We love a day out whether it’s just a weekend day popping out somewhere, or a day out while on holiday. I’m reliving my childhood visiting around the UK, near home and further away, and love sharing it with N. So if you’re looking for days out in Warwickshire, you’re in the right place. This…
Walking and fossil hunting in the New Forest
Once N gets something that interests him he keeps going on about it. Last term they were learning about dinosaurs and fossils at school. So he’s been wanting to go fossil hunting. So it was lucky we were holidaying in the New Forest and could check out some of the fossil hunting beaches. Fossil hunting…
Gruffalo’s Child Trail and musical magic at Wendover Woods
After our disappointment at not seeing a Gruffalo at the end of the Gruffalo Trail in Salcey Forest earlier in the year, I really wanted to try another forest and see one. So when I saw that the Gruffalo’s Child trail was the next one starting this October, I put a date in the diary…
Tractors, trotting and tubas – Day out at Brailes Show
I love fayres and shows (as you might have guessed from various posts over the last few weeks), and there’s more still to come over the remainder of the summer. Last weekend was Brailes Show which is only down the hill from us in Warwickshire. I thought it was going to be a relatively small…
Not so sunny BloxFest
Last year’s BloxFest (my old village’s May festival of stalls, food, crafts and 3 stages of music in 3 of the village pubs) was great fun, and packed out due to the great weather. This year the weather’s cold and a bit grey with a few rain showers and not a lot of sun. We…
