Great Idea! Keep your kids safe with a Child Locator!

Well every now and again you stumble across a great idea and wonder why you never heard of it before!! I think this will be good for your family holidays.

Well my sister recently bought a “Mommy I’m Here” Child Locator as her little boy Henry was prone to wondering off. Well this little Gizmo in the shape of a Teddy Bear, gives off an alarm if he does wonder off. it’s all wireless and brilliant for large venues / crowdy places such as Shopping Centres, Sports days, Outdoor Events and such!

She got it from Amazon UK with Free delivery and I have already ordered 4 myself for Christmas Presents for friends with toddlers. it’s utterly brilliant – a bit steep in price but there are others to choose from I like these because they are not obviously an alarm and the kids think they are a present!

# AMAZON LINK: Pink Child Locator

# AMAZON LINK: Blue Advanced Locator

It’ll help keep the Kids safe in crowded places and holidays. They come in Pink, Brown or Blue with different options.

Roller Coaster, Fantasy Island, Ingoldmells

Well Flickr is a great resource for pictures of popular places. I found this one by “Chapmanmania” who seems to have captured the height of the Millenium Rollercoaster, part of the Fantasy Island complex in Ingoldmells.

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Blue Flag Status for Skegness Beach

GOOD NEWS for SKEGNESS… Tourism groups in Skegness were given a huge boost earlier this week when the town’s beach was awarded Blue Flag status for the year – one of just four such sites in the county.

The internationally recognised accreditation is only awarded to beaches which offer great facilities and achieve the highest standard of cleanliness.

Mablethorpe Stunning Sunset!

Now and again I like to browse through Panoramio ( an online Picture Gallery) as generally there are some brilliant photographs of the Skegness area. These Photographers seem to make anything beautiful with their skill and eye for colour and angle.

This one by “Cat P” caught my eye… it’s a sunset in Mablethorpe that makes the old beach huts look like a technicolour dream !! Have a look at her other work – it’s fab!

Mablethorpe Marathon 2011

Fancy a run?

The Mablethorpe Marathon is a complete event incorporating a 26.2 mile full marathon and a 13.1 mile half marathon.  Backed by local authorities, residents and businesses the 2011 routes cover beautiful countryside and coastline.

The routes are perfect for first timers or those wanting to achieve a personal best and will be policed and marshalled throughout with drinks stations at least every 3 miles.

Mablethorpe’s Seal Sanctuary

The Seal Sanctuary have a new website for 2011 – check it out :

Seal and Animal Sanctuary

A visit to Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary offers a unique nature experience. Walk through two acres of sand dunes – only fifty metres from the sea – and gain first hand experience of some of the county’s most stunning wildlife.

The Mablethorpe Seal Sanctuary has rescued hundreds of injured and orphaned seals since it opened in 1974. The seals are looked after until they can be released back into the wild. For those unable to return, The Seal Sanctuary offers a permanent home, doing all it can to give these wonderful creatures a contented existence.

Skegness Butlins of Old

There is a lovely article published by the Yorkshire Post today about the nostalgic “Hi de hi” culture of the great British Seaside Holiday… in particular the article focuses on Butlins in Skegness.

Well worth a read I’d say…. it reminded me of a few things. Like when Butlins was for a while named “Funcoast World” !

A quick extract... and there’s a great B&W picture of the Butlins Restaurant…..

“On a bitterly cold Easter Saturday 75 years ago, in a former turnip field near Skegness, snow threatened to make a mockery of Billy Butlin’s dream. April 11, 1936, felt like midwinter when Amy Johnson, Hull’s legendary aviator, officially unveiled his concept of package holidays for the masses.

There were also teething problems. Not everything was ready for the first customers and tradesmen among them were invited to help out which made a bit of a mockery of the welcome – taken from A Midsummer Night’s Dream – neon lit and mounted above reception: Our true intent is All for your delight.

Butlin was offering a week’s holiday for a week’s wage. The package translated into three meals a day and free entertainment for 35 bob (£1.75). He saw himself giving people a brief escape from drab lives via collective fun. It was a “you will enjoy yourselves” philosophy…. “ read more on the Yorkshire Post site.

Seasonal Jobs in Skegness Area

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a job fair at a Lincolnshire resort hit by a major fire in 2007. Up to 150 jobs are on offer to people at the new £2.5m four-storey Grand Central complex on Grand Parade in Skegness. Grand Central includes an ice rink, bars, cafes and a lap dancing club.

Matthew Dickinson, said jobs for bar staff to fire-eaters would be on offer. “There are opportunities for everyone, whether it be in the bar, the shops, dancing for us, cleaners, right to down to specialist acts such are trapeze artists and fire-eaters,” he added.

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BBC shows 75 years of Butlins

There’s some absolutely fab pictures on the BBC page about 75 years of  Butlins … http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-13038615.

I like the red-coats one and the B&W of the mono-rail.

Picture copyright BBC/GETTY

Open Day at Church Farm, Skegness

The Church Farm Village in Skegness will open it’s doors to the public on Friday 15th April, everyone is welcome to drop by.

And check out there up and coming web site : http://churchfarmvillage.org.uk/ .. we love the NEW LOGO !!

And there is an article about the Farm on the Skegness Standard website

Skegness Academy give RNLI Donation

As reported by the Skegness Standard, the pupils of Skegness Academy raised a phenomenal £816.88p after they held a non-uniform day at the school. And several of the youngsters popped along to the RNLI’s Skegness base last week to hand over a cheque for the huge amount. Well done to the Academy.