Category Archives: Blog

For the last fifteen years, Kip Hakes has blogged his thoughts, ramblings and musings. There are blog posts on all manner of subjects right here. From technology, theme parks, days outs to parenting, it’s all for the reading! Enjoy!

Sky Q Installation – Overview

In the next few weeks I’ll be covering Sky’s new way of viewing their content [...]

Fuck you Huffington Post

As ever, this post has brewed in my mind for a while now and events [...]

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The Great British Bake Off ? Noooo.. The Great Brickish Bake Off!!

Fans of the Great British Bake off (like me) will have to wait longer for [...]

Another random day in the life of a Blogger..

A few weeks ago I was contacted by a company that does PR for HP, [...]

Alton Towers Resort to open the CBeebies Land Hotel in 2017!

I squealed with excitement when a press release hit my inbox this morning. Alton Towers [...]

The Bubble’s burst! Farewell to the Bubbleworks.

In 1989 I had one of my first ever visits to Chessington World of Adventures, [...]

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Does disagreeing with a blogger make you ‘damaged’?

Us bloggers love our little corners of the internet, it’s a place just for us. [...]

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Review – Derren Brown’s Ghost Train at Thorpe Park – Now Open!

Something the UK has been lacking in recent times are some decent ‘dark rides’. Most [...]

LIVE from Thorpe Park – A ride on Derren Brown’s Ghost Train

So, this is a bit of a first for my blog – it’s my first [...]

Can we kill off the ‘Blogging Conference’, please?

This weekend saw the 2016 BritMums Live conference, I didn’t go because quite honestly – [...]

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LEGO Friends Amusement Park and Nexo Knights

I’ve been a LEGO fan for years, and the kids have inherited my massive tub [...]

What’s in the Box? – A MASSIVE surprise from Braun! #artofprecision

In the run up to Father’s Day, Daddy Bloggers become prime targets for PR and [...]

The Gutter Press

Miss A had a bit of a delay in her journey to work this morning, [...]

Thorpe Park – Perfect for PreSchoolers!

Generally if someone asked me the best theme park to take a small person to, [...]