I mentioned in my last post about the Afternoon Tea experience at the Harry Potter/Warner Bros Studio Tour London that I've been at least six times... what I didn't mention is that also included two visits in eight days 🫣. Yes, I went the week before the Afternoon Tea for a … [Read more...] about Harry Potter Warner Bros. Studio Tour London: Special Events & Changing Exhibits
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Afternoon Tea Experience At Warner Bros Studio Tour In London (Harry Potter)
I've now been to the Warner Bros Studio Tour in London at least six times and it feels like every visit just gets better and better. The studio tour displays exhibits from the making of the Harry Potter movies and is an amazing experience for fans of the movies (and books!) My … [Read more...] about Afternoon Tea Experience At Warner Bros Studio Tour In London (Harry Potter)
Visiting Raby Castle in County Durham, England
Less from 10 minutes from where we live is Raby Castle. Dating back to (mostly) the 14th century, the castle is still in excellent condition with beautifully maintained grounds and gardens. The castle frequently runs special events like car shows, outdoor movie nights and … [Read more...] about Visiting Raby Castle in County Durham, England
Visiting The High Force Waterfall & Low Force Waterfall In County Durham, England
My parents came to stay with us recently in County Durham, so we decided to visit a bunch of local attractions. One of those was the fantastic Raby Castle which posted about here. The Raby Estate also contains a couple of waterfalls, so on a different day to visiting the … [Read more...] about Visiting The High Force Waterfall & Low Force Waterfall In County Durham, England
Finding Thomas Dambo’s Trolls At Whipsnade Zoo
Back in March, Shae and I managed to get tickets for a behind-the-scenes tour of Thomas Dambo's studio just outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. He's the artist who's built more than 150 troll sculptures around the world and we've had a chance to find 50+ of them. During that tour, … [Read more...] about Finding Thomas Dambo’s Trolls At Whipsnade Zoo
Visiting The Pet-Friendly Barnard Castle (Part Of English Heritage)
Back in May 2020, there was a bit of a scandal in the UK when a high-level government adviser seemingly broke COVID lockdown rules to drive to Barnard Castle. His reasoning behind the trip was that he wanted to get his eyesight tested. At the time, we were in the US and I … [Read more...] about Visiting The Pet-Friendly Barnard Castle (Part Of English Heritage)
The Start Of A New Life: Come See Our New Place
For the past 2-3 months, we've been sharing everything that we got up to during our trip to Scotland with our friends (see the first post in that series here, with all other related posts at the end of that one). Writing about that trip took longer than I expected as we managed … [Read more...] about The Start Of A New Life: Come See Our New Place
Saga 2025 Day 2: Liverpool – Cavern Club, Hard Day’s Night Hotel, Cocktails & More
After kicking off our trip with friends with a day in London, we drove up to Liverpool for the night. Our friends are Beatles fans, so we figured we'd give them an opportunity to visit all kinds of Fab Four attractions. Unfortunately that didn't end up going quite as well as … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 2: Liverpool – Cavern Club, Hard Day’s Night Hotel, Cocktails & More
Saga 2025 Day 1: London – Police Station Hotel, British Museum, Dinner In Darkness & Abbey Road
To kick off our almost two week trip with friends, we picked them up from London Heathrow airport and drove into London for the night. We'd visited London with them a couple of times before and had hit up most of the main attractions, so this time we had a few other things in … [Read more...] about Saga 2025 Day 1: London – Police Station Hotel, British Museum, Dinner In Darkness & Abbey Road
Saga 2025: Trip With Friends To London, Liverpool & Scotland – An Intro
Back in 2015, Shae and I visited Edinburgh, the Isle of Arran and London with our friends Mark and Megan. We all flew into London Heathrow, then took another flight up to Edinburgh. At Heathrow, we got chatting to a couple who said they were meeting up with their own friends … [Read more...] about Saga 2025: Trip With Friends To London, Liverpool & Scotland – An Intro