Visiting Thetford Forest Go Ape and High Lodge activities
Fun doing Thetford Forest Go Ape and enjoying other High Lodge outdoor activities for a tween
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Celebrate summer with tennis activities for families
While many people are looking forward to the football world cup, there are other sports of interest in the summer. For me, summer means tennis. I don’t play anymore (apart from an attempted knock around with N). But May to…
Entertaining kids during camping downtime
When we were away camping, quite a few of the mums mentioned that they loved the fact that you could do your own thing, and time seemed a lot slower on the campsite, with everything taking longer to do. That…
Planning for a non-birthday outdoor party
Yet again, I think I’ve made a mistake in promising to N he could have a party later in the year, after just having a couple of friends round for tea for his birthday. Well, I said it would be…
Metal detecting on the farm
Metal detecting’s not something I’ve ever really been interested in doing, although in the past I’ve always seen metal detector toys at Christmas and thought what good presents they’d make for our nephews and niece. But my brother’s really got…
For the love of a garden – a day to play
Last weekend was a bit unusual for us. No more parties after the excitement of January, and nothing arranged for Sunday. Usually Saturday is for doing chores, swimming lessons and all those usual things you don’t get done in the…
First time ice skating at Millets Farm
Ice skating outdoors has always been on my dreams list of things to do…well, ice skating in Central Park really, although we didn’t manage it when I went to New York unfortunately. Â So I’ve always looked at all the outdoor…
Pumpkin picking at Hatton Adventure World’s Pumpkin Week
*Ad – gifted tickets, contains affiliate links Until last year I’d never carved a pumpkin. Apart from the faff of removing the pulp and seeds, I really enjoyed carving it, so was looking forward to trying something else this year. …
Nature trail at the National Herb Centre
Last weekend we wanted somewhere nearby to visit to make the most of the warm weather. Â I’ve not been to the National Herb Centre for years, but decided that we should go and check out the nature trail. The National…
Green fingered children – start them gardening young
I’m not a fan of gardening. Â Never have been and never likely to be. This year I’ve actually managed to grow tomatoes. Â Loads of them, but I’m still waiting for them to turn red. And as I write this, we’re…
Missing a child’s sports day
The summer holidays obviously don’t mean a lot to us yet. They will do next year before N starts school, but until then, we’ll be carrying on pretty much as normal.  N’s nursery school has finished for the end of…