London day trip: Tower of London, Monument and Borough Market
London day trip itinerary around Tower of London, Monument and Borough Market, great mix of stops for pre-teens and older children
days out with children
Exploring Hughenden Manor and gardens
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…
Loving rides at Drayton Manor theme park and zoo
It’s been years since I’ve been to a proper theme park, but over half term we decided to head to Drayton Manor theme park and zoo. We’d taken my sister in law and the youngest nephew – it’s always nice…
Historic Bath – visiting Bath Abbey and Roman Baths
N’s heart must always sink when I say I’ve found lots of interesting places to visit. But he’s good about finding something to enjoy. With historic buildings he loves Horrible Histories so can usually find a fact that he already…
Mottisfont – an outdoor National Trust visit
With National Trust membership, I always feel like we should make the most of it whenever we’re away. So on our February break in the New Forest, we stopped at Mottisfont on the way home. N wasn’t impressed at doing…
Festive shows – Cinderella and the Lost Slipper
N’s at that inbetween age where he’s getting a bit old for the pre-school type of theatre shows (or we’ve seen the ones we’d want to see), but isn’t old enough for full on theatre shows and musicals yet. Last…
A Waddesdon Manor Christmas festive visit
This year I’m really struggling to persuade N to come out with me. I guess most families go out all together, so if the OH came out then he’d be more willing. But this week the guys were turkey picking…
A day trip to quirky Watermouth Castle
While on our camping holiday we’d had several recommendations from our camping buddies to visit Watermouth Castle. I was told it was a rather quirky and twee adventure park, great for younger primary school age children. I’m happy with quirky,…
Farming and family fun at the first ever BBC Countryfile Live
As soon as I spotted the BBC were doing the first Countryfile Live show, and that it was local to us, I knew we would be going. We’re farmers (well, N tells me I’m not, but I live on a…
How to fill an hour in Ilfracombe
One foggy morning on our recent holiday to North Devon, I decided we’d go to Arlington Court, but with it not opening until 11, we decided to detour to Ilfracombe first. What can I say about Ilfracombe? Not a lot…
Igniting an interest in cycling for children
I’ve written so many times about N’s love of cycling and his bike, but recently that interest in cycling was brought alive by a last minute email from our neighbour about the Women’s Tour of Britain race. I’m usually quite…