Cadbury World

Hello lovelies!

 

At the end of June, myself & James travelled up to Birmingham to visit Cadbury World. I received two tickets from my parents last Christmas. It's somewhere I've always wanted to go since I was little, so you can imagine my excitement when I got two tickets!

 

We live about 4 hours drive from Birmingham, in the south of England, so we decided to use James' flat in Gloucester as a pit stop to stay over night. We travelled up on the Thursday night & left Gloucester early Friday morning.

 

I'd planned for us to go out for breakfast that morning at a gorgeous pub called The Plough Harborne. I've done a full post on our breakfast that you can read here if you like, but to sum it up, we found a real hidden gem. I wish we lived closer to one!

 

 

Our tour was booked for 1pm, so after a late breakfast, we drove to Cadbury World. As well as going round the tour of the factory, you can also experience the 4D cinema. That was actually amazing! I've never been in one before, but found it so strange. The movie showed you going on a journey through Cadbury World, on a roller coaster at one point! It felt so realistic.

 

 

The tour starts with the history of Cadbury World & explains how chocolate was first made.

 

 

You have a small talk at the beginning, but after that you're free to follow the trail on your own. We went on a "bean ride" which was a small car going through the chocolate bean's villages. You saw them fishing, skiing & there was even a Christmas scene. So cute.

 

 

We also got to walk around the factory, where we saw employees creating chocolate master pieces.

 

 

& finally we got to sample some melted chocolate with a topping of our choice! I had popping candy & James had crunchy.

 

We visited the gift shop & museum after the tour but still had a few hours to kill before our dinner reservation at Frankie & Bennys. There were lots of tourist flyers & leaflets at Cadbury World & we found one advertising miniature golf about 10 minutes away in a local park. So that's where we went!

 

 

I'm usually rubbish at golf, but I lost one game & drew with James on the other! Not bad if you ask me.. : ' )

 

We then headed to Frankie & Bennys. James' auntie lives in Birmingham, so we arranged to meet up with her for dinner, which was lovely. Despite the restaurant always being loud, the food is always delicious. I had the chicken & chorizo burger & James had spag bol.

 

 

We then headed home after a long day back to Gloucester.

 

I'm so happy I finally got to go to Cadbury World, I felt like a child again!

 

Have you ever been to Cadbury World? Or the Plough Harborne? : )

 

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The Plough Harborne

Hello lovelies,

 

When James & I headed up to Birmingham a few weeks ago, we went for breakfast at The Plough Harborne. Neither of us had been to Birmingham before, but after doing some research on Trip advisor & finding countless reviews that worshiped this place, we decided to start our day with breakfast there.

 

 

They serve food all day, from breakfasts, to evening meals & lunches, to a full roast dinner on a Sunday.

 

 

The breakfast menu has something for everyone. Whether you're a cereal lover, toast fanatic, or a full English queen, you'll find it on their menu! We went for the House Breakfast to keep us full for the day as we were heading to Cadbury World & wouldn't be eating lunch. (trying to justify choosing the biggest unhealthiest option here..!)

 

 

The décor & atmosphere is so chilled. We went on a Friday morning, so it was quite quiet with loads of space & even an outside seating area. (Just a shame it was raining on the day we visited.)

 

 

The only thing to note when visiting is parking. It's right on a busy road, so if you travel there by car, you might find parking quite a challenge. Apart from that, you can't fault it.

 

 

Have you ever been to The Plough Harborne? I'm gutted we live so far away from it or I'd be in there most weekends!

 

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Floral Heaven

  Hope you all had a good Valentines day! Mine was spent travelling on trains for 4 hours & then straight to work for a 6 hour shift, so not the most perfect day, but my weekend was pretty damn special.  

  On Saturday, my boyfriend took me out for a meal at this beautiful Indian restaurant & then to the cinema where we were going to see How Do You Know, the new film with Reece Witherspoon in, but it was sold out so we ended up going to see The Fighter. Not your typical Valentines day film, but it was actually really good. Here's my beautiful card & Toblerone, (YUM - one of my favourite chocolates).

  Then on Sunday, I went to visit my best friend in Birmingham. Neither of us had ever been to Birmingham before, but it was a central meeting place, in between my boyfriend's uni & hers. We managed to find a huge shopping centre (wasn't that hard to be honest, it was right next to the train station!) & spent the day looking around the shops & eating Subways. I immediately fell in love with the huge Forever 21 shop. It had 3 levels! I had to buy something from there, so I settled for this gorgeous necklace:



Necklace: £2.80

 I would have bought tons more, but I have limited funds until pay day on the 19th. I also got these from Primark:



 Earrings: £1



Makeup brush: £1.50

Earrings: £1.50 (3 pairs)

  I'm in love with floral accessories & clothes at the moment. When I get paid, I'm so filling my wardrobe up with pretty floral items for the Summer.

  How was everyone's weekend? Did anyone get any surprise cards? : D