Salcey Forest Review

We could not decide where to go today, but we all wanted to get out of the house. So I gave everyone three choices; the woodland area at Cliveden, a random woodland in north Bucks or here. We’d never been to Salcey Forest before, I’ve not done a review yet, and combined with a couple […]

Irchester Country Park Review

This half term seems to have been all about Northamptonshire and this review of Irchester Country Park was part of that. Annoyingly this place has been elusive for a while now – I’ve tried to visit three times and for various reasons haven’t made it. Thinking about it, that seems to happen quite a lot! […]

Lyveden Review

Despite the fact that there is not one, but two houses at Lyveden, this is one of the most outdoorsy National Trust places I have written a review of. Part of the reason for that is because one of those houses doesn’t have a roof. Or any floors for that matter. It’s just a shell […]

Silverstone Interactive Museum Review

I was brought up on weekends watching the Grand Prix. My Mum even knows Frank Williams (very cool). We like museums, we particularly like interactive museums and we’ve been to motor museums before and really enjoyed it. So when we were asked if we wanted to review Silverstone Interactive Museum in Northamptonshire we were really […]

Canons Ashby Review

Although this wasn’t my first visit to Canons Ashby in Northamptonshire, I haven’t written a review until now because my last visit was pre-blog. In fact it was pre-Smallest Child! At that stage I was too scared to take children into NT houses. However, we’ve been back at this time we’ve been inside the house […]

Stanwick Lakes Review

A nature reserve in Northamptonshire with some amazing facilities for families.

Castle Ashby Gardens Review

Castle Ashby Gardens, Northampton. A menagerie, playground and formal gardens.