While Kelham Country Hall and Park is usually a pleasing place to walk your dog in the sunshine, this August, they’re going for something completely different. At night, on the 25th and 26th August from 6pm until 10 pm, their 7ft maize crop will become a hunting yard for flesh-eating zombies to run you and […]
Last Friday was International Beer Day, and we Brits do love our Beer. You only need to look at the number of Beer Festivals held up and down the country, plus the increasing number of breweries popping up, to know how important beer is to us. If Leicester isn’t already firmly on the […]
Retail therapy, We all love it! And coming to Belvoir Estate is a 2.5 million pound luxury retail village to fill all your leisure needs at the newly refurbished Engine Yard; built within a 19th century set of buildings which have now been converted into 12,000 square feet of contemporary social space, including a large […]
The school summer holidays are well underway and I bet all the families out there are looking for some adventures to have in this wonderful warm weather – well, the Winner of Leicestershire’s Best Visitor Attraction, Wistow Maze, is waiting to be discovered! The Maze is only open for 8 to 10 weeks in the […]
They’re two of the most popular football clubs and in modern years, have been subject to a classic football rivalry. The Rivalry Jose Mourinho (Manchester United manager) and Antonio Conte (Chelsea manager, up until a couple of weeks ago) have been locked in a rivalry since the years of their own football playing careers. With […]
Seeing as though we’re a nation obsessed with the watermelon theme, as this blog explains, we’ve decided to put together 8 brilliant gifts, games and souvenirs you can buy from these online shops!
The USA celebrated national lasagne day at the weekend, or lasagna, as they spell it; and it got me thinking about how popular lasagne is over here in the UK. When we walk into our local supermarkets you’re guaranteed to see fridges full of ready-made-meals, and if you either love them or hate them, there’s always […]
Smooth milk chocolate is one of the finest man-made pleasures. From the cocoa bean discovery to the introduction of drinking chocolate, from bars on corner shop shelves to the eggs at Easter. The sugary sweet confectionary has come a long way! Now, we have toffees and honeycomb, and truffles and caramels, along with all the […]
So we’ve written about sandwiches… and we’ve written about ice cream, but now, we’re onto something much better, ice cream sandwiches! Doesn’t the thought of the smooth vanilla and crispy wafer just take you back to being a child? Sitting on a British beach or on the grass in your garden happily getting sticky fingers […]
The Great British Pub awards is a fantastic organisation dedicated to highlighting some of the best pubs in the UK. It gives the local public the opportunity to vote for their favourite. With the pubs themselves able to enter and compete against other businesses alike, whilst earning some well-received recognition if they find themselves among […]