Finally, a break in the miserable weather and so we headed off to Bursledon Regatta. I haven’t been for about 20 years, and that was after a big gap, but things haven’t changed much since I was a kid living in the village there. I really wanted my kids to experience the water carnival...
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When days of scorching sunshine and high visibility come along on the west coast of Scotland it’s the perfect time to go camping. Spent an August weekend camping under shooting stars and a vivid milky-way near Ben Lui. Climbed Ben Oss and Beinn Dubhcraig in a 10 hour climb-a-thon meeting some hikers striding purposefully...
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Before I forget about our recent trip to Devon, I need to point out that there are a number of things to do in the South Hams district with kids on a rainy day. There’s the South Devon and Dart Valley Steam Railways, or if you’re near to Kingsbridge you could go and see...
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Didn’t manage to post anything yesterday as I was, and still am, totally blissed out from the reflexology and Indian head massage sessions I had at the Stoneywish Nature Reserve Fun Day, after they assured me that I wouldn’t go back in time if I had both. Apart from the ‘vibration’ therapies it was...
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Max has inherited a Tigger costume from his cousin Henry, and demanded to wear it all day despite the heat. So I took him over to Stoneywish Nature Reserve to see if it’s an appropriate venue for his 4th birthday party at the end of July. I actually met someone there today, and they...
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Mark from KamperHire has just pinged me to say that he’s got two T5 Kamper Vans available for mini-breaks this weekend at a very decent discount. Any takers?
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I bumped into DJ Gordon Kaye in Blakers Park yesterday. He’s part of our Cleveland Arms ‘advisory board’. He mentioned that his daughter was having her birthday party at Wilderness Wood in Hadlow Down, East Sussex. Looks like they’ve a lot of children’s activites going on. Might be a bit late to re-locate Max’s...
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I’m beginning to treat picnics like dry runs for camping now, particularly short trips. So with Bridget heading up to London today to attend a Chocolate Delight Workshop, I returned to Saltdean Lido with both Beth and Max to try and see what we might need when we head off on our beach camping...
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Last time I went to Saltdean Lido was about 10 years ago, just after it’s £2 million restoration. It’s seen by the likes of the Design Museum as one of the finest Art Deco buildings in the UK, and the only lido they’ve ever featured. I remember the pool being a little on the...
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I finally got to check out Stoneywish Nature Reserve as part of 20 mile round trip on the bike that included going up, down and back up Ditchling Beacon the lung bleeding way, and then down all the back to Brighton. Good news is that you can camp there, and have to say that...
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