Ady and Scarlett have been going to the local mammoth car boot sale on a Sunday morning and taunting Davies and I about it as they are often gone before we get up. So today we decided we’d get up early and go with them. I’m rarely out of bed before 8am normally let alone on a Sunday but I was today and we were at the car boot sale just after 9am. It was HUGE, eight double rows of cars at least 50 cars along, so literally 100s of sellers and 1000s of buyers. Davies and I walked round together and aside from a W&G bubble bath that he bartered the woman down to a quid for we bought nothing. We were too hot, too tired and too grumpy. When we rang Ady and Scarlett to see where they’d got to they were barely halfway round so we collected the keys from them and went to sit in the car. I did insist that they didn’t have to come away but I possibly wasn’t convincing enough (and I did do a bit of foot stamping and teariness about hating it and wondering why I’d come and wishing I’d stayed at home in bed maybe..) and they arrived back at the car shortly after we did. Scarlett had got a Tanner (pooing Barbie dog) and Mika (weeing Barbie cat) complete with all their accessories for £1.50 so she was very happy though.
We came home for lunch and to decide what to do this afternoon. Ady and the children would have been happy enough to stay home but I hate doing that when we’re all here. I’ve no interest in doing anything in the garden (either gardening or sitting in the sun), I can do stuff like play games, do crafts, watch films with the children any time and it seems to end up with us all scattered around doing different things and I’d rather we did something together. None of us were up for being in the sun so my suggestions were the cinema (WALL E or Kung Fu Panda) or http://www.bedgeburypinetum.org.uk/ which was the last remaining thing to do this year that’s not already been done or is already arranged from my list earlier this year. It needs updating actually considering it’s only July and we’ve completed everything expect ice skating already 🙂 (how efficient are we?! or did we just set our bar too low?). The website advertises it as shady and cool on hot summer days so it sounded perfect.
The traffic was heavy although there was more heading towards the coast than away from it and we arrived just before 2pm. We had a really nice walk round there, watched Go Ape (children are both desperate to be 10 now so they can do it and equally desperate for me to do it NOW so they can watch – not sure if they like seeing me in peril or know I will enjoy it and want to see me having fun?), had a good play on some of the bad playstuff including this amazing standing up communal swing which was just ace 🙂
Ady and I did leap on for a brief go too but then a load of really little kids came on and were dragging their feet on the ground which had me fearing we’d snap their legs with our more violent rocking so we had to hop off again.
We saw loads of wood ants and some mighty impressive ant hills swarming alive with them. Scarlett dropped one of her parma violet sweets on the heap and we watched the ants break it up and carry it between them – amazing. We were there a good 3hours before starting to feel worn out and must have walked several miles but it was mostly shady and cool.
We drove home a different way which was possibly further but seemed quicker without hitting motorways. We were filthy so the children and I had a shower while Ady cooked their tea. Then as promised Davies got to stay up and watch War of the Worlds. He loves the cd and was keen to watch it when it first came out on dvd and we watched it but I decided it was too scary for him then. It was on tv tonight though and as he watches Doctor Who without any repurcussions and seems very adept at seperating fantasy from fact we said he could watch it tonight. Scarlett didn’t want to obviously so her and Ady read books in her bedroom while Davies and I cuddled up and watched the film. He really liked it and enjoyed the various references back to the story he knows.
It’s been a nice weekend although I feel a little cheated that the weather forecast put us off a last minute camping trip and actually we’ve not seen a spot of rain. Tomorrow I think we’ll aim for a quietish day and then off to London on Tuesday.
Tony was there last night! I love Bedgebury.
Comment by Roslyn — 28 July 2008 @ 7:22 am
was that on tv? damn i wanna see that.
that swing looks fun!
Comment by Liza — 28 July 2008 @ 10:13 pm