First off, I want to apologise for not posting on this blog anywhere near enough. It’s so easy to get caught up in life that I forget to keep up to date with everything. Running The Cookieraptor is my passion but life has been getting in the way recently. I can’t explain how frustrating it […]
Tag: Travel
Winter Dinospiration
So, I’m a bit late to the mark with this post seeing as winter is almost over! So, this is kind of ‘February’ dinospiration instead… Winter is always a busy time for me. Firstly, there’s Christmas. I am a huge fan of Christmas (even though I’m not religious). I love the lights, the food, the drink, […]
The Rutland Dinosaur and friends
It was the 31st January and most of the UK had been turned into a winter wonderland. Not by snow, unfortunately, but by frost, ice and fog which covered every inch of the landscape. This included the East Midlands which is at the centre of this blog post. I’m from Nottingham; I was born here, […]
Disappointing Dippy
Hintze Hall. Natural History Museum. London. The first thing you would see when you walked through the grand entrance was Dippy. A beautiful cast of a Diplodocus fossil that towered over you. He is amazing. Not surprisingly, he is probably the most important cast of a fossil in the UK. I’m not going to lie, […]
Dinopark, Kaiserslautern
Until this year I hadn’t been abroad since 2014. Four years. But now I’ve been twice, TWICE, in one year. And I’m absolutely loving it. Okay, I really do love travelling but I always struggle to scrape together the money to go abroad. The flights, the accommodation and the food. It all adds up. On […]
Summer Dinospiration
Summer. Or recently it’s been renamed the unending heatwave. But it’s such a great season. Light evenings and bright mornings, actual proper sunlight (not that half-arsed stuff we get in winter), ice cream and a cold, refreshing drink. Personally, I’m a sucker for an ice cold Old Mout Cider. What about you guys? I’m not […]