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Leeds

In the Easter holidays I went to Leeds for a week, we stayed in a nice house. Then we went to BrewDog for tea and had Red’s barbecued food. I love Red’s.

brewdog / red’s menu

On the first day we went to Roundhay Park.

swing

There is a Tropical World, where you can see animals from all over the world. IT WAS AMAZING!!!! They also have a fun maze.

Tropical world maze

a fascinating tree

Then we went and had tea in an Indian restaurant called Bundobust and I had a nice drink I’d never heard of before called Chai.

Chai

My favourite bit of food was the okra fries, they look a bit like green chillies and were really delicious.

bundobust food

Then we went shopping, I got some clothes and Lego.

On the second day I played Monopoly for most of the day then I went to Nando’s with my Grandad, Mummy, Daddy and Georgia. Afterwards, I went to the cinema to watch the hilarious film of Beauty and the Beast.

The next day I was super happy because we went bowling and I won with 92 points! (I did have the bumpers up.) 🙂 😉

Then we went to the arcade and I got lots of prizes, played a game of air hockey, played Mario Kart together and spent ages on the two pence machines and me and Daddy won a red shoe.

I really enjoyed my time in Leeds and would love to go again.

Ecstatic Christmas Eve

Before dinner we went out to Manchester and took a tram to Didsbury Village (Middle Didsbury).

christmas lights

When we arrived I saw we were outside Solita, but then we went to it’s next door neighbour Hispi (a type of cabbage and a restaurant) I had apple juice and Ginger beer, whilst I looked at the menu. For starters I had a spiced pork and pistachio terrine, orange jelly and fruit bread, which was delicious.

pistachio and pork terrine, orange jelly and fruit bread

Then my main course was a celeriac with salad, which was the best I’d tasted.

celeriac

Our shared sides were, chips, carrots and red cabbage.

After that, for desserts I had some Eccles cake with vanilla Ice cream, parkin and butterscotch with vanilla ice cream and christmas pudding.

parkin

Eccles Cake

All of it was delicious and I would love to go back, everything was really nice.

Then we took the tram back to manchester and went to Brewdog. There was unlimited pinball. I had loads of goes but I’m really bad at it but it is really fun.

pinball at brewdog

When we got back home I got a book and some new pyjamas. Then we watched the Simpsons, The Snowman and The Snowman and The Snowdog, whilst having my Malteser Teaser reindeer and a cadbury chocolate snowball. I can’t wait for Christmas morning.

The Mermaid

In September I went to The Mermaid in Ellington.

The Mermaid

I had an apple and raspberry dink whilst we ordered. For starters I had some bread with pumpkin seeds, freshly baked, with butter, which was delicious!

Pumpkin seeds on bread

We also got some sides which were homemade pitta, prawns and sweet ginger jam, Halloumi Pakora, Dolmades and whitebait.

Halloumi Pakora

Dolmades

prawns with ginger jam

whitebait with tartare sauce

homemade pitta and hummus

Then for main course I had sausages and mash with peas set out like a boat.

For dessert I had two ice creams which were purple carrot and lemongrass and the other was orange and thyme.

My purple carrot and lemongrass and my orange and thyme ice creams

Georgia’s vanilla tonka bean and her chocolate and cardamom ice cream

Everything was really nice and I wold love to go back.

My Trip to London

On Sunday 14th August when we arrived in London we travelled on the Underground to see the London Eye.

London eye

Then went to a food market to have some drinks then we went through Chinatown and Trafalgar Square and found a BFG dream jar from the BFG dream jar trial these are the ones we found:

I dream of the universe by Professer Stephen Hawking
A dreamy dancers dream by Karon Elson
A stitch in time saves nine by Jenny Packham
Healthy start, happier lives: RB:
City of dreams Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London
For the love of animals: Simon Cowell
Believe in extraordinary by Team GB
For the love of the hedgehog by Zoella
Theatre of dreams by Tim Minchin
This a BFG dream jar

This another dream jar that we saw

Here is the BFG Dream jar map and checklist. Then we arrived at…M&M’s world stuffed full of M&M things like pillows, cups, key rings, magnets, tennis balls and personalised stuff and it even has a giant wall of chocolate where you can create your own M&M’S selection from over 100 choices.

M&M world

M&M men

After then we went to Hamleys and I bought a Find It London book and a LEG0 minifigure.

