Category Archives: days out

A day at Hatchlands Park

Today we made great use of our National Trust membership with a visit to Hatchlands Park. The house wasn’t open but the wonderful parkland was and we took a picnic and stayed all day. Our first stop was the Sylvanian Families trail. Despite his face in this photo he enjoyed looking for the clues. There… Read More »

Ruislip Lido

After our hectic 2 days in Blackpool we stayed local today with a trip to the Lido. We’re working on getting rid of Big Brother’s stabilisers. He loves his bike and was happy to cycle the 2.5 km around the Lido whilst Little Sis scooted. We stopped half way round so the children could play… Read More »

Blackpool Pleasure Beach

We woke up bright and early and after a big breakfast we headed to Blackpool Pleasure Beach and Nickelodeon Land. We met Dora! We went on lots of rides and the children experienced their first roller coaster – which wasn’t quite so successful! We also stopped and joined in with story time with Poppy Cat.… Read More »