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Days Out, Days Out and Attractions/Events, London, Reviews · August 15, 2018

Exploring London with Yazoo

Disclosure: We were sent the featured products for the purpose of this post however all opinions are my own.

Last weekend we played tourists in London. It’s somewhere we have always lived close to but somewhere we don’t really think to spend time so when Yazoo invited us to have a family day out as part of our #ShakeTesters role with them we turned it into a weekend away – and crammed in as many activities as we possibly could.

The children were so excited for a couple of nights in London and doing so many things that we hadn’t done before. Usually we pop into London for a specific attraction or event and then go home again but this time we were set for an adventure.

Our weekend started with a trip along the south bank of the Thames, arriving whilst the city was still quiet and getting to see Tower Bridge and the Tower of London in all their glory. The children loved just sitting by the river, looking at the skyline and watching the people and boats go past. It also made for a perfect place for us to stop in between attractions for a little snack break.

Exploring London with Yazoo

The children love new No Added Sugar Yazoo and as it’s filling as well as refreshing they see it as a great snack as well as a drink. Plus, it doesn’t need to be refrigerated and comes with a straw making it great for adventures like ours. Yazoo No Added Sugar comes in Strawberry, Banana and Chocolate flavours – and is sweetened naturally, with no added sweeteners making it full of flavour and a great, healthier alternative to traditional milkshakes.

Exploring London with Yazoo

Our first attraction of the day was HMS Belfast where the children got to see every floor of such an incredible ship. They learnt about it’s history and even got to sit in the Captain’s chair. It’s such an iconic part of the Thames yet somewhere we hadn’t thought to visit before.

Exploring London with Yazoo

We then ventured on to Tower Bridge where we got to climb up to the top, walk across the glass walkway and see London from a completely new perspective. The children loved seeing how Tower Bridge was built, how often it needs to be painted and the mechanics of it down in the engine room too.

Exploring London with Yazoo
Exploring London with Yazoo
Exploring London with Yazoo

Later in the day, during another snack stop, we got to see Tower Bridge raise up to let a ship through. It’s something Dave and I had never seen before and the children absolutely loved it. It happens more often than we realised but something where you really have to be in the right place at the right time to see it.

Exploring London with Yazoo

It was then time to head to the Tower of London and, although usually a full day trip, we managed to see the Crown Jewels and the White Tower as well as have lunch in about two hours. I love getting the main things ticked off and the children just loved being inside one of the country’s most iconic castles.

Exploring London with Yazoo
Exploring London with Yazoo

Our last stop for a while was Monument where we all climbed the 311 steps to the top and saw such amazing views of London. The children loved that they had seen Tower Bridge from the banks of the Thames, from inside and from above and as a building with so much history it was lovely for the children to experience it first hand.

Exploring London with Yazoo

We had a little interlude in our day where we checked into our hotel and had dinner before heading back out to The Shard. Seeing London by night was fantastic and it was a great end to our first day in London.

Exploring London with Yazoo

The following day took us on an adventure to Greenwich where we saw the Cutty Sark, learnt about the tea trade and then wandered around the National Maritime Museum learning about Lord Nelson and the history of the Royal Navy.

Exploring London with Yazoo
Exploring London with Yazoo

Our day finished at the Royal Observatory where we got to see the views across London from such an incredible position, stand on the Meridian Line and learn about planets in a Planetarium show. It somewhere I hadn’t been since I was about LP’s age and it was amazing to go back.

Exploring London with Yazoo
Exploring London with Yazoo

The day was split up with regular snack breaks and we were glad of our supply of Yazoo – keeping both adults and children refreshed throughout the weekend. I now keep a supply in the boot of the car for days out and love that it tastes great straight out of the fridge or at room temperature. Having drinks that don’t need to be refrigerated makes life so much easier as a parent.

Overall we had such a great weekend in London and the children are already making a list of more places they want to visit on our next adventure – with Yazoo coming along for the ride, obviously.

Exploring London with Yazoo

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  1. Lisa King says

    August 15, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    We would love to try strawberry

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  2. Tracy Nixon says

    August 15, 2018 at 6:51 pm

    Strawberry – I buy it alot!

    Reply
  3. EMMA WALTERS says

    August 15, 2018 at 7:23 pm

    my boys would love to try the chocolate flavour x

    Reply
  4. Margaret GALLAGHER says

    August 16, 2018 at 1:04 am

    Strawberry for us

    Reply
  5. Solange says

    August 16, 2018 at 5:16 am

    I’d most like to try the chocolate flavour.

