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A Day Out at Mountfichet Castle

Posted on August 15, 2020July 8, 2024 by Dann Sullivan

The summer holiday is in full swing, we all wanted to see a big castle! I am a big fan of history and I really love sharing my passions with my children. Kai and I had actually gone to Mountfichet Castle when he was younger and Amelia had spent weeks talking about how she wanted to go at the time, so this felt like a great time to take everyone. Mountfichet Castle has a lot going on – there is the castle and all of the animals around it, then there is a toy museum on the edge of the property, as well as a dinosaur area and a haunted house walk through the toy museum – it’s just a lot.

The Castle

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Partituki Children’s Games and Coloring Activity Pack | Review

Posted on August 12, 2020November 14, 2024 by Dann Sullivan

[Ad- gifted products] Partituki is a company that specialists in children’s activity packs and party packs, making them perfect when it comes to getting gift bags for parties or getting activity packs for children to play with, to keep them busy, at parties or just at home. There are lots of different themes to the activities packs they have to offer, as well as many different packs, meaning you can just purchase bunting and crayons to build your own gift bags or you can purchase these pre-made kits full of a variety of fun activities!

We got the Partituki Children’s Game and Coloring Activity Pack, which contained one drawstring, sea-life themed backpack that can be coloured in, one sea-life themed pencil case that can be coloured in, a set of crayons, a set of coloured pencils, a jump rope, a yo-yo, a fidget spinner and a wooden block tabletop game. That’s a big variety, which is the best thing about these packs – there is always something for everyone within each bag.

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Beer52 – Mixed Beers Subscription | Review

Posted on August 3, 2020April 13, 2024 by Dann Sullivan

As you are probably aware, there are lots and lots of monthly subscription boxes out there – from monthly cat gift boxes through to make-up and bath-bomb boxes. So, it makes sense that there’s a monthly beer box. Beer52 is my first experience of a beer box like this, and it’s quite an interesting offering; Certainly more than just a crate of random beers.

For a start, the whole thing is designed as a ‘discovery club’ more than a crate ‘o beer, and that’s fair, it feels themed and deliberate, specifically featuring a wider variety of beers than you’d normally find in your local supermarket. It’s also complete with a couple of bar snacks, and there’s also a brilliant magazine all about craft beers, and brewing on the whole. Much like a Nat Geo, New Scientist, or any of the other specialist, serial magazines it’s a perfect little casual read if you want to learn more about the specialist subject that it is built around. It’s also good coffee table decor.

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Mud & Bloom Subscription Box – Four Months On | Review

Posted on August 1, 2020February 26, 2024 by Dann Sullivan

Back at the start of the year, I made a decision that the house would try and do more activities away from screens. There were a lot of reasons why we decided to make a move – the adults of the house both work in games, and work from home, so a lot of our time is spent working in front of monitors, but that is very much a situation we have chosen ourselves. As we work in games we always have something new for the kids to watch or play with, and it’s certainly nice (for me) to have them share a hobby with me. However, they came to expect it, and they came to be very reluctant to move away from the screen. I would suggest we go to play in the garden and be met with grumbles!

So, we took to the road more often, saw more sights. We got a new printer so we could print more stuff off and then… well, Covid-19 happened and all of a sudden there was more time (and we needed the printer) and the way that the day worked changed. We also couldn’t get out to the same places in the same way, uh oh!

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Delton Bags – Dark Grey Canvas Satchel | Review

Posted on July 29, 2020August 27, 2024 by Dann Sullivan

[Ad- gifted product] I’ve had quite a few messenger bags (or satchels, if you will) over the years, due in part to the fact that the best ones can fit a tablet or laptop in them with no issue. They also give ample space for cables, promotional goods and the mass of business cards which I receive whenever I attend an event for work, and all without having to pull the thing off of my back.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, something happened to my previous, trusty bag, and all of a sudden I was in need of a new one. Perfect timing for us to grab a Canvas Satchel bag (from Delton Bags), which we got from the Trendhim site, then, and – as it happens – it is incredibly similar to my previous ones. So no complaints there. Most importantly, the bag had an absolute mass of storage locations. On either side of the bag, there are drink holders which are always welcome when you’re working your way around an event hall – although these don’t tend to see much use if you have a laptop with a 17″ or greater screen.

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