The Man Bird and I, and Mummy and Daddy Bird (when he was still with us) have all visited York previously, but we’ve never visited together so we decided that it was time to rectify that situation.

Well, what a whirlwind week that was!! The Man Bird and I have been to Northumberland many times before, as you know, but Mummy Bird never has, so we rented a cottage in Alnmouth to use as our base

The Man Bird had to go to Northern Ireland recently for his day job, so I tagged along in order to explore some of Belfast city’s charms and get me some legendary Irish Craic! We are pretty much Joe Average

The Man Bird and I aren’t slouches when it comes to squeezing every last bit of action out of a stay. So, when we were invited to have an overnight stay In York, we planned our time there with military precision!

It’s that time of year again dear reader, time for our annual flock and friends pilgrimage to Center Parcs before Christmas. As a family we’ve been coming since our Chick really was six months old

The flock embarked on a two week tour of North America starting out in Washington DC before taking the Amtrak up to New York. After a few days seeing the sights we took a short flight to Toronto before

You may have noticed a brief quiet spell on The Sticky Beak Blog over half term week dear reader, there was a reason for this; the Flock (sans Elders) had flown off to Turkey in search of some sun.

For the second year runnning we took a trip to Northumbland from where the man bird hails and still has family. As well as re-visiting a couple of favourites from last year (St Marys & Pinnacles) we also 

Who says you can’t mix Business and Pleasure? The Man Bird was down in Brighton for a business meeting, so I went and indulged in the pleasure of Brighton’s many shops and bars.

The man bird hails from Northumberland originally and still has family there so once a year we head up north for a visit. This time I thought it would be great to visit some Northumberland & Newcastle venues as part