What to do at the Weekend

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the desert botanical garden

If you follow our social media channels you’ll know that we spent the Christmas period over in Arizona this year.

Whilst in the Phoenix area, we made time to check out the beautiful Desert Botanical Gardens for a chilled walk amongst nature.

An oasis of greenery among the desert sands, the Botanical Gardens are a cacti lovers paradise – pretty perfect for anyone like Tanith, who loves the prickly little beauties.

cacti and mountain at desert botanical gardens in arizona

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Hey there, we’re Tanith and ben

It’s quite simple really, we work hard during the week and like to do things at the weekend. “What to do at the weekend” is still one of the questions we ask Google the most.

So we set up this blog to give everyone like us a little bit of inspiration. Read more about us and the site by clicking below.

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columbus at the roman baths in Bath

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Bath & Roman Baths

snowy barn owl at the bird sanctuary

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Gauntlet Birds of Prey

photo of rudyard lake and boats

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Chapter House at Lacock Abbey Hogwarts

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Eating bamboo giant panda

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manchester science and industry museum

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