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!

Halloween 2015 – Part 1 – Alton Towers Scarefest

In a short series of posts, I’m going to be covering all the spooky Halloween [...]

Freeport Braintree – A stress free ‘Back to School’ shop!

The nice folks at Freeport Braintree invited me and the mossters to have a look [...]

It’s National Male Grooming Day!

Did you know that National Male Grooming Day? I honestly didn’t know that it was [...]

Once – The best film you’ve probably never heard of..

I want to introduce you an Oscar-winning movie that you’ve probably never heard of, and [...]

Thorpe Park #IslandBeats 2015

The cool kids at Thorpe Park invited myself and Miss A to one of their [...]

Happy Now?!

It’s been a while since I’ve written about ‘Me’ – I guess I’ve fallen into [...]

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Haul Videos – The cancer of blogging

Did you know 1 in 3 bloggers will experience a haul video in their lifetime? [...]

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Get your pictures off your phone! It’s easy to #FreeYourPics!

The awesome folks at HP enlisted me to take part in their #FreeYourPics Instant Ink [...]

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Orange is the New Black – Lock it up and throw away the key.

NB. There’s a few spoilers near the end – avoid it if you don’t want [...]

The dumbest thing I’ve ever done…

I’ve done many stupid things in my life, I’ve even written about some of them [...]

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Stop being scaremongering pillocks!

I woke this morning to find Alton Towers ‘trending’ on Facebook again, it’s been there [...]

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The Terrible Dad’s Guide to Soft Play

As most parents will know soft play is a fantastic place to let their offspring [...]

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