Guest blog by Ian Thirkettle 25th of July is National Merry Go Round day, or National Carousel day depending on your proclivities. This is an American celebration but there is no reason why the rest of the world cannot ride that wave, so to speak. National Merry Go Round day was started in 2014 by … More National Carousel day
On what was one of the hottest days of the year, the City adventurers found ourselves at a Billy Joel concert in Eastleigh. Well, maybe not the real Billy Joel. Actually this was Gaz Jenkins and his Billy Joel Tribute Show appearing at The Concorde, in Eastleigh, Hampshire. When we arrived people were already gathering … More Billy Joel in Eastleigh
Do you ever long for a bit of adventure in your life? Are you looking for somewhere or something to explore? Or maybe you love solving things, such as puzzles and word games, or pulling all the clues together and solving a problem Well, you are not alone. Join the City Adventurers and share experiences, adventures … More Satisfy your inner Indiana Jones or Miss Marple and become a City Adventurer
The City Adventurers visited the E17 Art Trail back in 2019. It returns this year from 01 July to 18 July 2021. It offers 300 exhibitions and events across the area from Billet Road and the North Circular to Lea Bridge Road. There is a handy map that can be seen on the website at … More E17 Art Trail
What happens when four out-of-condition clueless middle managers are forced on the outdoor awayday from hell? The City Adventurers headed to the Queen’s Theatre in Hornchurch to find out. Socially distanced The website assured us there would be socially distanced seating throughout the run of this production, so we tapped in our credit card details … More Neville’s Island
We’ve been missing treasure hunts during lockdown, so the City Adventurers were pleased to see tickets for a time travel treasure hunt available online. Not only was this going to be a treasure hunt, it was also going to be a heritage based treasure hunt! What more could we ask for? Written in collaboration with Jon … More Time Travel Treasure Hunt in Hangleton
Heythrop Park is a Grade II listed early 18th-century country house in Oxfordshire and was our base for our stay near the Cotswolds. It was designed by the architect Thomas Archer in the Baroque style for Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury. Unfortunately, a fire in 1831 destroyed the original interior and the house remained derelict until 1870, when it … More Heythrope Park
The City adventurers were pleased to be back on the road again and spending a couple of days in the Oxford/Cotswolds area. Cotswolds Villages We were able to visit Moreton-in-Marsh, which is the only town with a mainline train station in the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Moreton-in-Marsh hosts a market every Tuesday (dating … More A couple of days near Oxford
Clue Cracker is the first Escape Room in Tunbridge Wells and offers three exceptional games, each lasting 60 minutes. The City Adventurers first played one of the Clue Cracker games when they opened a pop up in Margate in 2016. During the pandemic, we have been playing their fantastic range of online games. Escape from … More Cracker of an escape room re-opens in Tunbridge Wells.
The other day we were clearing out a book case and I came across my copy of The Lost Continent, Travels in Small-Town America. This was Bill Bryson’s first travel book, in which he chronicled a trip in his mother’s Chevy around small town America in the late 1980’s. Ian and I first went on … More The Lost Continent
