Adventures

Our adventures out and about in the UK, on the farm and further afield.

Easter Egg Trail at Upton House

ByEmma March 30, 2024

After having had most of the weekend spent indoors due to various reasons or another, I wanted to get N out on one of the Cadbury Easter Egg Trails at our nearest National Trust venue. It’s not too far away,…

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Park visit

ByEmma March 30, 2024

We had some lovely weather earlier this week, so decided we would walk round the to nearest park. It’s about 1.5 miles away walking by the road (annoyingly shorter across the fields but that’s not practical with the pushchair) so…

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Feeding the Ducks

ByEmma March 28, 2024

Yesterday we decided we would go to Stratford to feed the swans and ducks. The forecast was dry and looked quite good so I was optimistic we might get a bit of sun. Of course we went too early so…

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Toddler friends

ByEmma March 30, 2024

Being 2 seems to be the start of having friends. Before N’s been happy to tag around after his old cousins, and vaguely do activities at nursery alongside other children, but it’s great to see him really connecting with other…

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Activities | Days out | Play & Learn

Introduction to Gardening

ByEmma March 30, 2024

I hate gardening. Not quite true as there’s nothing to actually hate because I don’t do it. Our garden is still the paddock it was when the house was built. Great for a big area of grass to play on,…

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Lambing season begins

ByEmma March 25, 2024

There have been a few new lambs up at my brother-in-law’s buildings, but we’ve not yet had a chance to get up there and see them. However, this afternoon N didn’t have too long a sleep and with the sun…

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Snow day

ByEmma September 25, 2014

I have to add the obligatory snow post, given it’s caused a lot of hassle and cancelled events as per usual. We had snow falling from about 3pm yesterday to about 4pm today, so a fair lot. Although it looks…

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Boys and doors

ByEmma March 30, 2024

Met up with a friend and her son today for a morning at ‘Baby Bounce’ and for a spot of lunch. The boys are only 5 months apart, but don’t see each other that frequently, so it was funny to…

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Days out | Family life | Milestones

Big kids soft play

ByEmma March 30, 2024

Today we joined one of N’s friends at a soft play place in town for her 2nd birthday. N’s never really that fussed about soft play. He tends to head straight for the things he has at home or are…

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Christmas | Days out

Christmas display treats

ByEmma March 30, 2024

Day 3 of Advent saw us going for a trip to Milton Keynes to see the Christmas displays. Last year N was too small to really understand and wasn’t that fussed (plus it was really busy being on a Saturday),…

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It’s a winter wonderland…with added rain

ByEmma March 30, 2024

Today we had our trip up to London to meet up with a couple of school friends and visit the Hyde Park Winter Wonderland. The weather wasn’t quite as wintry as would have been nice (clear blue skies would have…

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