The City Adventurers were keen to explore York with it’s encircling walls and gothic Minster, so we arranged a mini break in January. Letting the trains take the strain, we arrived in York from various locations late morning and headed to our first stop – lunch . We had booked the Rustique Restaurant. Established in 2004, … More City Break In York – part 1
Obviously The City Adventurers were keen to see what Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show had to offer. So a group of us headed to Olympia for opening day. … More Destinations!
2023 got off to a lively start for the City Adventurers. We’ve spent a few days at Five Lakes, watched a TV show being made, been to the theatre, attended a quiz night…… Five Lakes, Essex We tried our hand at a number of activities, and took part in a few quizzes, at Five Lakes, Essex. … More Starting the year with adventures
Want to share the climb with like minded people? Why not join the City Adventurers? … More The Importance of the Destination
I just read an article asking “WHAT DOES THE QUOTE “IT’S NOT ABOUT THE DESTINATION, IT’S ABOUT THE JOURNEY” MEAN TO YOU?” Curran Van Waarde answered “…..The journey is more important than the destination because what matters the most are the adventures we have, the people we meet and the opportunities we seize along the way … More The importance of the journey
The City Adventurers headed to Covent Garden to see the Christmas lights. First stop was the Piazza, outside St Paul’s Church, (affectionately known as The Actors’ Church) and the magnificent 60ft British-grown Christmas tree. Heading towards the market we came across a traditionally decorated Sleigh in the South Hall of the Market Building. It is a … More Covent Garden at Christmas 2022
The City Adventurers were lucky enough to get tickets for the Global Premiere of Studio Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro. This was brought to London’s Barbican Theatre by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Joe Hisaishi. The story begins with Satsuki and her little sister Mei moving to a rural retreat. Their father has moved the family … More My Neighbour Totoro
The City Adventurers stepped through the wardrobe into the magical kingdom of Narnia recently….. We watched as Lucy, Edmund, Susan and Peter waved goodbye to wartime Britain and said hello to a talking Faun, an unforgettable Lion and the coldest, cruellest White Witch. A magical production, although there were a number of tearful little ones … More The Lion the witch and the wardrobe
Guest Blog by Ian Thirkettle Following on from the last blog about multiple “right” answers……. At a recent quiz night, we had the question; How many counties are there in England? So, we sat there and drew a vague map of England and started putting in circles for each county. We got to thirty quite … More How many counties are there in England?
Multiple “right” answers reminded us of a clip from Third Rock from the Sun – How far is Cleveland. … More The return of the Quiz