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Litter Picking by Sophie Gilmour

June 9, 2020June 13, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, activity, adventure, animals, bike, cows, East Yorkshire, family, Hedon, hot chocolate, Hull, June, just for fun, litter, litter picking, nature, rubbish, saturday, saving the planet, sophie, Sophie Gilmour, suitable for bikes, Train Station, trash, UKLeave a comment

Last Saturday, we went out litter picking and it was raining but that didn’t stop us. We collected all sorts of rubbish including bottles, wipes, doggy bags and the biggest thing was a bikes mud guard. It was fun using the litter pickers but the things we collected were very gross. It was a nice in Hedon but the train station was old and of course it was run down but still safe. We saw cows and one was very close to me.

At the end we had three whole bags of rubbish and we were not looking hard it was really fun to do. It was very quite and peaceful, we think the path is suitable for bikes because we saw a couple. When we got home from the cold Riley, Robyn and I had a hot chocolate. I think I would like to go there again to see the cows and do some more litter picking.

Have you been litter picking?

From Sophie xx

Sophie’s review of Cogheart book by Peter Bunzl

May 28, 2020May 28, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, activity, Book, Book Review, Cogheart, DANGER, DARING, First time review, Peter Bunzl, review, SHOCK, Sophie Gilmour, Usborne books7 Comments

There is a girl called Lilly and everyone thinks her dad has died. But her family member Dr.Silverfish/Uncle wants this device called Cogheart. It is this mechanical heart that can keep you alive forever (I wouldn’t like that because your skin would go extremely wrinkly after 200 years) because he is really poorly. And so he had got a couple of evil people to try and find the Cogheart, but no one knows it is inside of Lilly’s body. She made a couple of friends 1st Robert his dad had died during this book. Also a fox the mechanical called Malkin who delivered a special note to Lilly and finally Anna who flew the airship all the way to London for Lilly, Robert and Malkin.

I would recommend it to people who like SHOCK, DANGER and DARING!!!!

I rate it four out of five

Because it took a long time to get into the story for me but other than that great!!!

Let me know what you think of my review in the comments below…

Review written by Sophie Gilmour

Drive around scavenger hunt- FREE printable

April 21, 2020Posted in Family AdventuresTagged 2020, activity, coronavirus, Covid-19, downloadable, drive around scavenger hunt, driving, family activity, Hull, Jennifer Gilmour, Kingston Upon Hull, Lockdown, lockdown activity, lockdown fun, Riley, Robyn, scavenger hunt, sophie, The Gilmours, tick boxLeave a comment

Yesterday we took the kids out the front door for the first time in a few weeks because of lockdown. As a family, we have tried to be as safe as we can in lockdown by Rob and I going out once a week. I have two auto-immune diseases and a few other health conditions, I am susceptible to picking things up and last year had ten rounds of antibiotics. The kids have been in the back garden a lot and we have done lots of activities but we felt it was time to take a drive out.

Anyway, we miss Geocaching and so I thought we could do a drive around scavenger hunt whilst we did some errands. I made it so that Robyn could understand it with the little pictures next to it, all you have to do is tick the box when you find it. Robyn wasn’t in the mood to join in but did right at the end of our journey when Sophie and Riley had completed theirs.

GilmourAdventures Scavenger Hunt Printable

It’s not the best printable in the world because its what I drew myself but I hope it comes in use. The kids loved it and we had a special extra at the end which was put onto a sticker, it was “family member”. We drove by my dads and he came to see them from a safe distance to wave, it made their day and mine.

I don’t think the kids have ever been so excited to go on a little car trip. We did see an awesome 911copcar on our journey as well. We are going to share our adventure on TikTok later today.

Remember to stay safe.

Jen, The Gilmours

Bringing graffiti indoors

April 5, 2020April 5, 2020Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2020, activity, colouring, coronavirus, Covid-19, fun, graffiti, Graffiti Artist, Instagram, Legal Graffiti, local, Lockdown, No Hone, Riley, Robyn, sharpie, sharpies, sophie, The Gilmours2 Comments

Local graffiti artist No Hone came up with a fab idea to bring graffiti indoors whilst we are in lockdown. No Hone is takings children’s names and making them into graffiti-style colour sheets.

Sophie, Riley and Robyn had so much creative fun in colouring them in. I even let them have the sharpies and the finished by laminating them and putting them on their bedroom doors.

And here’s the result…

If you would like your childs name made into a graffiti outline simply get in touch with No Hone, see the details below:

Hope you are coping ok with lockdown.

The Gilmours

Pottery Painting

October 19, 2019Posted in Geocaching AdventuresTagged activity, Ariel, blogging, family, family activity, Family fun, fun, GilmourFamily, gnome, Hull, Kingston Upon Hull, life, paint, painting, pottery, pottery painting, Rob, Robyn, Tea & Bisque-it, tea light holder, toddler, Willerby, YorskshireLeave a comment

We have been to paint some pottery and it’s not something I have done since I was a child myself. Our eldest (Sophie) had been as part of a party and so we decided we should take Robyn and Riley on separate dates and enjoy some time. We usually do things together as a family and sometimes we forget to have that quality time together.

We went along to Tea & Bisque-it which is in Willerby and not that far from us.

Robyn was very excited at the thought and had no trouble in picking what she wanted to paint, Ariel. I chose a tealight holder and Rob chose a small gnome. Robyn was the first to get stuck in with her painting.

We enjoyed some light lunch whilst we were there and had a pleasant time. The food was delicious and we can recommend trying their desserts, especially the bonoffee cookie chessecake.

We were worried at thinking Robyn may not understand that we have to leave her Ariel to be finished but she absolutely fine and couldn’t wait to see what it would look like.

A week later and we went to pick up our pottery, it was actually ready way before then but we didn’t have the time to collect.

Here were the results:

We were so pleased with the outcome and will certainly be going back again. We found the pottery painting relaxing and it was in a nice environment with good food and friendly staff.

The Gilmours.