Laura Renee

My beautiful son Harrison born on 26th April 2017 

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This is a you tube video of a zipline at Go Ape in the UK http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2exVYCjM2O8&feature=related  

I did my Open Water course with Pro Dive Cairns out on the Great Barrier Reef. It was a great expereince and I'm thrilled to have my PADI licence but it was also a lot more challenging than I had expected it to be. Firstly I seemed to be...

We went up to Hervey Bay so we could go whale watching and went with Blue Dolphin Marine Tours run by Peter and Jodie who were lovely. We specifically went to Australia in Humpback Whale season but just like anything involving a wild ani...

I really wanted to try surfing whilst in Byron Bay and so we called Gaz at Style Surfing School for a half day lesson. It was raining so the group was really small which was perfect. We firstly learnt on the beach how to pop up on the b...

I booked a tandem hang gliding experience for when we went to Byron Bay. We went with Byron Airwaves Hang Gliding School and Brian was my instructor. I wasn't scared at all when we had to run off the ramp on the cliff or when we had to l...

I bought tickets to see an Opera at the Sydney Opera House for my husband to celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary. We went and watched 'The Elixir of Love' which was an Opera set in the Australian Outback. It was sung in Italian but the...

Had the most amazing trip of a life time travelling up the East Coast of Australia for 28 days. We went to Sydney, Byron Bay, Brisbane, Hervey Bay, Fraser Island, Cairns, Great Barrier Reef and Melbourne. Sydney was my favourite place, I...

In the end I couldn't wait for someone else to arrange a Mad Hatter tea party so I organised one myself for my 27th Birthday. It was so much fun to organise. I put sweets and drinks hanging from trees, goggley eyes on flowers and leaves,...

When we were in Egypt Alex and I booked a super safari where we went in a jeep into the desert to meet a bedouin tribe. Part of the trip was to have a go on a quad bike. I was really looking forward to it and couldn't wait! We had to wea...

We were on a snorkeling trip with Colona Divers in the Red Sea on a holiday to Egypt when we saw a turtle. We had been snorkeling for quite a while and due to choppy sea conditions and poor visibility we weren't seeing much. I was just a...

After falling in love with snorkeling in the Maldives I could not wait to snorkel in the Red Sea. We chose a hotel with their own house reef so we didn't even have to go far! The fish we saw were fantastic but I think I was spoilt in the...

Went to V Festival in August for the whole weekend and stayed in the yellow camp. The experience was ok - To start with I loved the camping part and also the fun fair and extras they had set up However there was four stages at V Fest wi...

Some friends had been fostering some orphaned lambs for a farmer and I was given the opportunity to go round and help feed them. There were 3 of them Taylor (2 1/2 weeks old), and Mo and Julie both 1 week old. They were all ridiculously ...

The company I work for was celebrating its 75th Anniversary so every branch donated trees to their own local area. Partners also got the opportunity to go help plant some of them - and this is what I did. Our trees were donated to Haysde...

This was on the top of my list of plays to see and my husband suprised me by taking me to see it for our 1st wedding anniversary. It was even better then I could have imagined and the songs were just fantastic. A definite must see for al...

Another suprise set up by my husband for our 1st anniversary (he really is great!) This is definitely the poshest place I have ever been to eat and the food did not disappoint! The Savoy is very impressive with shiny polished floors, cr...

This was my first suprise for our first wedding anniversary day out. Alex had booked us to walk over the O2 arena. I love this kind of thing so was very excited as I didn’t even know you could do this! On the otherhand I was a little ann...

When we stayed at Goddards manor house we had a murder mystery evening and it was sooooo much fun. Everyone put so much effort into their characters and really played out their parts well. I was actually the murderer which was great fun ...

I’ve always wanted to stay in a manor house/stately home but didn’t think about adding it to my bucketlist until the opportunity came up. My Husband’s Grandad wants us all to go away for a long weekend together to celebrate his 80th birt...

