Camping for Queen and country!

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National Camping and Caravanning week just happens to fall at the same time as the Queen’s own Jubilee celebration – so what better way to mark the royal occasion than to camp like a king, or pitch like a princess?! To mark the events, the Camping and Caravanning Club is urging campers to get involved in a Guinness World Records attempt on June 4th, and take to the outdoors. The club aims to set a [...] Read more »

Grease – The Regent Theatre, Stoke.

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I grew up singing the songs from Grease, and swooning over John Travolta as Danny (well, I was very young and impressionable) but I’d never seen the stage show before. It’s a double-edged sword, producing something which is so well-known. On the one hand, everyone knows the songs and loves to sing along. On the other, well, everyone knows the songs. Expectations are therefore pretty high…   But then, this was originally made for stage [...] Read more »

Top Cat is back with a brand new film!

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Vertigo Films are pleased to be able to tell the Have a Lovely Time readers they’re proudly presenting TOP CAT: THE MOVIE, released on 1 June 2012 ‘…close friends get to call him TC, Providing it’s with dignity…’ Vertigo Films are pleased to announce the UK theatrical release of TOP CAT: THE MOVIE in 3D on Friday 1st June 2012. Based on the much-loved Hanna-Barbera cartoon that has captivated the imagination of children and adults [...] Read more »

How a hot stones massage helped me unwind – at last

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By Linda Aitchison Stripped to my knickers, flat on my back and covered only by a towel, I had a sudden urge to tell everyone how much I loved them. For months people had been urging me to relax. I’d finally managed it, with a little help in the shape of some gentle hands and hot stones – and a plentiful, luxuriously soft towel. In fact I felt euphoric, almost drunk (hard to believe for [...] Read more »

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Win tickets worth £200 to Adele tribute

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Park inn are already very excited about the fact they have an Adele tribute night in June – and they think you will be too when  you see their latest competition to win tickets to take along a bunch of friends – the prize will be won by ‘someone like you’! They’re offering you the chance to win tickets for a table-of-eight to watch this fantastic tribute to the amazing Grammy and Brit award-winning singer. You and seven [...] Read more »

The coolest thing to do this summer!

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Fun on the snow doesn’t have to just be in the winter, it snows every day at The Snow Centre! And you don’t have to ski or snowboard to enjoy the slopes, with sledging sessions running every weekend. Children from four years upwards and their parents can have fun whizzing down the freshly groomed snow in traditional sledges and Rubber Ringos. Once you have finished on the slopes you can warm up with a hot [...] Read more »

Ironbridge prepares for Meccano mania

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Budding engineers can get their hands on a heap of Meccano to have a go at making some models if they are visiting Enginuity over the May bank holiday. There’ll certainly be plenty of inspiration in the shape of an amazing display of working Meccano models created by Telford and Ironbridge Meccano Society from Saturday, May 5to Monday 7. The amazing Meccanuity 2012 exhibition will feature an impressive array of large and small models in [...] Read more »

Wales top destination for ‘staycation’ tourists

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We’re big fans of Wales here at Havealovelytime, so whilst it was no surprise, we were delighted to hear that this beautiful country received more than 9.5 million British tourists last year. A survey of ‘staycations’ in 2011 showed these visitors spent at least one night in Wales, and spent a whoppping £1.7 billion – an increase on the previous year of more than 20%. The Great Britain Tourism Survey is a national consumer study [...] Read more »