If you follow me on Instagram or follow my Project 365 posts you will know that my son are always off out on an adventure whenever he’s not at school. Whether that be at the weekends or during the school holidays. We like getting outside and exploring, but I do find the driving tiring and […]
Tag: family day out
Exploring the Tower of London
I’m a firm believer that History is far from boring and that the best way for children to learn about our past is to see it for themselves. My son was learning about the Tudor period recently and I decided he should see where Anne Boleyn spent her last days. A visit to the Tower […]
Making fire and having fun at Conkers #CountryKids
Sometimes things are just meant to happen aren’t they? My best friend lives in Derbyshire and Monkey and I try to visit her as often as we can. Her partner had a cycling trip to Sweden booked so we’d arranged to drive up straight from school last Friday and spend a couple of days with […]
Diggerland Kent #CountryKids
Monkey has been obsessed by JCB’s of all sorts for almost as long as I can remember. He’s forever digging, dumping and constructing – both in the living room and the garden! I discovered Diggerland a couple of years ago. But as the two nearest sites were still a 2 hour drive away, knew that we would […]
Lollibop 2014 – a new experience for Monkey
I recently ran a competition to win tickets for Lollibop 2014 with Thomas & Friends and I was really pleased when we were offered the chance to attend ourselves. We were looking forward to a new experience for Monkey. We arrived bright an early on the last day of the festival so Daddy P could […]
Meeting a Super Guppy
As you know my son is obsessed with vehicles and his aircraft passion seems to have gone skywards in recent weeks – probably a result of our visit to the local airfield and to the Air Tattoo at Fairford. He watched a TV programme on the Discovery Channel awhile ago with Daddy P, and since […]