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Adverts and affiliate links appear on this page. If you use the link to buy the product you won’t pay any extra, you may even pay less, and I may get a commission. Further details of adverts and affiliate links can be found  here . For Great Days Out, why not join English Heritage? English Heritage looks after some of the nation’s most treasured and iconic buildings and monuments. Since joining English Heritage, I have visited Stonehenge, Woodhenge, Hadrian's Wall, Dartmouth Castle, Tintagel Castle, and Chester Castle Membership of English Heritage gives you unlimited access to over 400 historic properties across the country. It also gives free entry for up to 6 accompanying children. Membership of  English Heritage gives you a whole years worth of fun days out that are also educational. Why not start off by visiting Stonehenge?  Stonehenge is probably my favourite English Heritage site that I have visited.  It is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments...

Adverts and affiliate links appear on this page. If you use the link to buy the product you won’t pay any extra, you may even pay less, and I may get a commission. Further details of adverts and affiliate links can be found here . The Long and Winding Road - or what I have learned from 40 years of running. Why I started running  My particular long and winding road started in June 1982. The local independent radio station, started advertising for the Mersey Marathon. 1981 had seen the start of mass participation long distance running in England with the first London Marathon in March and The Great North Run in June.  Now fundraisers for the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital saw a road race as a means to raise funds and so organised the first Mersey Marathon to be run on 24 September 1982.  When I heard the advert I said to a colleague in work that I would like to run in it. He said that I would never be able to do it. That made me determined that I would do it. There are many ...

Adverts and affiliate links appear on this page. If you use the link to buy the product you won’t pay any extra, you may even pay less, and I may get a commission. Further details of adverts and affiliate links can be found  here . A good holiday starts when you leave home. I am always looking for a bargain and I have found one in Holiday Extras. Holiday Extras give low cost parking at airports and also hotel discounts at or very near airports. You spent hours, or maybe days, choosing your perfect holiday. But where do you park your car at the airport? Do you need to stay overnight in a hotel for an early flight or after a long drive? Holiday Extras can help take the stress out of the preparation. For over 40 years Holiday Extras has existed with one purpose, to offer customers less (hassle) so they get more (holiday). I have certainly found this to be true. I have booked parking on a few occasions and also a one night stay at hotel close to Manchester Airport . I have used bot...