Hamleys

A Queen made of LEG0

After that we went to Buckingham palace and saw some of the royal guards and then we went to Downing street but could only see gates.

Then we went for tea at Bibimbap, which is a Korean restaurant for starters I had some fried chicken, kimchi, kimchi pancakes and dumplings.

Bibimbap

Dumplings

For my main course I had a rice bowl called Bibimbap.

Bibimbap rice bowl

It was really nice.

Then on the way to Piccadilly circus we saw the BT Tower. When we arrived at Piccadilly circus we saw the statue of Eros which is actually called Anteros.

Picadilly circus

The next day we went on the London Eye and when we were at the top there were lots of really good views and you could see for 25 miles. The London Eye is 350 metres high.

London eye views

Then we went to The Tower Bridge and went inside to the walkways and there was a glass floor to walk across and stand on and look down below to the river Thames.

The glass floor on the Tower Bridge

After that we went to Borough Market and bought some doughnuts, which are said to be the NICEST IN THE WORLD. They were the best I ever had.

Borough market Doughnut

Afterwards we went to Monument which is a memorial to the Great Fire of London and has 311 spiral steps which was really difficult to climb up. There were loads of great views from the viewing platform.

The Monument stairs

The information on The Monument

Then we went to see St. Pauls Cathedral with it’s enormous dome.

St. Pauls Cathedrals.

After that we went to Brewdog for dinner and had some pizzas. Afterwards we went to Kensington Gardens and Covent Garden.

I love LONDON!!!!!

This a souvenir I bought from the London eye gift shop.

London eye souvenir

The Hinds Head

The day before we went to LegoLand we went to The Hinds Head in Bray, which is one of Heston Bluementhal’s restaurants.

Hinds Head

I ordered an Apple juice to drink, whilst we looked at the menu.

For starters I had a Scotch Egg, when I cut inside, the yolk was really nice and runny.

Scotch Egg

For my main course I had a cottage pie which was really delicious.

Cottage pie

We also got some sides to share which were a heritage tomato salad, smoked green beans and buttered carrots.

sides

For dessert I had an elderflower sorbet and some cheesecake and we shared a cheeseboard.

cheesecake

cheeseboard

When we got the bill they brought us dark chocolate orange and caraway seed truffle.

When we were waiting to leave we were talking to the man behind the bar, who gave us some of Heston’s special chocolates which looked like stones- I thought he was tricking us and making us eat stones but they were really nice chocolates!

chocolate stones

I really enjoyed going to The Hinds Head and would love to go again.

It’s the best restaurant I’ve ever been to!

My Magnificent Easter 2016

On Thursday I decorated some eggs by colouring them in to make them Easter Eggs.

The Easter Eggs I made

Good Friday

Parkers Arms

On Good Friday we went out to the Parkers Arms for dinner it was delicious! 🙂 ☺

When we got there we got some special treats, which were:

Smoked cod roe with sourdough
Potato skins
Fish croquettes
Lancashire cheese croquettes

After that we ordered drinks and I had apple juice, for my starter I had fish goujons with wild garlic sauce and salad.

Afterwards we had our main course, I had a fish potpie, which included cod, haddock, shrimp, scallop and wild garlic (which we went out looking for after dinner), with seaweed, peas and mash.

My Pot Pie

Then we had dessert which was chocolate egg custard pot with biscuit soldiers.

Chocolate egg custard pot with biscuit soldiers

Afterwards we were given a chocolate easter egg each and some salted caramel chocolate and orange filled chocolate.

When we finished we went for a walk near the river and collected lots of wild garlic and I tried to climb up some trees. It was very difficult!

Me climbing a tree

Easter Sunday

For breakfast on Sunday we had Hot Cross Buns.

After dinner we had Cadbury’s Egg’n’spoon and Smarties Mini Eggs.

Cadbury’s egg’n’spoon

After dinner we gave each other our gifts and I got :

A milk chocolate Star Wars Easter Egg and a Star Wars Gift Tin
A milk chocolate Star Wars Easter Egg and a Star Wars Bubbly Bar
A Cadbury’s milk chocolate Easter Egg and a Creme Egg
A Cadbury’s milk chocolate Decorate your own Easter Egg
3 Books, Awful Auntie, Tom Gates Is Absolutely Fantastic (at some things) and The Wimpy Kid Do-It-Yourself Book
Bubble Wand
A Minecraft Jumper
A LEG0 T-Shirt
This a picture of all my Books& Eggs

These are my new clothes

Then we watched 2 episodes of Easter Simpsons and Ice Age The Great Egg Scapade.

