The bluebells at Coed y Wenallt woods, Cardiff are one of our favourite spring traditions. For hundreds of years, bluebells have magically appeared every spring at the ancient woodland in North Cardiff. You don’t have long to see them in their full glory. They usually bloom from the end of...
Paid collaboration with Dramatic Heart of Wales, the tourism board for Neath Port Talbot. Fright Nights at Margam Country Park is a brand new Halloween experience for 2024. Choose from Spooky Family Fun, a PG-rated event with an age guidance of 5+, or the Spine Chilling Extreme Horror, with a...
Paid collaboration with Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water Lisvane and Llanishen Reservoirs Did you know that a family of up to five can kayak at Lisvane and Llanishen Reservoirs for £55? We had a brilliant time when we visited the Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water attraction in North Cardiff at the weekend – and...
Paid collaboration with The Red Dragon Centre The Red Dragon Centre celebrates its 25th birthday this year! This summer marks 25 years of Cardiff’s premiere entertainment destination, and one of the first attractions in the incredible regeneration of Cardiff Bay. Like lots of you, I remember when it first opened,...
Thanks to Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland for inviting us for complimentary ice skating rides and food in return for this review Christmas has officially started here in Cardiff with the opening of Winter Wonderland last night and an evening of free street entertainment across the city as part of the annual...
Paid collaboration with National Museum Wales From traditional Welsh festivities at St Fagans’ Christmas Nights and breakfast with Mother Christmas at Big Pit to free festive films at Swansea’s National Waterfront Museum and a star-themed weekend at National Museum Cardiff to celebrate the arrival of the Tim Peake Soyuz space...
The beautiful knitted poppies are back at Roath Lake here in Cardiff – a tribute to our fallen servicemen and women ahead of Remembrance Sunday on 11 November. This year is extra poignant because Remembrance Sunday falls on the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day and the end of the First...
Paid collaboration with St Fagans National Museum of History St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff has always been one of my favourite places to visit (even before I took on a role as family blogger ambassador for them). The open air museum really brings history to life with...
We love Roald Dahl in our house and we also love Lego so you can imagine how excited we were to see the fantastic Lego sculptures of some of the author’s most famous child heroes, currently on display at Wales Millennium Centre. The characters actually arrived at the Cardiff Bay...
With the big kids safely back at school, it’s time for the babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers of South Wales to reclaim the parks, soft plays and other attractions during the week (until the next school holiday, at any rate). Here are seven big attractions in South Wales which run dedicated...
Paid collaboration with National Museum Cardiff A shark swimming over our heads and a giant clam opening and closing. A dinosaur roaring and prehistoric creatures swimming. Waterlilies sprawling out across the floor and Mozart talking to us from a bridge. This is National Museum Cardiff like you have never seen...