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  6. iain maciver says

    August 16, 2018 at 1:20 pm

    strawberry

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  7. Linda Ford says

    August 16, 2018 at 3:02 pm

    Would love to try strawberry Yazoo, as it’s my sons favourite fruit!

    Reply
  8. Lauren Jewhurst says

    August 16, 2018 at 3:48 pm

    Can’t beat a chocolate milkshake!

    Reply
  9. Michelle Smith says

    August 16, 2018 at 3:55 pm

    I would to love to try banana

    Reply
  10. Annabel Greaves says

    August 16, 2018 at 4:26 pm

    I would love to try strawberry x

    Reply
  11. Lindsey Stuart says

    August 16, 2018 at 4:39 pm

    Oh lovely, I would really like to try banana, Yum! Super giveaway, we love milkshake here 🙂

    Reply
  12. Kim Neville says

    August 16, 2018 at 4:48 pm

    Chocolate would be nce

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  13. Joanne Beale says

    August 16, 2018 at 4:55 pm

    Has to be chocolate

    Reply
  14. katie says

    August 16, 2018 at 4:58 pm

    chocolate for me

    Reply
  15. Debbie Finnerty says

    August 16, 2018 at 6:16 pm

    Strawberry Yazoo is my favourite 😀

    Reply
  16. Andrea Fletcher says

    August 16, 2018 at 6:48 pm

    Would like to try the chocolate.

    Reply
  17. olivia Kirby says

    August 16, 2018 at 7:01 pm

    The strawberry would be my first choice

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  18. mark Richardson says

    August 16, 2018 at 7:08 pm

    strawberry

    Reply
  19. Rena Plumridge says

    August 16, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    Chocolate

    Reply
  20. Hayley Colburn says

    August 16, 2018 at 9:37 pm

    I’m a strawberry yazii fan but my son loves the chocolate

    Reply
  21. Katie Mcginley says

    August 16, 2018 at 10:06 pm

    I love the banana

    Reply
  22. Sadiyya Maryam says

    August 16, 2018 at 10:58 pm

    Definitely strawberry for my daughter.

    Reply
  23. Angela Treadway says

    August 17, 2018 at 12:07 am

    strawberry x

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  24. G Keegan says

    August 17, 2018 at 8:45 am

    Chocolate for me.

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  25. Claire Woods says

    August 17, 2018 at 9:00 am

    Strawberry

    Reply
  26. Emma Bradshaw says

    August 17, 2018 at 10:24 am

    Banana as banana milkshake is my fave but I think the children would say chocolate!

    Reply
  27. Sheena Batey says

    August 17, 2018 at 12:54 pm

    The strawberry one has to be the flavour I want to taste the most

    Reply
  28. Susan B says

    August 17, 2018 at 1:12 pm

    I would most enjoy the banana flavour.

    Reply
  29. Judith Allen says

    August 17, 2018 at 3:09 pm

    Banana please, I was hoping they would do that flavour.

    Reply
  30. Kevin Honey says

    August 17, 2018 at 7:33 pm

    I can’t resist chocolate

    Reply
  31. Rebecca Sutton says

    August 17, 2018 at 11:49 pm

    Cant beat a strawberry milkshake, so would love to try that!

    Reply
  32. Elaine Savage says

    August 18, 2018 at 7:52 am

    Chocolate, we all love chocolate. Thank you for the chance to win

    Reply
  33. michelle o'neill says

    August 18, 2018 at 9:16 am

    chocolate

    Reply
  34. Chloe Taylor says

    August 18, 2018 at 9:30 am

    Banana flavour would be my choice! Thank you. X

    Reply
  35. amy bondoc says

    August 18, 2018 at 11:04 am

    I would to love to try banana

    Reply
  36. Charlotte G says

    August 18, 2018 at 5:16 pm

    Chocolate!!

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  37. Helen Tovell says

    August 18, 2018 at 9:02 pm

    Strawberry for me

    Reply
  38. Jo Carroll says

    August 18, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    Banana …I’m a minion in disguise as a mommy 😉

    Reply
  39. sherri Hough says

    August 18, 2018 at 10:47 pm

    Banana yummy!

    Reply
  40. Angie McDonald says

    August 18, 2018 at 11:15 pm

    Definitely the Strawberry!