For tea we had roast lamb with roast potatoes, carrots, asparagus, green beans and mint sauce. After tea we had a slice of homemade strawberry and Mini Egg cheesecake. Mmmm! 🙂

This is our homemade strawberry and mini egg cheesecake

Easter Monday

On Monday we had a hot cross bun with Nutella and had some of my Cadbury’s milk chocolate Easter egg and a Creme Egg.

After breakfast I got a card from my Grandad with a £10 note inside.

After dinner we went to Grandma’s house for tea and she had hidden eight chocolate Easter Bunny’s for me and Georgia to find I found 5 and Georgia found 3 plus the special ones which were Maltesers Teasers Easter Bunny’s.

Then Grandma gave us our presents and I got a Chameleon T-Shirt and 10 Marzipan bunnies.

After that we had tea which was Shepherd’s Pie and veg and for dessert we had a creme brûlée.

My Brilliant Half Term

Monday

Rivington Pike

On Monday we went to Rivington Pike up to the top and I only had one rest on the whole journey which was at the top of the Pike, so I was exhausted by the time I got to the top! The view was the best I’d ever seen it I could see so far out!

This is the view from the pike.

We were going back down the Pike, but we went a different way I’d never been before. At last we were at the bottom of the Pike and then we went and had a drink in the Great Hall Barn and I had a hot chocolate. Mmmm! 🙂

Tuesday

Grandad Comes

On Tuesday Grandad came to babysit and bought us each a Galaxy Chocolate Flurry that was delicious. After tea we played a game of Bugs In The Kitchen and two games of Monopoly Deal.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we watched ” Honey, I Shrunk The Kid”, which was really good I’m really looking forward to watching the next one “Honey, I Blew Up The Kids “.

Friday

Spending WHSmith £20 Gift Card

On Friday we went to WHSmith in Manchester to spend our £20 Gift Cards from Uncle Bob Auntie Lauren and Brandon. First we went to Debenhams for Georgia to spend her £25 voucher and I looked at a lot of things that I really liked there were so many of them!

Then we went to WHSmith and I bought three books for the price of two which were The Person Controller, Tom Gates Everything’s Amazing (sort of), Tom Gates Genius Ideas (mostly) and a Brainbox The World.

BrewDog

Afterwards we went to BrewDog and I started reading Tom Gates Everything’s Amazing (sort of) and had a apple fritz which was delicious.

Yard And Coop

After that we went out for tea at Yard and Coop and we had buttermilk fried chicken, sweet potato chips and normal chips and sauce for mains, I had a Mama Mia sauce which is just an Italian pasta sauce which was really nice.

My buttermilk fried chicken, sauce and sweet potato chips

Our sides were Not chicken which is Halloumi in breadcrumbs, slaw and amazeballs which are corn balls.

The amazeballs and slaw

For dessert we had two brownies which were amazing.

The brownie

I really enjoyed the whole of my half term and would love to do everything again! The buttermilk fried chicken was delicious and so were all the sides, Friday was probably the best day of the whole week and Yard and Coop was probably the best thing!!!

Guess Where I Found An Amazing Neon Ceiling?

First of all we drove to a restaurant called Solita in Prestwich. Our starters were cheeseburger spring rolls, olives, halloumi bites, bacon wrapped cheesy dough balls and bacon popcorn.

Cheese Burger Spring Rolls

I had half a rack of BBQ ribs that were house smoked, with classic BBQ sauce and BBQ beans and Georgia had a grilled salmon steak with salad.

Me and my Ribs

Daddy had a fish burger and Mummy had some sea bass. Mine and georgia ‘s pudding was a Ice cream Donut and Mummy and Daddy had a Rum Baba.

Donut Sandwich

I loved the food and the ceiling is covered with neon lights. Outside there is LEG0 in the wall making the building look like it is made out of LEG0 and I felt it to check it was made of LEG0.

the neon ceiling

Super Burger Man

The LEG0 wall

Me checking if it is a LEG0 wall