You may recall when we visited Stourhead for the first time recently that I mentioned visiting King Arthur’s Tower. You can actually walk to the tower from the parkland at Stourhead, past St Peter’s Pump, but we didn’t realise that at the time. I already knew that we wouldn’t be able to climb up the…Continue reading Visiting King Arthur’s Tower
Tag: Wiltshire
Exploring Stourhead
I’ve been wanting to spend a day exploring Stourhead in Wiltshire for absolutely ages. We were looking for somewhere to spend the day last weekend, and after discounting a couple of options I managed to persuade the OH that this would be worth the drive. It would also mean my son could get another National…Continue reading Exploring Stourhead
Exploring Caen Hill Lock Flight
As we left Lacock on a recent adventure, Daddy P mentioned a flight of locks that we’d all seen on an engineering programme recently was probably near by. After a quick consultation with Google it appeared that we were only twenty minutes away, so we decided to have a little detour on our way home…Continue reading Exploring Caen Hill Lock Flight
Exploring Lacock Abbey and beyond
It’s sometimes difficult to get motivated to leave the house at this time of year. But when the weather forecast tells me that it’s going to be dry and relatively mild, then I’m all for putting a plan in place and getting outdoors. As is often the case, my National Trust handbook was thumbed through…Continue reading Exploring Lacock Abbey and beyond
Visiting STEAM in Swindon – five years on
Little did I know in 2013 that my son would still be obsessed with steam railways and locomotives all these years later. Towards the end of last year we decided to revisit somewhere we’d first explored when my son was just over three years old. He couldn’t really remember our first trip, so it was…Continue reading Visiting STEAM in Swindon – five years on
Having fun at Avebury
It has to be over 25 years since I last visited Avebury in Wiltshire. Monkey’s godmum lives not too far away, and when we’d meet up earlier in the year, she’d suggested it as a meet up venue for us and the kids. A date was set in the diary and we headed down fin…Continue reading Having fun at Avebury