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Moving House? Here’s What To Do With Your Car

Moving house is a big job. Some people load up their essential belongings into the boot of the car and drive across the country to get where they need to be. Others load their cars onto big rigs and take it with them when they emigrate. Then there are those who have the house sorted but no clue what to do next with their vehicles.

Moving is already stressful enough without worrying about what will happen to your vehicle while you do it. Below, we talk you through what to do with your car when you are moving to a new house.

The Silverstone Experience Review

The Silverstone Experience is a brand new visitor attraction that opened its doors in 2019 at the home of British Motor Sport. This state-of-the-art 4000m educational centre is located in a former Second World War RAF hangar and now its exhibit is a preservation of artefacts, archives and collections of educational and historic value.

Upgrading Your Lifestyle

Some mornings you wake up and feel incredible, and others you spend the whole day wondering why your life isn’t, well, a little bit better. Often there is a range of small changes you can make that will have a more significant impact. Obviously, habits are built over time, and you shouldn’t be too hard on yourself if you find them difficult to maintain in the early days. Here are some ideas about what you can do to improve your lifestyle.

Formula One Circuits From Above

This Formula One Circuits From Above book will be available this coming 8^th August 2019 and displays unique photography provided by Google™ Earth to show each circuit’s challenges and why only the very best drivers in the world can succeed in Formula One. I don’t always share my views on Formula One on social media but it is one of the motorsports I have followed ever since Lewis Hamilton started. He is an inspirational young man who always does his best to win his races.

Haynes Build Your Own V8 Engine Giveaway

This Christmas, I would like to introduce you to this ultimate gift for car enthusiasts and budding petrol heads! You get to build cool working engines featuring real engine roars with the authentic Haynes Build Your Own Engine sets. The models are the ultimate gifts for dads and petrol heads – ideal for the man who has it all.

Meccano Formula 1 Ferrari Review

This Meccano Formula 1 Ferrari kit comes with 362 durable metal parts, including stickers, pose-able steering, 2 ergonomic tools and easy-to-follow instructions. Mr C was so happy when he saw this Ferrari SF71H kit. As an avid fan of Formula 1, he loves everything to do with the cars and the racing so he was excited to start building as soon as he got it.

Nintendo Labo Toy-Con Vehicle Kit Review

Nintendo has just launched their third kit – Toy-Con Vehicle Kit in its Labo series of cardboard constructions for Switch, which is now available to buy from good retailers and online. This kit contains materials to build a variety of customisable cardboard creations including a Car, a Submarine, a Plane, a Pedal, two Keys and Spray Can.

This is another innovative kit cleverly designed to educate while entertaining the children with fun activities/games. They also improve children’s knowledge and understanding of a wide range of topics like STEM. By assembling sheets of cardboard into a variety of shapes called Toy-Con, and combining them with the Nintendo Switch console you can bring them to life!

Coventry Transport Museum

Things to do in Coventry for free! School holidays can be very expensive, especially with the amount of money you spend just on entrance tickets. So one of the things we always look out for is free events around the Midlands and one of the top things to do is to visit Coventry Transport Museum.

Screechers Wild Review

Screechers Wild is a brand new children’s animated series and prior to the debut of the series, Alpha Toys launched the toyline and web-series in early 2018 which you can catch on their YouTube channel.

This Screechers Wild range that we have received, is a collection of awesome race cars/machines that transform themselves into unique creatures in seconds by driving it at one of its discs to activate the 360-degree flip morphing action. It is suitable for aged six and above!

Getting your Car Ready for Road Trips

Getting your car ready for road trips is always essential to make sure you don’t run into serious problems. Getting roadside help is not always quick and simple. I am always very cautious, especially travelling with two young children in the car, so I always like to plan ahead.

Hot Wheels Roto Revolution Track Review

Hot Wheels Roto Revolution Track is a brand new skills based track set, launched just in time for Christmas, which challenges the challengers in a head-to-head face off with friends! The challengers have to strategically launch their Hot Wheels cars with the perfect timing to loop around the set and crash and smash into your opponent’s cars.

K’nex Web Weaver Roller Coaster Review

K’nex Web Weaver Roller Coaster features a glow-in-the-dark track, allowing builders to play at night and experience a different kind of fun. This outstanding building set contains 439 classic K’nex pieces to build a coaster standing 83cm tall. It is suitable for 9 to 14 year olds.

Meccano Lamborghini Huracan Spyder Review

This Meccano Lamborghini Huracan Spyder set comes with 259 durable metal parts, including rubber tires, stickers, pose-able steering, 2 ergonomic tools and easy-to-follow instructions. It is suitable for aged 10 and above. Mr C was so happy when he saw this set. This is one of his many dream cars he would like to own. I think he might just realise his dream if he sticks with models rather than a real one!

Hot Wheels Track Builder Booster Kit Review

Hot Wheels Track Builder System Power Booster Kit is another great set to build many possibilities of open system play! The Power Booster Kit includes 35+ pieces including 2 speed loops and 2 boosters so you can boost your crash, your loops and head-to-head races! Not only that, you can convert the packaging and other household items into another epic track! How cool is that! This is suitable for aged 5 and above. It requires 4 size D batteries to run the boosters which are not included.

Interplay Electric Stunt Buggy Review

The Electric Stunt Buggy from Interplay is an easy to build model car for children aged eight and above. This buggy is from the Technokit range which helps your child to practise and learn about electrical and mechanical principles.