Thursday, 23 May 2013

And the highlight....

The Making of Harry Potter- Warner Studios....
 A new Gryffindor
 The beyond fabulous model of Hogwarts
 My favourite- a baby Mandrake
 
 
Diagon Alley.....
 
A fabulous afternoon (made more fab by the fact I had paid for it a few months ago- so the ouchness of that had slightly receeded)- magical.....entranced children- even the four year old.....squeals of 'Aragog' 'Dobby' 'Buckbeak'.....Riding broomsticks and wand duelling....Drinking butterbeer and standing outside 4 Privet Drive

Magical...

 

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

London Trip

 Two years ago we had a sucessful family holiday in London- so decided to repeat the experience but with a new set of outings....

Thanks to the bargains that is Tesco Clubcard Deals we got incredible value days out vouchers for an open top bus trip around the City....Big Ben and the Palace of Westminster, the Abbey and St Pauls, the Charde and Tower Bridge, Marble Arch and the new Bomber Command memorial...   to name but a few....  a boat ride down the Thames, climbing Tower Bridge...the Science Museum and the dinosaurs at the NH museum...
 Walking past Downing Street and HorseGuards Parade to the Churchill War Rooms....
And probably the Childrens highlight.....a buffet meal in China Town and a Visit to Hamleys- where we spent over two hours going from top to bottom via all of the demonstrators and their crafty bits plus careful contemplation of how to stretch out their pocket money (plus extentions to their 'birthday lists'!!)- which translated to remote control cars for the boys and a glitter tattoo set for FI....

Lots of Underground Travel- including challenging SJ to guide us across various routes- to prove that he could, completing various childrens activities at the museums