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Tag: Harry Potter

Posted on December 18, 2020December 18, 2020

“I Don’t Get Out Much”

Diagon Alley @ Warner Brothers Studio, London

Someone asked me recently why I haven’t been blogging as often as I had previously. The reason is simply that at the moment every day looks pretty much like every other and there’s not much to say. However, the end of the second lock down in the UK neatly coincided with my wife’s retirement. Normal …

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Posted on May 4, 2018May 5, 2018

USA ’18 – Day 14 – Back to see Harry once more

Our last full day. Boo! We chose to spend it in Universal which has lots of rides for all the family. It also is home to my least favourite ride: “Secure a locker at Hogwarts” which, as I have said previously, is a real pain and poorly designed. I’m tempted to say that wouldn’t have …

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Posted on April 24, 2018May 3, 2018

USA ’18 – Day 3 – Not so Fast not so Furious

Our drive along the 192 into the parks takes us past numerous eating establishments but at the very end there is a formal looking building with the words “Bob Evans” above the door. Initially I thought that it might be an estate agents or a realtor in the local parlance but a quick search identified …

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Posted on February 3, 2018

Harry Potter: A History of Magic

I was lucky that my boys were exactly the right age for the phenomenon that was the Harry Potter books. Each time a new one came out they would eagerly await their arrival from Amazon on the day of their release. We would order two copies to ensure that they could be read in parallel. For …

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Posted on September 10, 2017September 11, 2017

A Wizarding Anniversary

So you know that each year that you have been married is associated with a certain gift? So year one is paper, five is wood, 25 is silver and so on. It turns out that the gift for 27 years is wizard wands and so Helen and I decided that we would have to go …

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Posted on March 15, 2017March 15, 2017

#KeepTheSecrets

About 18 months ago tickets for the Harry Potter plays went on sale and I found myself in an online queue waiting patiently to get to the front. When I did I managed to secure tickets for March 2017. That seemed like such a ridiculously long time away and, it was, but eventually it did …

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Posted on August 27, 2014

The Making of Harry Potter

As a birthday treat we went to the glamorous setting of the outskirts of Watford at the weekend to visit The Making of Harry Potter at the Warner Bros. Studios. There was much excitement! Caution – spoilers if you read on. The tickets are for a timed entry that ensures that there isn’t an overwhelming …

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