Michelham Priory and spring flowers
A visit to Tudor House Michelham Priory, mill and gardens, enjoying spring flowers, sunshine, decorations and history

A visit to Tudor House Michelham Priory, mill and gardens, enjoying spring flowers, sunshine, decorations and history

I don’t know what we’re going to do with packing the car for camping and trying to fit in a bigger bike and a folded up scooter, but they’re certainly essentials for N when we go away for a break. …

N definitely takes after me. He loves leaflets. Anywhere we go he’ll spot them and pick them up, and then spend ages ‘reading’ them. The doctors surgery, museums, shops, sports centres. So when we stopped at the services on the…

We visited the Gruffalo Experience at Milton Keynes, venturing into the deep dark wood. Read our review of the experience

We love the Easter trails at National Trust places, this year we did the Sleeping Beauty trail Easter trail at Stowe Gardens with friends

With the house not yet open for the season, we made the most of the outdoor play facilities with a meet up at Waddesdon Manor

We went to the caravan camping and motorhome show at the NEC to buy a new tent. Check out the Lego caravan and other sights

I’ve not been since I was a child, but we visited National Trust’s Chedworth Roman Villa on Mothers Day for activities and exploring

We aborted a rainy day trip to Think Tank and went to Wonderful World of trains and planes in Birmingham. Read how we got on

We visited Green Dragon Eco Farm near Bicester to explore and play. A mixed visit – read the review (play, farm and food) here

We visited the Ashmolean museum in Oxford and checked out the family activities, including their Egyptian trail