    Reply
  41. Sarah Mackay says

    August 19, 2018 at 2:30 am

    Chocolate for me is my favourite

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  42. Alice Gilkes says

    August 19, 2018 at 2:33 am

    Definitely chocolate flavour.

    Reply
  43. Christina Palmer says

    August 19, 2018 at 2:20 pm

    I would love to try the chocolate one

    Reply
  44. john prendergast says

    August 19, 2018 at 3:31 pm

    the chocolate flavour

    Reply
  45. Emma Nixon says

    August 19, 2018 at 7:44 pm

    Banana. Actually i would like to mix the choc and the banana one

    Reply
  46. Vikki Sanderson says

    August 19, 2018 at 11:43 pm

    I love Yazoo Banana!

    Reply
  47. Lorna Ledger says

    August 20, 2018 at 11:23 am

    Strawberry, yummy!

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  48. Mandy Mason says

    August 20, 2018 at 4:47 pm

    Chocolate flavour for me x

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  49. charlotte says

    August 20, 2018 at 5:28 pm

    strawberry is my fave yazzoo

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  50. Charlene Merrall says

    August 20, 2018 at 8:27 pm

    The strawberry! I think my little girl would love the banana one

    Reply
  51. gemma hendry says

    August 21, 2018 at 2:19 pm

    banana is my fave as its so tasty

    Reply
  52. Tracy Hanley says

    August 22, 2018 at 10:50 am

    My little monkeys would love the strawberry

    Reply
  53. Clare Hubbard says

    August 22, 2018 at 12:20 pm

    I love the banana flavour

    Reply
  54. Kim Carberry says

    August 22, 2018 at 7:05 pm

    Banana please.

    Reply
  55. Pam Francis Gregory says

    August 22, 2018 at 9:25 pm

    Strawberry is our favourite

    Reply
  56. cheryl hadfield says

    August 22, 2018 at 10:26 pm

    chocolate

    Reply
  57. kris mc says

    August 23, 2018 at 3:59 pm

    Strawberry

    Reply
  58. purpleshoes says

    August 25, 2018 at 4:33 pm

    ooh banana for me please! Yum!

    Reply
  59. Andrea A says

    August 26, 2018 at 8:44 pm

    I’d like to try the chocolate flavour

    Reply
  60. LOUISE HEATON says

    August 27, 2018 at 12:13 am

    Oooh…Decisions…I think that might be banana as I usually go for strawberry milkshake.

    Reply
  61. Ruth Harwood says

    August 27, 2018 at 7:06 am

    would love to try the banana, I’ve never tried it before! xx

    Reply
  62. Abby may says

    August 27, 2018 at 7:10 am

    Banana

    Reply
  63. JULIE WARD says

    August 29, 2018 at 12:27 am

    The strawberry which is grandsons favourite

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  64. Sarah Cooper says

    August 29, 2018 at 11:03 am

    I would like to try chocolate

    Reply
  65. jo liddement says

    August 29, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    The chocolate flavour looks delicious

    Reply
  66. Rich Tyler says

    September 2, 2018 at 7:06 pm

    Chocolate!!!

    Reply
  67. Jules page says

    September 2, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    I would love to tr6 strawberry.

    Reply
  68. Sam Parkes says

    September 2, 2018 at 11:10 pm

    Strawberry Yahoo is my favourite

    Reply
  69. betsy ferguson says

    September 3, 2018 at 11:45 am

    we would like to try the chocolate flavoured one please x

    Reply
  70. Sally Collingwood says

    September 3, 2018 at 7:04 pm

    The chocolate flavour

    Reply
  71. James Travis says

    September 3, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    Banana flavour

    Reply
  72. Carole Nott says

    September 4, 2018 at 6:28 pm

    Chocolate is my favourite flavour

    Reply
  73. Sarah Mcknight says

    September 4, 2018 at 8:01 pm

    Chocolate, sounds yummy.

    Reply
  74. sara owen says

    September 4, 2018 at 8:44 pm

    My favourite is the strawberry one. Really want to try the aero one

    Reply
  75. vicki hennie says

    September 5, 2018 at 2:50 pm

    strawberry is a firm favorite in our house xx

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  76. Emma Middleton says

    September 5, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    Would love to try the banana

    Reply
  77. Lucy Masters says

    September 5, 2018 at 10:29 pm

    Chocolate

    Reply
  78. Victoria Prince says

    September 6, 2018 at 11:50 am

    I would love to try the strawberry flavour.

