“Monday is the day that coffee needs coffee before I do”
And so starts another week, another long week, another long and tiring week. Just thinking about it is making me feel tired!
But enough with the moaning because this is the start of a new week, and with the start of every new week comes new goals.
So seeing as I’ve been absent from the blog for about 4 weeks I think I need to do a little recap!
Firstly April has been. Seriously chilly, it’s felt more like late September, October at times, but to be honest I’m here for it. I make no secret of the fact that spring isn’t my thing and that I am quietly sitting here waiting for autumn to arrive. So I was more than happy to have some chilly weather, I am no way ready to start wearing dresses and skirts, and letting my legs see the actual light of day (no way!)
April was also a really busy month for me, kick starting off with of course the long Easter weekend, which the build up is always more exciting than the actual weekend which goes way too fast. Luke and I did however manage to be fit quite a bit into those precious 4 days. There was a dog walking field for Hunter, Luke and I went on a gin distillery tour, and we also took 2 trips to the seaside on the Saturday and Sunday. We didn’t spend too long there as we needed to get back for Hunter, but it was nice to get out for a few hours, enjoy an ice cream and have a game of crazy golf. I did of course save Monday for a really long lay in and day of complete chill!
April has also seen the celebration of birthdays! Luke my mum and Luke’s dad all celebrate in the month of April, making it a busy and slightly expensive month! I’m always stuck for ideas of what I can do with Luke for his birthday because as well as gifts I like to plan a day of doing something. We usually head to London seeing as it’s only a short 45 minutes away, and in the past we have seen Westend shows, dined in the dark, done escape rooms and even headed away to climb Snowdon and Scarfell Pike. This year I found an experience called Phantom Peak which is a fully immersive, open world experience – a living, breathing town where mystery lurks around every corner. It’s part escape room, part immersive theatre and part real-life videogame. I had no idea what what to expect, but it was the one idea I kept coming back too so knew I had to book tickets and check it out. Tickets cost £45 each, and the while experience took around 4 hours. The end result was a throughly enjoyable experience, 4 hours of lots of laughing, a couple of cocktails, and good old investigation. We then finished off our London day out with dinner at burger & lobster – because of you didn’t know by now, this girl just loves a lobster roll!
Continuing the birthday celebrations we headed back to London the week after to celebrate Luke’s dad birthday. Thinking outside the box once again I found a fab immersive experience called The ‘Horizon of Khufu’ which is an Immersive Expedition that has been designed to be as accurate as possible. In collaboration with Peter Der Manuelian, Professor of Egyptology, and his team from the Giza Project at Harvard University, the goal is to offer an experience based on real data, combining architecture, science, and history, for an authentic immersion. We to a journey that transported us through time to uncover the mysteries of the Great Pyramid of Giza in virtual reality and experience the funeral rites of an Egyptian King. It was a really good 45 minute activity, and I highly recommend it. We finished off the day with dinner at The big easy because – I found a lobster roll on the menu, so of course I was all over that!!
Wrapping up April’s antics, we spent the last weekend in April celebrating our nieces 8th birthday with a small family get together. Followed by a chilled out Saturday evening with a movie.
I am now in full countdown mode to the long bank holiday weekend, and I can’t wait! Haven’t got any plans as if yet, but I’m sure I’ll fill my time wisely.
