Things To Do Archives ⋆ Jupiter & Dann

Spooky Frights at Halloween at Kew Gardens 2026

Posted on October 30, 2026October 31, 2026 by Jupiter

It’s nearly the end of October, but as we have all of the half term, we wanted to do another spooky trail. For our household, it’s super important to get out each day of the break, especially as all of us get a little wrapped into our phones and bored when inside all day. Kai had an evening out with his friends, so Amelia, Robin, Dann and I, along with Claire, went out to Halloween at Kew Gardens. We’ve previously been a few years back, but it had been quite some time!

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Hylands Fear Fest Extreme swaps ‘spooky’ for scares

Posted on October 29, 2026October 29, 2026 by Dann Sullivan

When we recently visited Hylands Estate for their Fear Fest Spooky Trail we all had a great time. However, as the older two kids – Kai and Amelia – are both getting along into teen-hood they both said that they’d be interested in attending the 15+ Fear Fest Extreme event that takes place along the same trail but during the evening spot. As such, a few days later we found ourselves back there, myself, Kai and Amelia, for the spooky walk. Jupiter opted to skip this one, as she is not the biggest fan of fears and is very easily jumpscared.

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Meadow Croft German Market in Essex

Posted on October 27, 2026October 27, 2026 by Jupiter

Dann and I have previously visited a bunch of traditional German markets in Austria, which was such an amazing, fantastic experience. But, before we had gone to Austria, Dann loves going to the Meadow Croft German Market right here in Essex. We always go, every year without fail, and have previously taken Amelia but haven’t gone as a whole family. This year, we went along to change that.

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Hylands Fear Fest Spooky Trail is very interactive

Posted on October 21, 2026October 20, 2026 by Jupiter

We’ve been to the Hylands Estate for a few different events; playing at Castle Park and seeing their light trail has been a few highlights, so when I saw the Hylands Fear Fest happening, I was curious what they were doing and what this meant. The Hylands Fear Fest has two different options; EXTREME and Spooky Trail. To start things off, we all went to the Spooky Trail as the Extreme version is for teens and above, where as Robin is a touch too young. The Fear Fest Spooky Trail is more family friendly, meant to be interactive in a way that the whole family can enjoy.

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Hatter’s Farm Pumpkin Nights has neon pumpkins!

Posted on October 19, 2026October 19, 2026 by Jupiter

[Ad- gifted experience] Hatter’s Farm invited us back for the Pumpkin Nights, after going to their general pumpkin patch when it first opened at the start of October. This is their second year of Pumpkin Nights and it felt even better than last. Pumpkin Nights have a lot of things that are available during the day; food stands, the corn maze, and the pumpkin cannon, with a few fun additions for the evening time.

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