Looking forward to Lanzarote

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We have a very excited member of the Have A Lovely Time team right now. Very soon Kim and her son will be jetting off from East Midlands airport for the sunny skies of Lanzarote and the home of Club Las Calas in Puerto del Carmen who pride themselves on being the most popular timeshare and self-catering holiday destination in Lanzarote.  To say she is looking forward to this press trip is an understatement.   After [...] Read more »

Sponsored post: MakeBake madness

With the British weather the way it is at the moment, it looks like we’ll all be spending a few weekends trapped indoors keeping away from the cold and the rain outside. It’s hard to spend all day inside especially on a weekend and especially for kids! There’s only so much on TV and only so many games they can play before the dreaded “I’m bored” pops out of their mouths and finding something that [...] Read more »

Review: Cadbury World – a chocoholic’s dream come true

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The first words out of Oliver’s mouth when he woke up on Saturday morning were “Yay! We’re going to Cadbury World, we’re going to Cadbury World!”  You may gather at this point that my five year old was extremely excited about our trip! When we picked up our friends who came with us, we had two children chanting their new phrase for nearly all the journey there! We grabbed our tickets and purchased an audio [...] Read more »

Fancy a family Quest?

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Review of Quest adventure attraction at Merry Hill, by Madeline Fittes In the Easter holidays, I went on a day trip with my family to Quest in Merry Hill. I had never been there before so I didn’t really know what to expect, but when we arrived it looked really good. Outside we could see a huge inflatable Nerf arena and when we got inside it looked amazing. The ropes area was awesome! It was [...] Read more »

One Direction wax lyrical at Madame Tussauds

One Direction wax figures at Madame Tussauds

If you’re looking for something to do this bank holiday, you could always take the family to see One Direction. The teen idols have taken up residence in Madame Tussauds in London, rubbing wax-work shoulders with some of the biggest names in the business. The boys have been deemed important enough to have their own fully-themed dedicated area at the world famous attraction.  But you need to be quick to catch them, as Harry, Louis, [...] Read more »