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Did you spot us? #ITVTonight

May 25, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged after, Asda, Asda Hessle Road, blog, current affairs, experiment, family, filming, Hessle Road, ITV, Itv Tonight, result, shopping, television, The Gilmours, Tonight, Tonight ProgrammeLeave a comment

Last week we were on the ITV Tonight programme, did you see it? Full info on our previous blog.

We have to report that since filming we have managed to keep our shop to £60-70 a week which is simply fantastic for us. We have managed to keep our Lurpak replacement, which I thought would never happen.

Here’s the link to the programme on the ITV Hub.

Also, something you didn’t see on the filming is that there is the Asda Farm Stores range and an Asda Growers range. When out shopping, the Growers selection is what your eyes’ are guided too.

I went out with Rob for the first time shopping after the filming and showed him the different ranges because initially I thought I was shopping the more basic brand. There were times he picked up the Growers range thinking there wasn’t the equivalent, I then pointed where the Farm Stores range is placed. You have to work hard to see it because sometimes it’s as simple as a different label, sometimes it’s on the next shelf along, sometimes on the opposite or in a different isle altogether. Now we have got used to looking and give more time for our shop it has become a lot easier. I would encourage you to have a look when you are next out shopping, to be it feels like a tactic so you don’t see it the Farm Stores range because they don’t want you to buy it.

Let us know what you think and what you struggle with OR are savvy at.

Jennifer

Tonight on ITV

May 16, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged Asda, blogging, current affairs, experiment, family, Fiona Foster, fun, Hull, ITV, Jennifer, Jennifer Gilmour, kids, life, mum, mum of three, programme, Riley, Rob, Robyn, sophie, Supermarkets, television, The Gilmours, Tonight, Tonight Programme, TV2 Comments

Tune in this evening when The Gilmour’s feature in the Tonight programme at 7.30pm on ITV.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGhr2mW-cP4&w=560&h=315]

All about supermarkets and how we shop as a family, but my husband and the three children had no idea that I swapped their food for the basic brands. I swopped the cereal boxes over so they wouldn’t find out… and cooked just like I normally would.

What were the results?

What were the findings?

Did Rob, Sophie, Riley and Robyn find out?

Did the notice a difference?

Find out tonight on ITV, 7.30pm.

Jennifer

Egg Rolling Geocaching Event

May 5, 2019Posted in Geocaching AdventuresTagged blog, blogging, Decorate, Easter, Easter Egg Rolling, Easter fun, egg rolling, events, family, Family fun, Free, fun, Geocaching, GilmourFamily, kids, life, Pokemon, Riley, Robyn, sophie, The Gilmours, travel, weekend, Wonder Woman, youtube, youtubersLeave a comment

So we mentioned the Egg Rolling Geocaching event in a recent previous blog post and we thought we better share what we got up to with you all.

We went along on Easter Sunday and it was our second year to visit this much loved event. It’s so much fun and the kids were looking forward to it. We decided to get rubber eggs this year, a tad naughty, we just wanted to have some extra fun. Each of us decorated our eggs as you can see, they are placed in age order as well.

Both sides were decorated, above are the reverse of the eggs. I think you will agree that we all put some great effort into them.

Egg Rolling is basically to roll an egg down the hill and to see which one gets the farthest. We wanted to share the fun with you so have put together a short video for you all…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7xoKHpu9wQ&w=560&h=315]

Unfortunately I had an influx of work and had to do some traveling but now I am back I am able to update you on our happenings. I have a few draft blog posts ready to go and so you should hear from us again soon.

Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel.

Jennifer

Easter Egg Rolling- Next Weekend

April 12, 2019Posted in Geocaching AdventuresTagged 2018, 2019, blog, blogging, Competition, Easter, Easter Egg Rolling, Easter fun, Easter Sunday, egg rolling, event, events, family, Family fun, Free, fun, Geocache, Geocachers, Geocaching, Geocaching Event, kids, life, Riley, Robyn, sophie, travel, weekendLeave a comment

Last year we attended Bobo Frett’s Easter Egg Rolling event for the first time. A Geocaching event with a bit of fun added into it.

We will be returning to this years event which is next weekend on the 21st April 2-3pm.

This year we are a little better prepared as we know what to expect. All three kids have already decorated their eggs and are excited for this years event.

You can find out more over at GC852WV, let us know if you are coming as well.

A social gathering for geocachers to discuss geocaching.

The Brocklesby Egg Rolling Competition 2019

Roll up! Roll up! And once you’ve rolled up let’s roll down…again!

This is our fifth egg rolling competition down Mausoleum Hill on the Brocklesby Estate. Egg rolling is not compulsory.

Have a look at the fun we had at last year’s event:

Brocklesby Egg Rolling 2018

Easter Sunday Geocaching event by Sophie Gilmour

See you there…

The Gilmour’s

Bankside Gallery: Preston Road take over part two

April 6, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged April, Avo, Bankside Gallery, Banksy, Hull, Hull City, Legal Graffiti, Libby, Libby Squire, Preston Road, Wall Things Bright And BeautifulLeave a comment

Open today and tomorrow, the Preston Road take over part two which is part of the Bankside Gallery. We went along to check it out and we captured a lot of photographs and some video clips, keep reading to find out out thoughts.

About the take over;

This is the second Preston Road takeover Bankside Gallery have hosted.

The council have been kind enough to donate 22 derelict houses which are soon going to be demolished – these will be transformed on the weekend by more than 100 artists from around the UK.

