Newborough Beach, Anglesey, August 2025

We headed over to Anglesey for a morning at Newborough beach to build some sandcastles, followed by tasty treats on the way home.

We headed over to Anglesey for a morning at Newborough beach to build some sandcastles, followed by tasty treats on the way home.

Off to the Big Smoke for a few days of sightseeing, eating, Merlin attractions and rollercoasters. London, baby!

A hot day and a disappointing morning at Alton Towers lead to us stopping at Snugbury's for a cheeky ice cream on the way home.

A Rollercoaster? In the middle of Camden? Madness. We visited London's Babylon Park.

The finale of our Merlin Annual Pass London excursion was a ride on the world famous London Eye.

We're still in London's South Bank area, visiting Shrek's Adventure. Hopefully we'll see Donkey on our third Merlin Annual Pass stop of the trip.

Something new and chocolatey. We took our first ever visit to Cadbury World in Birmingham, and it was great!

Part 2 of our Manchester Merlin Annual Pass day out was at the Sea Life Centre in Trafford Palazzo

Merlin Annual passes at the ready for a visit to the Legoland Discovery Centre in Manchester.

With one of the family enjoying a new-found interest in the RMS Titanic, we thought we'd check out some of the displays, artefacts and recovered items on display at Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition.