Indoor and outdoor fun at Slimbridge
If you read my blog regularly, you will know that we visit the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust frequently. There is always plenty to do, but I will only tend to visit if the weather...
Category: Gloucestershire
Winter at Slimbridge
New Year’s Eve was a cold but dry day, so in the afternoon we headed out to Slimbridge WWT to catch the wild bird feed. The girls had fun as usual in Welly Boot...
Santa and the Perfect Christmas Tree at Clearwell Caves
This week we visited Clearwell Caves in the Forest of Dean. These are natural caves which have been mined for iron ore for thousands of years, however, we didn’t visit to learn more about the...
The Gruffalo’s Child Trail at Westonbirt Arboretum
Within 48 hours of our last trip to Westonbirt Arboretum for Enchanted Christmas (http://www.stoppingattwo.co.uk/post/104432600098/enchanted-christmas-at-westonbirt-arboretum), we were back again for The Gruffalo’s Child Trail. We did The Gruffalo trail during the summer (http://www.stoppingattwo.co.uk/post/92560157888/looking-for-the-gruffalo-at-westonbirt) and Freyja loved it....
Enchanted Christmas at Westonbirt Arboretum
As magnificent as Westonbirt is in all its autumn glory, now is the time to visit for a really magical walk around the arboretum. Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings from the end of November...
Pumpkin Trail at Slimbridge
Last weekend we decided to make the most of some decent weather and visit Slimbridge. For the half term week there was a free pumpkin trail running for children, with a bag of sweets as a...
Autumn walk
Last Sunday was a beautiful autumnal morning, and whilst Rich was out mowing the lawn (last one of the year?!) and sorting the garden, it seemed like a good opportunity to go for a...
Slimbridge
One of the great things about being part-time, is that on my days off, the girls and I have the opportunity to have lovely days out. Wednesday was promising to be dry this week...
Westonbirt September 2014
This week we had another trip to Westonbirt Arboretum. It was a lovely sunny day, still feeling quite summery but with a hint of autumn as we walked around. There were a few crisp...
Puzzlewood
Rich and I used to have a bit of a joke that whenever we watched “Merlin”, no matter where any of the characters were going, they were always in exactly the same bit of wood....
