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Reviews of products we have used from beauty to toys and household. Reviews of places we have visited for days out and nights away
During our stay at Beech Hill Hotel and Spa we were invited* to eat at the Burlington restaurant. With breath-taking views over Lake Windermere and a lovely warm welcome, the restaurant is wonderfully laid out and surrounded by paintings and a country style feel. Named after the local slate, Burlington’s was somewhere we were looking forward to dining. The head chef Lukasz specialises in […] Read more…
We absolutely love the lakes and have been lucky enough to stay in some fantastic hotels all over Cumbria. Windermere is our favourite though and we were excited about being invited* to stay at Beech Hill Hotel & Spa. We set off just after lunch and had great drive there, the hotel is situated on the eastern bay […] Read more…
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Rusty Rivets features Rusty, who uses his imagination and resourcefulness to save the day when needed. He repurposes spare parts and other objects he finds to come up with his very own cool contraptions. One of his first inventions was a robotic dinosaur, Botasaur, who quickly became he trusty sidekick. Lucas was sent* a […] Read more…
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We are big fans of Brio having already got the Brio builder deluxe set and the Brio Metro Railway Set. Lucas can’t get enough of trains so when we were offered* the Brio Travel Switching Set to review, I couldn’t wait to show Lucas. Since getting the metro railway set earlier in the year, we have picked up pieces […] Read more…
We were invited* to attend Last Drop Village‘s Halloween Spectacular in Bromley Cross, Bolton. The hotel is a four-star hotel situated in an elevated position within 3 acres of grounds surveying stunning views over the West Pennine Moors. The hotel is very well sign posted once you exit the motorway. The Courtyard Restaurant […] Read more…
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Disney’s family of superheroes returned earlier this year in Incredibles 2 which showed baby Jack-Jack’s emerging superpowers. Lucas has been sent* a Jack-Jack doll which as you can imagine is full of surprises. Jack-Jack has rooted hair, a soft body, moulded head and hands. Lucas was immediately excited even though he hasn’t seen Incredibles as he […] Read more…
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Lucas was recently sent* a Tonka Cement Mixer. There are 4 different machines in the range a Dumper Truck , Front Loader, Cement Mixer and Bull Dozer. We received the Tonka Cement Mixer where you can take control. Lucas likes all things construction so he was thrilled when this arrived and hurriedly opened it. The […] Read more…
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Lucas was recently sent* a mobile medical centre to create his own Peppa Pig adventures. The Peppa Pig Mobile Medical Centre is part of Peppa’s New “when I grow Up” collection from Character Options. This play set suitable for age 3 and above is a push-along ambulance which opens up to reveal a full medical centre inside! […] Read more…
I was recently sent* Magicubes from Geomag for Lucas to explore. These wonderful, colourful magnetic cubes are from their early years and pre-school range of toys. We received 4 sets of the new additions and Lucas eagerly opened the first set which consisted of 4 cubes with multi coloured sides one with an eye. Lucas straight away realised […] Read more…
Lucas was very lucky a couple of weeks ago when a parcel was sent* to him from Toy Star containing not one, but two ride on cars! He received a Range Rover and a Mercedes, both in red, his favourite colour. The Mercedes is a scaled down replica of the Mercedes-Benz AMG SLS […] Read more…