Category: Things To Do

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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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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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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[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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[Ad- gifted experience] We go to Cammas Hall quite a few times a year, as it’s our local farm! We’ve picked cherries, walked the Easter trail, and of course have had pumpkin picking previously. So, we were all excited to go along again this year. Kai had actually just got his Halloween costume, so he wanted to wear it to the pumpkin patch. This was really surprising, due to him being a teenager, but he’s been so happy lately.

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