Ok this should probably be better titled "try windsurfing" as I definitely am not an expert windsurfer after an hour of trying but I did really enjoy it and would love to windsurf again. We got a free half hour lesson on ouir honeymoon i...

Ok so it is not a massive shark or a dangerous one, but I think it still counts and the experience was still totally amazing! Whilst in the Maldives lots of black tip reef sharks would swim along the beach but when you would try to get n...

Have just come back from staying at the Meeru Island Resort in the North Male Atoll for our honeymoon. It was absolutely amazing! The island was stunning with white sand, clear blue ocean and palm trees. We stayed in a beautiful beach v...

Saw Rihanna at the O2 and she was AMAZING!! Calvin Harris was the support act and was fantastic too! http://s1112.beta.photobucket.com/...

I think this looks really romantic - just booked tickets to take my husband, sister and her boyfriend on 10th December! can’t wait!!! EDIT - Completed This was so much fun. I’m not great at ice skating so held on to the side A LOT! But w...

The most perfect day http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k481/LauraRenee87/Our%20wedding%20pics/LA-212.jpg I have been w...

I went to Turkey with my sister in July 2011 and at the spa at our hotel we got to have an authentic Turkish bath. We were taken to this beautiful marble room with a big marble slab/block in the middle and had to lie down on it in our bi...

Went with some friends for a weekend and stayed at the Alton Towers hotel which was so cool. Massive chair, talking mirror that tells you you’re pretty and funky lift. Read More

I did the Race for Life 5k run with my sister in memory of my Nanny Renee, Grandad John and Grandad Bill who all passed away due to cancer. We did the run at Dunorlan Park in Tunbridge Wells, Kent and there were 3000 ladies running!!

I’m such a big kid at heart and keep saying I can’t wait to have kids so that I have an excuse to go on funfair rides with them. I went with some friends to Haysden Park where I always use to go when I was little so whilst we were there ...

Alex and I made our first Jack O’Lantern for Halloween 2009 and took it to a friend’s party - we named him Pumpy Jack Read More

For 3 weeks I volunteered at Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre in Wales. It was one of the best times of my life. The time was spent either running the visitor shop, filling out databases, photo IDing dolphins and the best part was the...

I graduated with a 2:1 BSc (Hons) degree in Geography from the University of Portsmouth. The ceremony was held at Guildhall. Read More

I’ve been up the Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth a couple of times. The best part of going up there was that, because I lived there for 3 years at Uni, I could look out over Portsmouth and point out different uni buildings etc The other go...

When we stayed in Koh Samui in Thailand there was a butterfly garden just opposite our hotel. It’s so beautiful walking round seeing so many different butterflies and all their beautiful colours and patterns. These are a couple of the ph...

I did this at the Maetaman elephant camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand. There were two men on the raft guiding us down the river, they were fun trying to overtake and race other rafts and pushing them off course. It was really nice and tranqui...

Rode an elephant when I went on holiday to Thailand. This was at the Maetamann Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai. Firstly we went through a river and I was worried the elephant was going to want to sit down or roll over in it as we had just se...

Tried ocean kayaking in Thailand whilst on a trip to the Anthong National Marine Park. I have to say I found the experience quite stressful, but that was because we were in a large group so was hard not to bump into other kayaks. Plus we...

I have actually been to two parties on the Spitbank fort which is off the coast of Portsmouth in the Solent. It was the coolest place I've ever been to a party. First was for the sailing club christmas party in 2007. There are lots of tu...

This is the rollercoaster at Thorpe Park which goes from 0 to 80mph in 2 seconds. I went to Thorpe Park for my 21st birthday and went on stealth with Alex, my bestfriend Sophie and her boyfriend Dan. You watch the lights go from red to ...

When I went with Alex to Paris for a long weekend we went and saw most of the tourist attractions. The Louvre was very impressive and I loved walking round inside. Read More

I loved going to Notre Dame especially after seeing the disney movie! http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k481/LauraRe...

