Yesterday we headed to Forge Mill Farm for an afternoon out and it was fantastic. For One adult and up to three children, it costs just £4 to get in. For two adults and up to three children it is £6. And if paying separately Adults are just £2, children and concessions £1.50. So, what…
In The Night Garden Live
Today, me and the girls headed to one of the opening day performances of In The Night Garden Live at Birmingham Repertory Theatre. It has three performances a day from today until Sunday, with a showing at 10am, 1pm and 4pm on each day. Each performance lasting for an hour. We arrived 45 minutes before…
Flight Club
The first rule of Flight Club, is definitely talk about Flight Club. We think you’ll be hearing a lot about Flight Club over the coming months. Scheduled for its public opening tonight, the new venue on Birminghams favourite street for the discerning socialiser asked us to come and check them out last night as part…
Chilango now closed
Birmingham has got an awful lot of places to eat these days as it becomes apparent Birmingham people are indeed foodies. The market for informal food is huge and to be a success, any new set-up is going to have to do something to stand out from the crowd. Well how about an informal, Mexican…
Drop Shot Digbeth
Drop Shot Digbeth is a place that you will be wanting to follow on social media (@dropshotdigbeth). Opening on Friday 12th July for its grand launch weekend with a DJ set on 13th July (just in time for Baljit the owners birthday). The venue has been owned by the family for 15 years and has…
Boris The Musical 2: Brexit Harder
We’re all about to get Boris’d. Whether you like it or not, very soon a man with the hair of an Old English Sheepdog and demeanour of a bemused bear will be elevated to the highest office of the land, ready to lead us triumphantly into Brexit Britain. With alarmingly convenient timing Blowfish Theatre happen…
Baby Brained The Musical
Well where do I start? If you had told me I’d one day laugh at a play about new parenthood and post natal depression, I’d have said it would never happen. Having felt like I was on the verge of post natal depression in the first year of having Matilda, I know how raw a…
Concerts in the Park, Family Day
Today we headed to review Concerts in the Park Family Day (30th June 2019) which had an Alice in Wonderland theme to it. Having grown up just down the road in Streetly, it was nice to head to this new event (3 years old) to see what it is all about. The event opened at…
Hobson’s Choice
Up until last night, I had two favourite ballets – The Nutcracker and La Fille mal Gardee. Last nights Hobson Choice has changed that – in one word, it was ‘magnificent’. Everything from the well thought out and cleverly designed scenery (Peel Park was my favourite), the immaculate dancing (Samara Downs amazing ability to enter…
Ooty Station (now closed)
Vannakam! (Welcome!) Ooty Station – Named after a quaint little hill-station town located in the dense Nilgiri mountains. Popular with the British during the Raj and continuing to hold its appeal as an idyllic tourist destination. Ooty Railway Station is Indias only rack railway with a fleet of steam locomotives. And now, close friends Pooja…