Things for Children to do in Gloucestershire

Gloucester Scrumpty Trail for Rugby World Cup

Gloucestershire is such a fantastic place to visit with a mixture of elegant spa and market towns, stately homes, splendid religious buildings, green landscapes and a whole lot of history to explore. Wherever your heart takes you in the Shire there is also bound to be plenty of entertainment for the whole family. Things for … Read more

Sup and Chow Cheltenham

Sup and Chow Cheltenham

Last night I was invited to the launch of the Sup & Chow, the latest addition to Cheltenham’s vibrant Bath Road food and drink scene. The contemporary all day dining pub and eaterie serves a menu of locally sourced food with a global feel, alongside a fantastic selection of cask ales, craft beers and fine wine. … Read more

Cheltenham’s Brewery Quarter

Cheltenham’s Brewery Quarter

About Cheltenham’s Brewery Quarter Cheltenham’s Brewery Quarter is a great place to visit and suitable for a variety of people with family friendly restaurants, bowling alley, soft play centre, fitness gym and cinemas. Easy to get to by car and public transport, with plenty of parking nearby. The Brewery opened in May 2006 with the … Read more

The Fire Station Cheltenham

Charred cauliflower, tahini and pomegrante at The Fire Station Cheltenham

The Fire Station Cheltenham reopened its doors last night 110 years after it was originally built. The old Edwardian Fire Station has been transformed into a premium bar and restaurant. The Fire Station Cheltenham has had extensive restoration work and being renovated to blend in the old and the new. For example the fire station … Read more

Redgrove Harvester Cheltenham New Kids Menu

Redgrove Harvester Cheltenham New Kids Menu

Harvester has a new kids menu, so we went along to the Redgrove in Cheltenham to review just how good it is. The Kids Menu at Harvester The new Kids menu at Harvester offers a great range of meal options for children of all tastes and sizes: Kids Meal Deal £5.99: A Smaller bite or … Read more

Simpsons Best Fish and Chips

Simpsons Best Fish and Chips

Simpsons fish and chips were crowned the Best Independent Takeaway of the Year in the Seafish Fish & Chip Awards. I was told that this was a really big deal, especially in this industry as it involved them not just having the most amazing food, but they were put through a 7 month process which … Read more

Hotter Shoes Cheltenham Autumn and Winter

Hotter Shoes Cheltenham Autumn and Winter Nicola Heels

I think it is really important to support local businesses. This extends to branches as well as locally produced because at the end of the day they give employment to local people (who may not even be able to travel elsewhere). So me and a bunch of other local bloggers have come together to support … Read more

Shoulder to Shoudler to Day #S2S2D – Jar of Happiness

In case you were not aware Emma Day, who blogs over at Crazywithtwins, has Cancer Again. She is only 27 years old and Mother to one year old twin girls plus a six year old singleton daughter. She had to have a hemithyroidectomy and the results showed that due to the results on the right … Read more

Cotswold Farm Park

Visit the website for information on prices, times, etc here. I have written this post purely because we love it here and not because of any payment/free entry etc. We go there at least once a year if not a couple of times. We organised a trip out and took 4 cars – which included … Read more