by Keira Garrigan | Sep 24, 2023
Such an amazing urban retreat in Reading and such a journey from derelict swimming pool to beautiful lido! The history is so interesting: Thames Lido is the disused King’s Meadow swimming pool located by the river Thames on King’s Meadow in Reading, Berkshire. It was...
by Keira Garrigan | Sep 17, 2023
Have a toddler? They’ll love this! The weekday toddler sessions at Jump Inc (previously Rebound Revolution) trampoline park in Bicester are so fun and reasonably priced – £6.50 for a 2 hour session and the accompanying adults (2 max) go free! The sessions are...
by Keira Garrigan | Aug 31, 2023
There’s a lot of (free!) gates into Blenheim Park but this one is far and away our favourite, and a route that we do at least twice a month. First we have to give a mention to the beautiful bench near the entrance of Combe gate. It’s carved out of a 500...
by Keira Garrigan | Aug 13, 2023
You may have driven past this before and never realised there was such an interesting playground here! A fantastic playground which is basically a big fort, complete with cannons! The fort is quite genius and has multiple ways to access it from rope climbs, balance...
by Keira Garrigan | Aug 6, 2023
The grounds and chapel of New College are an adventure that every visitor to Oxford should undertake – especially Harry Potter fans! The cloisters appear in the Harry Potter ‘Goblet of Fire’ film, one of many Oxford college locations that were used. The New...