Project 365 2021 Week 35 Day 241 – 247 A Bank Holiday, return to work and the start of Secondary school for my son. Sunday 29th August – Day 241 We’d booked tickets to visit Crofton Beam Engines as soon as I’d seen they were opening the site for the Bank Holiday weekend. We’d watched…Continue reading Project 365 2021 Week 35
Tag: Wiltshire
Mummy and Me – August 2021
Mummy and Me – August 2021 The summer holiday month, where we should have been in Spain and weren’t and I broke my toe halfway through our ‘stay at home’ break! Week 31 We appear to have been photobombed this week by one of our kittens. Fudge definitely likes to sleep close to someone whereas…Continue reading Mummy and Me – August 2021
Visiting King Arthur’s Tower
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
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