Granny celebrated her 73rd birthday today. The boys loved the birthday present that mummy had bought for granny: a pig shaped flower basket. The boys named the pig “Boris” for reasons only known unto themselves. The cats spent a good amount of time investigating it!
Granny took us all out for a wonderfully delicious lunch [...]
Happy Birthday, Granny!
May 24th, 2008 · No Comments
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Pig Racing
May 5th, 2008 · No Comments
To round out this May Bank Holiday Weekend we visited a farm park near Stone Henge which we have never been to before, but had read good things about: Cholderton Rare Breeds Farm, also known as Cholderton Charlie’s Farm.
Their website sadly, as of May 2008, wasn’t too inspiring. But that made the pleasure of [...]
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Walking Winchester’s Itchen
May 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
We had a wonderful afternoon walk after the kids’ swimming lessons (like last week, Tosha put up a fuss, let’s hope he’ll settle into the lessons by next week). We’ve written a separate Kids’ Outings page about the walk itself. There are a ton more photos, of course, in our gallery.
We drove the [...]
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From Snow to Tropics: The Living Rainforest
April 7th, 2008 · No Comments
What a day Sunday was for us!
First, the morning was a chance for us all to play in the freshly fallen snow. Then the afternoon was spent in the tropics of the greenhouses at The Living Rainforest, located just north of Newbury. God help you find your way through the A34/M4 roundabout [...]
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Anton Lakes
March 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Been here with your kids recently? Then please leave a comment below.
About The Place…
Under some electricity pylons, beside a roundabout, just off the ring road, down from a housing estate there is a little gem of a lake and park hidden away in Andover, Hampshire.
Its called Anton Lakes Local Nature Reserve. We first [...]
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