I can’t quite believe it’s almost a year since we were last in Cornwall, and Monkey’s first visit to this wonderful corner of England. We were staying at Coombe Mill with Iona and the Redpeffer gang and I’d heard so many lovely reports about a certain National Trust property that I knew we had to…Continue reading Easter at Lanhydrock
Tag: Family Days Out
Exploring Kenilworth Castle
It’s total madness that I’ve not written this post up before now. I’m looking out into the garden on a sunny, yes, sunny, January day and it reminded me of a sunny Spring day out we had last year with friends. I’ve been fascinated by the Tudor period for as long as I can remember…Continue reading Exploring Kenilworth Castle
Stowe Landscape Gardens – revisiting an old friend
The weather last weekend was lovely wasn’t it. I’d been at Blog On Win all day on Saturday and Monkey had spent most of the day helping Daddy P with work jobs. We all needed to dust off the cobwebs on Sunday. We had planned to visit the Banbury Canal Day, which is always a…Continue reading Stowe Landscape Gardens – revisiting an old friend
A boat cruise on Rutland Water #CountryKids
Last Saturday Monkey and I were invited to Lands’s End – no not the well known Cornish landmark (bit far away for a day trip!), but the clothing company, based in Oakham, Leicestershire. When I was checking out the route I released we’d be driving right past Rutland Water and a RSPB Nature Reserve. I…Continue reading A boat cruise on Rutland Water #CountryKids
An afternoon of fun at Calke Abbey #CountryKids
Today I thought I’d share with you an afternoon of fun at Calke Abbey. Well that’s not entirely true, I’m actually going to share two afternoon’s of fun at Calke Abbey, enjoyed almost exactly a year apart. I never got to share our experience from last year, with all that went with Monkey starting school. So…Continue reading An afternoon of fun at Calke Abbey #CountryKids
Exploring Rosliston Forestry Centre
Monkey and I were staying with my best friend in Derbyshire for a couple of days last month and I she’d suggested a couple of places we could visit. One hit the mark immediately and off we went for a day out exploring Rosliston Forestry Centre on the outskirts of Swadlincote (half way between Burton upon…Continue reading Exploring Rosliston Forestry Centre