We had this plan today to get all the camping stuff sorted out, assembled and checked and a list made of anything we needed to replace / purchase. Except when we were up and the sun was shining we decided it would be a waste of a lovely day and went out instead!
We decided to go back to Woods Mill where we’d been a few weeks ago and enjoyed. It’s the HQ of the Sussex Wildlife Trust and the venue for a great programme of outdoorsy / nature based events through the year that we aim to get to a few of including an excellent looking one about building camps, making fires and whittling wood type stuff which I think Davies would love. Actually I think Scarlett would love it too but she’s too little :lol:.
It was lovely there, we walked round, admired the bluebells, watched the fish and newts for ages and just enjoyed the sunshine. There was a school party there being paraded round in a structured fashion having certain things pointed out to them which was just so at odds with how we wandered round, spotting things as we went with Davies and Scarlett playing some sort of dragons game at the same time. Sunny days like today when it feels like the rest of the world is at work or at school make me so happy with our choices and the freedom they afford us.
We had a picnic lunch there and wandered further then popped to the garage to get Ady a couple of new tyres before heading home. The children played in the garden, I read my book and Ady packed up ready to go to QVC tonight then he headed off. Davies and Scarlett had swimming lessons so we went to the pool. They both had good lessons with Tarly doing a few strokes. I’m sure it was the heat in the building because I don’t normally have such urges but I would have very happily have jumped in with them tonight. I wish the pool wasn’t so expensive as I would probably take them once a week if it were not about a tenner for the three of us :(.
It was lovely when we left and the pool is right on the seafront at the end of a parade of shops including a chip shop so we bought a couple of portions of chips and took them onto the beach. The tide was out and it was actually quite busy with lots of other people eating chips, walking dogs, flying kites and generally enjoying the sun going down. We chatted about camping this weekend and how much we’re all looking forward to it. They had ten minutes running around on the sand, which meant they needed another shower when we got home having just had one at the swimming pool :rolls:.
Home for stories, a run in with the cockerel for me, cleaning out the noisy, messy chicks and sorting out my own dinner. I watched a film and am now very s l o w l y uploading some photos to flickr and waiting for Ady to be on QVC before going to bed.
Tickets for one adult and 2 children would cost you £6.90 or £6 for Reading residents in what was formerly Labour controlled Reading council.
The same tickets in Conservative controlled Worthing do indeed cost about a tenner.
Maybe they need it to pay for more clear blue water
We’re doing a home ed trip to our local pool at the weekend and have booked it privately. It works out at about £1.35 a head. Maybe you could look into that at your local pool? It is a bit of a financial gamble as the cost depends on how many people show up on the day. And home edders aren’t always the most reliable of people. 😉