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!

Baking with Paul Hollywood

The last few weeks have been filled with famous people, cooking with Dean Edwards, having [...]

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The beauty of Thorpe Park (and Merlin) Annual Passes

Last Sunday, Miss A and I took a trip to Staines for our first visit [...]

Cooking at the Saturday Kitchen with OXO!

The last few weeks have been awash with two things, cooking and theme parks – [...]

Dinner with Lisa Faulkner

Blogging is a strange world – when I got an invite from Currys and Hotpoint [...]

A few thoughts on the Ghostbusters reboot

Ghostbusters is a film that I remember vividly as a child – I remember taping [...]

An exclusive look at the new LEGO Movie 4D – A New Adventure

On Saturday, as part of our Ambassadorship with LEGOLAND Windsor, the family were invited to [...]

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“COMMENT FOR A COMMENT?” and other Facebook Group Gripes..

So… Facebook Groups for Bloggers are quite the thing – there are lots of them [...]

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Quick Blog Tip – Getting ‘Featured Images’ to Crop Correctly

As you probably know – WordPress uses ‘Featured Images’, these images often appear as post [...]

Kip’s Birthday Bunk Off to Thorpe Park 2016!

It’s slowly creeping around to my 35th Birthday, and so therefore it means that it’s [...]

My mobile must haves!

For those who know me well – my phone is pretty much attached to me! [...]

VAX Vs Dyson – Battle of the Cordless Cleaners

Thanks to the kind folks at VAX sending me a Vax Air Cordless Lift Upright [...]

Adventures in Babysitting – The time I lost a child

When I was younger, and before I got a proper job, I did babysitting to [...]

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How to ban idiots from your blog

Lets face it, the bloggosphere has a bunch of awesome people in it, but with [...]

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Thorpe Park Annual Pass Sale – A year’s worth of fun for £49.99!

I’m a big Thorpe Park fan, I’ve been going for years and really do love [...]