Every year we get along to Sir Harold Hillier Gardens near Romsey to enjoy their Art in the Garden.  See our full set of photos in our gallery.
Sadly, we were disappointed with the 2008 event; There just weren’t many art installations; and those we saw were either on the same theme as last year or [...]

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The Beaulieu Motor Museum is more than just a motor museum. There’s also a walled garden, a palace house and an Abbey ruins. Alongside the ruins is the active parish church. There is a beautiful footpath that runs [...]

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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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The National Trust’s Mottisfont Abbey Garden, House and Estate is a great place to frolic on a summer’s day with the kids. They even have “under the stars” (i.e. open air) theatre on some days during the year (although we’ve [...]

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What a fantastic weekend we all had. We headed down to a cottage in Dorset for a mini-holiday courtesy of granny. It was one of her Christmas presents to the boys — and oh boy! did they (and us) every enjoy it. So much so that Tolii was in tears leaving the place [...]

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The Finkley Down Farm Park in Andover, Hampshire is like a mini-zoo and play park rolled into one.  As its name says, its a farm and a park!
Our kids love to take food around to feed all the animals. At [...]

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Just a few short miles away from Whitchurch, Hampshire is Popham airfield. I made a short movie of the “Fly-In” in Oct 2005.
It has two grassy runways, a radio operator (not “ATC”), a café, a grapevine (leave some for us to [...]

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The Moors Valley Country Park is a forest park with custom-built climbing frames in the shapes of forest creatures scattered throughout it. There’s even a raised walkway that takes you through the forest canopy, overlooking a swamp below! Business types [...]

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The Intech Science Centre and Planetarium is just outside Winchester. Its spread across two floors and includes a planetarium which is linked to the main pyramid by a small corridor. There is an outside picnic area and a café.

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Here’s a recipe for a great day out with the kids: Hike up Winchester’s St. Catherine’s Hill at Twyford Down to reach its Mizmaze; and then around its top before heading down the other size to stroll along the Itchen River.
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