Very busy month, quite possibly the busiest I've ever been! I turned 40, lots of trips out, too many side quests from school(!) and an ISO audit at work! Phew...strap in! Also, apologies for the late posting of this, it was a bit of a beast to write and also July has continued with the business! Given the May half term straddled both May and June, I've left some of that for this month. We decided to take advantage of an offer from Merlin a few months ago where they were giving a family annual pass if you stayed a night at one of their resorts. We chose to stay at Warwick at the start of June, and although the cost for a nightly stay was around £300, the value of the pass was worth going for. We set off for Birmingham at the start of the month and headed first to Cadbury's world for a few hours (also Merlin), stayed the night in a Premier Inn (using the share perk of 4x free breakfasts!), and set off to Warwick Castle the morning after. Such a good place, and the shows were ...
Bit more of a chilled out May compared to the previous month that kinda took it out me. Trip with the Beavers to Forbidden Corner Every once in a while I get to go on trips away with the Beaver scout group that I help out with, normally it's going away on camp but sometimes it's somewhere different. We've been to sleepovers at Gullivers Valley theme park and The Deep in Hull where we got to sleep feet away from sharks and manta ray! This year we chose to go to Forbidden Corner in North Yorkshire. It's an absolutely mad place that's quite hard to describe, probably most like an Alice in Wonderland-like labryinth, walking through narrow tunnels and passageways, getting lost in mases and exploring different follies and castles. If you're in the area and have a couple of hours to kill then I'd highly recommend it! I'm already planning on taking my 2 kids there in the future. May Half term: Prestatyn Every few years my parents hire out a big Airbnb to accomod...