find something to do from reading one of my blogs and I hope you can have amazing days’ out too!

3 Nature and Activity Places to Visit in Hampshire

Posted on January 22, 2022March 24, 2025 by Emma Reed

We are really lucky to live in the county of Hampshire there is just so much in and around this area for us to explore and discover. As a family who love venturing outdoors and being close to nature we are often out and about and I love sharing these on social media to give others ideas but I’d realised I hadn’t written a days’ out post for a while here on my blog so I thought I would provide an informative style article and give you 3 nature and activity places to visit in Hampshire that are ideal for walkers, dogs and families to enjoy all the year-round.

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Visiting The Lost Gardens of Heligan

Posted on October 10, 2021November 4, 2025 by Emma Reed

When we visit Cornwall we usually plan in a trip to The Eden Project but having never previously visited The Lost Gardens of Heligan we decided to ensure that we squeezed it into our plans and I am so glad that we did. Here’s how we got on visiting The Lost Gardens of Heligan…

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2 boys in water, one balancing on a log and the other paddling

7 Simple Tips To Help You To Achieve Your 1000 Hours Outside Challenge

Posted on August 21, 2020November 20, 2024 by Emma Reed

This year we decided to take part in the 1000 Hours Outside challenge. The idea behind this being that we get our kids away from those screens and show them that the great outdoors can be amazing fun as well as good for their physical and mental wellbeing. Being a Mum to 2 very active boys I didn’t think I would find it too hard but come February, I realised I had overestimated how much time we spend outside in the winter months. It is so easy to make excuses that it is too cold, too wet, we don’t have enough daylight time and I suddenly became very aware of how much we all relied on screentime to entertain us until the better weather came.

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Visiting Moors Valley Country Park

Posted on August 20, 2019March 6, 2026 by Emma Reed

As a family, we love being outdoors and discovering new places. We first visited Moors Valley Country Park a few years back but didn’t get to stay very long and then just kept forgetting to drive back to explore it further. Located in Dorset, Ringwood near to Bournemouth, it is around an hours drive for us so it definitely needed a whole day dedicated to returning and now that both of the boys are at the stage of being able to enjoy things together, it seemed like the right time to head back down there.

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KidZania Review

Posted on May 14, 2019May 11, 2026 by Emma Reed

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I’d heard so many great things about KidZania in Westfield so we were over the moon when we were asked to attend an event run by Nintendo inside the giant kid’s city which would allow us to visit the rest of the play city afterwards. Here is our Kidzania review…

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Review | Coral Reef Waterworld, Bracknell

Posted on January 11, 2019November 19, 2024 by Emma Reed

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Coral Reef Waterworld was our favourite place for swimming when Jake was younger. I would happily drive the 40 minutes from Basingstoke to Bracknell to enjoy the fun of the pools, jacuzzi, rapids, pirate ship, slide and so much more. I loved it because it was the warmest pool I had ever visited which is always important when you have babies or small children, they provided armbands, the entire pool was open (unlike our local Aquadrome which doesn’t seem to think that opening every area is required for some reason?) It was always very clean and it had a lovely restaurant to grab some lunch in after our swim. It was well worth the drive up there, so you can imagine my disappointment when they announced they were closing for a year for refurbishment.

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London highstreet with 2 red phone boxes and christmas lights

What to Do in London this Winter

Posted on October 24, 2018July 31, 2026 by Emma Reed

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Although the summer months are often favoured when it comes to planning days out, winter brings its own unique range of exciting events and activities that the whole family can enjoy.

In London, there is always something new just waiting to be discovered, ranging from culture and history-based trips to foodie adventures and music, arts or sporting events. Compared to the warmer months of the year, the capital should be quieter during the winter without so many tourists – the perfect time to plan a day trip! London is so easily accessible via train but if you are further afield why not think about what flights to London are available. It could be great fun for the whole family and will also get you there in no time!

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