Getting out for a walk at Stowe Gardens National Trust
It’s not often we head out for a walk but I was determined over half term to go out somewhere. To get us away from the farm for a few hours. It took a lot of persuading – after all,…
It’s not often we head out for a walk but I was determined over half term to go out somewhere. To get us away from the farm for a few hours. It took a lot of persuading – after all,…
We didn’t make it to any light displays last Christmas. But this year we’d booked in our deferred visit from last year to Blenheim Palace. And after being unable to fit in an earlier PR visit, we just booked in…
Over the winter I always have a few Saturdays to myself when the OH and N are off shooting. But often they’re filled with chores, hair appointments or other things that take up too much of the day to go…
Visiting Waddesdon Manor at Christmas has been one of our traditions for the last 3 years. As always I booked months ago, but this time decided to book tickets closer to Christmas. And after the Waddesdon Manor Christmas market had…
A day visit to Woburn Safari Park, seeing the animals on the drive through safari, on the walking safari and having a go at the high ropes
I have a list of places I want to take N to see, but he turns his nose up at a lot of them. I know he’ll like them once he’s there, but of course, the idea of ‘educational’ places…
First football match visit to MK Dons and enjoy family fun activities, with tips on being a first time to a football match.
A couple of years ago a friend recommended a visit to Bletchley Park. Her son had enjoyed it at younger than N but I decided we’d wait a couple of years. When we stayed in Milton Keynes the other week,…
This February half term was so much colder than last year. Last year we were in gorgeous warm sunshine in the New Forest. This year, freezing at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo. We decided on Whipsnade over Woburn Safari because I didn’t…
Trampolines are some of the huge activity growth areas over the last 10 years. It seems most family gardens have a trampoline (ours did until a couple of years ago when near year storms threw our 14 foot one over…
Holidays and short breaks for me are the chance to explore and discover new places to visit. It’s an opportunity to experience new things and education N in what else is out there apart from farming. It works pretty well,…