Sunderland Illuminations

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! Last Sunday (25th September), me and my family all went to Rocker Park in Sunderland to see the illuminations. The theme of this years illuminations was "pirates and dinosaurs" but to be honest I only saw two or three dinosaur sculptures/lights. From my past experiences of going to the park is that the best time to view the lights is to go on a night time when it starts to get dark, as two years ago we went at around 6:00pm and when we left we agreed that it is better to go later on in the evening to see the lights at their best. From the images below you can clearly see the difference between the lights as you can barely see them in the image on the left, however the image on the right shows how amazing the lights can look at a certain time.  

Firstly, as soon as we entered the park we went on a hunt for food and settled on some chips. We then bought some sweets and popcorn from a really pretty little hut in the centre of the park.

We then walked back towards the entrance to look properly at the lights (as we were desperate for food hehe) as by the time we bought our food it was dark enough to appreciate them. As I have two younger siblings, the lights definitely fitted their age category and to be honest even me,my mam and dad enjoyed the displays too so they were very family friendly.

We also took a lovely stroll around the lake and sat,talked and took a few photos. The lake was beautiful with the different colours of water shooting up and the snowflakes/stars glittering too, there was also some very calming songs playing.

There was a little walk way which was fairy themed and on either side of the path there was little fairy figures and lights hanging and fairy pumpkin houses, not going to lie this was probably my favourite part of the night because it made me feel like I was in a fairy tale land.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed my evening and can't wait to see what themes there are next year and many more years to come. Hope you've enjoyed this blog and i'll write again soon. As always links are down below x

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