This time we’ll have more artists, more houses & a great selection of local DJs, good food & a bar.

For more information see the Facebook event here

We bumped into Katy Cobb who creates fantastic murals from Wall Things Bright and Beautiful.

We came across this painted onto the pavement in a few locations and we couldn’t resist getting our feet in the picture as we have a few photographs of our feet as a family, Geocaching, on the beach and bowling. Another to add to the collection.

What we thought of the take over:

Jen says; “Its beautiful to see different artists creating something out of nothing, I loved seeing the personality splashed onto the walls”

Rob says; “Interesting project, these big spaces been temporarily turned into visual pieces of art”

Sophie says; “I thought it was amazing because I got to see lots of people create inspiring paintings”

Riley says; “I think that some houses are very good with the graffiti, my favourite one was the sunflower and bee one”

Robyn says; “A banana one”

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVECjTTU3lU&w=560&h=315]

If you have been, what did you think?

The Gilmour’s

A business owner in Hull wins former Dragon Theo Paphitis’ #SBS competition

April 4, 2019Posted in Geocaching AdventuresLeave a comment

Super excited about Rob’s business achieving this. Thank you to Hull Echo for sharing the news.

I don’t normally post these types of posts on here but this was an exciting achievement I couldn’t refuse.

Jen

The Little Welly

March 30, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged blogging, Cheshire, family, Family day out, fun, June, kids, life, Little Welly, Mud, muddy, Muddy fun, Northwich, obstacle course, plans, Riley, Robyn, sophie, The Gilmours, The Little Welly, travel, weather, weekendLeave a comment

We are excited to be going to The Little Welly for the first time this year.

We plan to attend on the 29th June and share our experiences with all of you, unless you are coming along then do feel free to join us in our muddy adventure.

Sophie, Riley and Robyn are super excited to be going along

FIND OUT MORE HERE

Let your kids Go Wild, Get Muddy and have a ‘Best Day Ever!’

The Little Welly Lands in Northwich, Cheshire

Get ready for a whole dollop of outdoor, muddy fun as The Little Welly – the UK’s largest obstacle course for children – arrives at Arley Hall and Gardens, Northwich, Cheshire on 29^th and 30^th June.

Especially created for kids aged four to 12, The Little Welly obstacle course has more than 30 challenges over a 3km route. It includes climbing walls, a huge water slide, scramble nets, balancing poles, foam pit and of course, lots of mud! This unique, interactive experience provides an exciting, energetic adventure in the great outdoors and promises to create family memories to last a lifetime.

Sophie (9), Riley (7) and Robyn (3) are super excited to be going along and have an adventure of a day. We haven’t seen anything like this before and want to share it with all of you.

Let us know if you are going to try and make it.

The Gilmour’s

Cherry View Milk

March 9, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged Beverley, blog, blogging, Cherry View Milk, coins, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Yorkshire, family, Family fun, Free, fun, kids, life, Milk Vending Machine, something to do, video, weekendLeave a comment

What a perfect add on when you are visiting Beverley in East Yorkshire. Cherry View Milk has its own MILK VENDING MACHINE!

Rob was told about this from someone at his work and so we thought we would check it out whilst out Geoaching nearby. We had to share with you our adventures, at first we captured on our Instagram profiles but then we decided to grab some footage to make a clip. Keep on reading to watch.

We visited a couple of weeks ago and were lucky to have some nice weather.

Cherry View Milk is open daily 7am-7pm, you just pull up and park on the drive. At first we weren’t sure what to expect or where we could go and where we couldn’t go. Other families were visiting at the same time and that encouraged us to visit the cows and explore.

You purchase a milk bottle from one vending machine if you don’t have one already £1.50. You can keep this for future use and the machine has a sterilising feature.

Fresh milk: 1 litre= £1 / 2 litre= £2

The milk was delicious and certainly fresh, I think you can gather that from Rob’s tasting on our clip. We will say no more, except this, if you have a chance to go then it is a must to visit.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WifOXRxNA6g&w=560&h=315]

We have kept out glass milk bottle so that we can make a trip whenever we pass nearby.

Find out more about Cherry View on their website here.

The Gilmour’s

LOL Bigger Surprise Unboxing

February 23, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged 9th Birthday, Birthday, blog, family, fun, gift, kids, life, LOL, LOL Bigger Surprise, LOL Surprise, LOL Surprise unboxing, present, sophie, unboxing, video, vlogger in the making, weekendLeave a comment

It was Sophie’s 9th Birthday last Saturday and she wanted to do her own YouTube video of her unboxing her main present- LOL Bigger Surprise.

How could we say no?

It’s not something we usually do but they had so much fun filming this together and you will be glad to know it went from over an hours worth of footage to just over 17 minutes.

Please do comment on the YouTube video as I know Sophie will be waiting to hear what everyone thinks of it.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTLOSHcUiGo&w=560&h=315]

Jennifer

Snowday Funday

February 10, 2019Posted in Family AdventuresTagged blogging, daughter, East Yorkshire, family, Frozen, fun, GilmourFamily, hubby, Hull, Jennifer Gilmour, kids, life, love, montage, Riley, Robyn, sledge, sledging, snow, snowball fight, snowballs, snowday, snowing, snowman, sophie, The Gilmours, weather, weekend, youtubeLeave a comment

Last weekend we had so much fun in the little snow that came to us in Hull, East Yorkshire. Grabbing the sledges out of the shed that we had bought on offer last year it was time to finally use them… and what fun we had!

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utL3dvYAue0&w=560&h=315]

The Gilmour’s