The Eden Project Beer Festival

A Cornish gins bar, 60 beers and ciders, many from Cornwall, plus Eden small brews – what more could a beer lover want?  Dancing to live bands perhaps?  Delicious gourmet food?  Of […]

Blue Monkey’s Gourmet Attractions

The 6th annual Plymouth Seafood Festival takes place this weekend, 16th and 17th September 2017 at the Barbican.  The harbour transforms into a ‘culinary extravaganza with live cookery demonstrations, the popular fish auction, family entertainment and of course, […]

Family fun on a budget: Explore Plymouth

There’s plenty for the family to do on a budget in Plymouth. We’ve listed just a few that don’t have to cost the earth.

West Hoe Park in Plymouth is a […]

Haunted Plymouth Ghost Walks

I had an email today from our last guest at Blue Monkey who asked me if we had any ghosts… I replied that I hadn’t had any complaints!  However, I did a little investigating and […]

Fed up of the sandy beach?  Mount Wise Swimming Pools is a complex of 3 outdoor pools: a 25 main pool, a small paddling pool for young children and an activity pool including a fountain, whirlpool and bubble pool. You can picnic and sunbathe […]

Some brilliant and useful tips from the Tesco bloggers:

1. Cheat a beach sheet

Use a fitted sheet to protect your belongings from sand. Simply place your beach/cool bags in each corner of the sheet and pull the corners up over them. You’re left with […]

Need more space in your case? Try these genius packing hacks and space-saving tricks for a quick get-away (courtesy of Tesco!)

Packing pro
Wrap your toiletries (a bottle of perfume, for example) in a pair of socks, then place the whole thing inside your shoes. On your way home, […]

Penlee Point is a beautiful coastal walk for you, your friends and your family to enjoy

Penlee Point (Penn Legh) is Cornish for stone-slab headland and the point is a coastal headland southeast of the village of Rame in Southeast Cornwall, […]

This week Blue Monkey is going Green!  We’re looking at local charity Rame Peninsula Beach Care.  Here is what they do for our local beaches:

“We run monthly beach cleans, usually attracting between 30 and 60 volunteers, removing […]

This week at Blue Monkey we’re looking at places of local interest. One of the best is the Eden Project. This is a blog post from one of the gardeners there:

Hi, I’m Annabelle, one of the Skilled Horticulturalists in the Outdoor Biome. There are three teams that look after the outside landscape. My team, under […]