I went to the top of the Eiffel Tower when I went with my boyfriend to Paris for a long weekend. The views were really cool but it wasn’t romantic like I expected as there were so many people you had to queue a lot to get up there in the...

I’ve been camping a couple of times. The first time when I was at school and did the Duke of Edinburgh bronze award. I was close to getting hypothermia as only had a summer sleeping bag and actually woke up in the morning with ice on the...

This was when I was in second year at Uni. We were out for a friend’s 21st so not only did we stay up all night we were also in fancy dress! We decided to go back to my friend’s house grab a couple of sleeping bags and then went and sat ...

I went to Berlin for a Geography trip in year 2 of university. As well as doing coursework we got some free time to go sightseeing. As well as visiting the Berlin Wall, I went to the Berlin Zoo, went inside the Reichstag, went to a jager...

I went on a Uni trip with our geography society to North Wales to climb Mount Snowdon. Some of our group made it to the top but unfortunately some of us were only 20 minutes from reaching the top but had to start making our way back down...

This was the first place I went with Alex on holiday (just the two of us). We had a really lovely time. We stayed in Kalamaki. Best part was the cruise to turtle island and to see the shipwreck at smugglers cove. We saw wild dolphins whi...

I had a makeover and photo shoot done at Double Take Studios in London. They called me up and said I had won a free photo shoot in a raffle that my cousin had put my name in for. However actually found out that they call everyone and sa...

Went on a jet ski in Portugal when I went on holiday with my boyfriend’s family. I went on a jet ski with my boyfriend’s mum (Lorrie). When it was my turn to drive the jet ski I went full throttle straight away and because Lorrie wasn’t...

I went to the CN Tower in Toronto in 2006 when I went to meet my Canadian relatives. http://i1112.photobucket.com/album...

Saw Niagara Falls when I went and visited my Canadian family in 2006. It was so beautiful and when it was lit up at night it was magical Read More

This was really cool, got an amazing view of the falls plus I loved the helicopter ride! http://i1112.photobucket.co...

Went to platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross with some friends when we had a spanish student staying with my family, so we took her sightseeing in London. My photo is pretty lame just posing, but my friend Tom put more effort into his!

I think everyone needs to go on a mental holiday (or 18 to 30s holiday) at least once and this was mine! I went on a clubbing holiday when I was 17 to Magaluf in Mallorca with my cousin Lara and four lads. We drank A LOT which was easy a...

A friend of mine organised a night out for her 18th birthday. We all got dressed up, had a limo ride up to London and then went to the Phoenix Theatre to watch Blood Brothers, went out for a meal and then got the limo back home again. I...

I went on a tour of the everglades on a jeep. We saw a baby bear, a boar and alligators. We also went to an alligator farm where I got to hold an alligator. It wasn’t one of the massive ones but wasn’t a baby either. It wasn’t very heavy...

Spent Chrismtas and New Year in Florida. Went on a family holiday with my parents, Sister, Aunt, Uncle, cousins and Nan.

I went on a school trip to Iceland when I was about 14/15. One of the places we went was the blue lagoon where we went and had a soak. I don’t know what I have done with my own pictures but it was before I had a digital camera Read More

I did this when I went on my first holiday abroad at the age of 14 to Fuerteventura. We sat on the camel in twos on seats which went over the camel's back and we sat either side of it. I went on the camel with my Aunty but because of th...

This was a school trip that I took in year 9. We went to Ypres where we were allowed to go and walk around in the old trenches which I feel was a really interesting experience as it gave us an idea of what it use to be like for the soild...

When I was at Primary School (must have been 10 years old) I was chosen to go help bury a time capsule in a new housing estate that was being built nearby. I can't remember what was put in it but obviously things to do with the school. I...

Me and my sister use to do this all the time when we were younger. We use to love it -- one of our favourite games. One night at uni me and one of my housemates tried to do this again but the stair case wasn't wide enough so we just turn...