Family and Lifestyle Blog
Travel and days out in the UK offer a chance for readers to learn our tips and tricks from travel reviews and tips for fun days out that the whole family will enjoy. Here you will find toddler-friendly and child-friendly staycations and day trips in the UK as well as seasonal travel reviews. Chilling with Lucas blog offers a wide range of UK travel reviews including how to travel on a budget and resources such as caravanning in the North of England. If you are looking for UK travel tips you will find advice on things like how to prepare your four-berth caravan for the autumn season. You can read about our travel plans and tips about seasonal staycation parks such as Bluestone, Wales and day trips to Coral Island, Blackpool. For family days out and travel reviews we think it’s important to find places to visit for every budget and showcase a range of things to do in the UK. Chilling with Lucas has plenty of days out reviews for the North West of England for families and couples alike from a first time trip to the Opera to family-friendly theatre reviews. Perhaps you are looking for a fun girls day out in the UK such as a relaxing spa break at The Club and Spa Chester or Tree Top Trek Manchester. If you are travelling with kids you could consider taking them to watch In the night garden live or if you are going to the capital and want to plan things to do with kids in London. This travel in the UK category on the blog is bound to help you find something to help you with any UK based travel planning. There are plenty of things to do in the UK depending on where you are and Chilling with Lucas blog has a great range of fun, family-friendly travel content.
A couple of weeks ago Lucas and I were invited* to Flip Out in Blackburn. It was only opened a few weeks ago and is the biggest trampoline park in Lancashire. The park includes 140 interconnected trampolines, the world’s largest stunt box area, a ninja warrior course, a laser maze (the only one in […] Read more…
Last Sunday my friend and I were invited* to Bolton Food and Drink Festival to attend Afternoon Tea. I love afternoon tea so I didn’t need any persuading to attend! It’s also been a while since we had a catch up so it was a lovely excuse to get together. The afternoon […] Read more…
Last week I went to St. Annes, Lancashire to review one of the beach huts on the promenade. Off we went, all ready for a day on the beach with a hut for when we needed a little shelter, a drink, some dinner or if it rained. We went on the Friday and I […] Read more…
On Saturday we went* to the Trafford Centre to watch In the Night Garden Live. We went last year so I knew what to expect. As you drive into the John Lewis end of the centre, there is a huge showdome on the car park, enabling you to park next to it and also […] Read more…
I have recently written about accessible days out in Lancashire so I thought I would also find some free days out in Lancashire for the family too as an easy reference point. If you are looking for things to do as a family here are some ideas for all ages. Free days out in Lancashire […] Read more…
A while ago, I wrote about visiting the Sea Life centre in Blackpool for their new sea stars exhibition. A team of staff from Sea Life Blackpool carved an enormous piece of art into the sand beneath Blackpool’s Tower Headland last month. The colossal sand drawing measured as big as the width of three blue […] Read more…
Last year we went to Geronimo Festival and although we had a good day, Lucas was that bit too young for the children’s activities and too old for the baby activities. This year I couldn’t wait for it, especially as it had a new venue at Arley Hall and as well of being separate […] Read more…
Days out should be for all the family, not just the one’s that have no mobility issues. Fenetic Wellbeing are campaigning to say exactly that, it shouldn’t matter if you have a pram or a wheelchair, if you need to stop every 10 minutes to have a rest or if you need a mobility […] Read more…
Yarrow Valley Country Park is located just off Birkacre road in Coppull. It is a great free day out in Lancashire. It is somewhere I have been on numerous occasions when I used to support adults with learning disabilities. It is a beautiful nature reserve, an open space to get away from everyone in […] Read more…
I have taken far too long to write this! On Easter Monday we went to The Candy Man Presents: Easter Extravaganza! in Walmer Bridge, near Preston. It was a 2 hour interactive show based in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It started up with us watching a short play where it was explained that, Charlie […] Read more…