    Reply
  79. Danielle Spencer says

    September 6, 2018 at 3:34 pm

    Would love to try the chocolate.

    Reply
  80. donna l jones says

    September 7, 2018 at 9:42 am

    Strawberry

    Reply
  81. Libby Noack says

    September 7, 2018 at 12:35 pm

    We would love to try the chocolate flavour 🙂

    Reply
  82. Kelly Hemmings says

    September 7, 2018 at 2:12 pm

    CHOCOLATE

    Reply
  83. sheri Darby says

    September 7, 2018 at 3:12 pm

    Strawberry

    Reply
  84. sheri Darby says

    September 7, 2018 at 3:13 pm

    Strawberry is our favourite

    Reply
  85. Rebecca Whatmore says

    September 7, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    We are chocolate lovers!

    Reply
  86. Lynn Neal says

    September 7, 2018 at 8:32 pm

    We would love to try banana!

    Reply
  87. Diana says

    September 7, 2018 at 9:58 pm

    Would like to try banana 🙂

    Reply
  88. Allan Fullarton says

    September 8, 2018 at 8:55 am

    Strawberry

    Reply
  89. Rebecca Powell says

    September 8, 2018 at 11:26 am

    Chocolate

    Reply
  90. Caroline Shepherd says

    September 8, 2018 at 11:56 am

    Chocolate, can’t go wrong with chocolate!

    Reply
  91. Miss Tracy Hanson says

    September 8, 2018 at 12:08 pm

    Strawberry please. What a great idea.

    Reply
  92. AnnaSSS says

    September 8, 2018 at 3:49 pm

    Banana! Its our Favoured!

    Reply
  93. Kat Glynn says

    September 8, 2018 at 5:07 pm

    Strawberry! x

    Reply
  94. Sarah Parker says

    September 8, 2018 at 6:57 pm

    chocolate

    Reply
  95. MANDY DOHERTY says

    September 8, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    Loved to try the chocolate

    Reply
  96. Angela Macdonald says

    September 8, 2018 at 9:23 pm

    banana

    Reply
  97. Ellen Stafford says

    September 8, 2018 at 9:26 pm

    Chocolate is my favourite x

    Reply
  98. paula cheadle says

    September 8, 2018 at 11:20 pm

    I’d love banana

    Reply
  99. Adrian Bold says

    September 9, 2018 at 12:08 am

    I would most like to try the chocolate.

    Reply
  100. alice lightning says

    September 9, 2018 at 12:18 am

    all sound yummy but the banana please

    Reply
  101. Dominique Watts says

    September 9, 2018 at 9:12 am

    Strawberry or banana! I love a surprise x

    Reply
  102. carol boffey says

    September 9, 2018 at 10:25 am

    i love the strawberry one

    Reply
  103. Rebecca Mercer says

    September 9, 2018 at 11:08 am

    Strawberry ?

    Reply
  104. Jeanette Leighton says

    September 9, 2018 at 11:10 am

    Chocolate

    Reply
  105. Helen Newton says

    September 9, 2018 at 3:56 pm

    Chocolate please xx

    Reply
  106. Sabrina Baldock says

    September 9, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    Would love to try strawberry

    Reply
  107. melody cross says

    September 9, 2018 at 6:03 pm

    banana

    Reply
  108. Hayley Todd says

    September 9, 2018 at 6:34 pm

    Being a chocoholic, I would most like to try the Chocolate flavour!

    Reply
  109. Amy Jo McLellan says

    September 9, 2018 at 6:39 pm

    Banana please 😀

    Reply
  110. Alison Johnson says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:00 pm

    Chocolate 🙂

    Reply
  111. Ema J Lowe says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:21 pm

    I would like to try the banana one

    Reply
  112. ellie spider says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:23 pm

    banana – it’s my fave flavour of milkshake

    Reply
  113. laura frost says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    chocolate

    Reply
  114. Maggie Drummond says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:38 pm

    Chocolate

    Reply
  115. Natalie Crossan says

    September 9, 2018 at 8:28 pm

    I’d love to try Strawberry x

    Reply
  116. Nancy Bradford says

    September 9, 2018 at 8:37 pm

    I would have to go with my daughter’s choice of banana x

    Reply
  117. Tammy Neal says

    September 9, 2018 at 9:54 pm

    Banana x

    Reply
  118. Kate Davies says

    September 9, 2018 at 11:38 pm

    Strawberry ?

    Reply

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