Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway Your kids will love the famous miniature steam trains that chug for nearly a mile around a beautiful country park. There’s also a lovely trail to follow around the 5 acre lake – just bring boots for welly splashing along the way! There is also a cool adventure playground for your littles to let loose on, a “Tots’ Village” for the even smaller ones with indoor and outdoor model railways and of course a gift shop selling everything Thomas the Tank Engine! Redoubt Fortress and Military Museum This is an excellent place to take kids who are...

Lots of people think that Mother’s Day was made up by card shops to make money by selling teddy bears and chocolates that spell out ‘Mum’ but that’s not the case at all. Mother’s Day isn’t a new holiday at all. The earliest Mother’s Day celebrations can be traced back to the Ancient Egyptians who held an annual festival to honour Isis, who represented the ideal mother and wife. In Europe, there were Spring time celebrations in Ancient Greece in honour of Rhea, the mother of the gods. People would make offerings of honey-cakes, fine drinks, and flowers at dawn. The...

With Valentines Day coming up, it’s only natural that our minds turn to the traditional gifts and treats associated with it – why do people give chocolate as a gift to that special someone? Well…chocolate’s reputation as an aphrodisiac is deeply embedded in the history of civilization. The Mayans used cacao beans to pay for err…you know…ladies of the evening. Apparently, the great Aztec king Montezuma would quaff as many as fifty cups of hot chocolate before heading off to his harem…lucky wives! The Spanish Conquistadors introduced chocolate to Europe not as a bedroom enhancer but as a rich, hot drink. Yet text...