[caption id="attachment_1978" align="alignleft" width="250"] A day of nostalgia for all the family with these vintage railway experiences[/caption] Whether it's a little 'un who loves Ivor the Engine or Grandad who enjoys the nostalgic world of steam, our trio of new railway experiences will be appreciated by all the family and make for a great day out in Kent. All taking place at the Kent and East Sussex Railway, one of Britain's best loved heritage light railways, you'll have plenty of time to soak up the atmosphere. If you're looking for a hands on railway experience, you can't beat the signal...
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[caption id="attachment_1985" align="alignright" width="251"] Our new bungee London venue - your chance to throw yourself off a crane at the O2 Arena. Madness![/caption] Personally, we think you'd be a couple of sarnies short of a picnic for wanting to do a bungee jump and a bungee jump off a 160ft high crane overlooking the swanky O2 Arena in London town has to take the biscuit, but that's just what Into the Blue has just started offering! The London o2 Arena is on the site of the somewhat ill-fated Millenium Dome in East Greenwich. Work began on the arena in 2003...
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[caption id="attachment_1971" align="alignright" width="250"] More than one Lindt Easter bunny was harmed in the making of this blog piece..sorry[/caption] Easter - a fine excuse to eat even more chocolate than usual and we certainly made the most of it, having spent a good percentage of our wages on yummy Lindt chocolate bunnies. Thick, creamy Swiss chocolate perfectly formed in a cute bunny rabbit shape wrapped in gold foil and dressed with a little jingly bell. Chocolate heaven. Now the Easter hols are all done and dusted and we're back to work, we find ourselves torn between keeping up the chocolate...
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[caption id="attachment_1945" align="alignleft" width="250"] Immerse yourself in the atmosphere with a day out at the horse racing[/caption] We don't know much about horse racing (we don't spend hours pouring over the Racing Post studying the form, that's for sure!), but we do like the idea of getting dressed up and heading off with for a day at the races with our nearest and dearest. These two new horse racing days out from Into the Blue make for superb presents. Our 'Go horse racing' experience allows access to an exclusive enclosure for two at your choice of 60 different race courses...
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We love a good roadtrip and yesterday was no exception. Simplon is well known for the Venice-Simplon Express train ride, but did you know you can also drive this amazing mountain which links Switzerland to Italy? And that's just what we did. An amazing feat of engineering, most of the road, which goes from around 1000m up to 2005m, is built on stilts, complete with twists and turns and even tunnels to avoid avalanche debris (!). [caption id="attachment_1957" align="alignright" width="250"] Coming face to face with a Swiss army tank![/caption] What really surprised us is that, on reaching the summit, it...
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