During half term, we went to the cinema, we had a little time to kill before our movie started so we stopped by Castle Park, which is always beautiful no matter what time of year it is! It's so well maintained and landscaped. I only had my phone with me to take photographs on, I do wish I'd had my camera with me though. There are so many of signs of spring just being around the corner and we can not wait!

The kids burnt off some energy running around and looking at all the sights! I was just thrilled to see some flowers in bloom to be honest, haha.
The snow drops on the hill were my favourite! They look so dainty and pretty. Photos do it no justice.

One of our absolute favourite places is castle park, we try to go there at least three times a year! We went there back in April and fed the squirrels, who are very tame! This time we decided to take a picnic along with us.



After we'd eaten our lunch, we deicded to go and look at the gardens and have a walk around. I have so many pictures of the gardens (it's a whole other blog post in itself!) We love admiring the beautifu views in castle park!




Isn't it all so very pretty?! Castle park is a truly beautiful place.

 We also wandered around and found a squirrel. We took a long a few nuts just in case the squirrels were around. We fed them last time we were there and it was such good fun! They love, love, love nuts! They were even eating out of our hands! (Don't worry, I took hand sanitizer with us)

 We spent ages watching this little squirrel burying nuts and running around, he was so, so cute! I just love them, as do the kids! They're adorable.

We did of course also play on the park playground, well, the kids did. I did not. I say back and watched them enjoy themselves on the zip wire, climbing frames and what not! They had a wonderful time and honestly, I don't think they'd ever, ever get bored of going to castle park, there is seriously so much to do!





We were all exhausted by the end of the day and I may or may not have fell asleep on the bus ride home, oops. We can't wait to go again in the Autumn though and jump in some leaves, hehe. We hope achieve more things from our summer bucket list before summer is over.

I hope you've all been enjoying the summer so far! Best make the most of it now because Autumn is right around the corner.

Sarah xXx

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Last weekend was bank holiday weekend and we really did make the most of it! I also thought it would be a good time to tick something off our summer bucket list.

The weather was (mostly) glorious. We decided to go on a bus ride to castle park again, it's one of favourite places, especially on a bank holiday because there's usually lots of activities and different things to do. We went last bank holiday weekend, too. We were super excited to go back.

I popped into pound and first to buy some drinks and snacks and also some snacks for the squirrels. We arrived just before lunch and had a little walk around the park. We spotted some squirrels and fed those some nuts, the kids and I LOVED feeding the squirrels. They are unbelievably tame and enjoyed munching on the nuts (not salted!) we gave them.

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They were climbing up our legs and sitting on our knee, so cute and so tame! Charlie was quite amazed by them. They are so adorable! Ellie was all "Why can't we take them home?!" Bless. I explained we can't take wild animals home - they are not pets, even if they are tame, lol.


After feeding the squirrels and having a litle walk around the top half of the park, we decided it was time for lunch. We all decided on fish and chips for lunch, such a lovely treat.
We found a quieter spot in a quieter park and sat and ate our lunch.


We fed the pigeons the left over ships and bread roll, which they enjoyed, haha. We made our way back to castle park after lunch for a play on the play park and to check out the summer fete/fair.
Charlie and Ellie had fun playing on the playground, Harry just wanted to sit and watch for now.



The kids loved playing on the huge climbing frame and slides! It is SO huge the play area in the castle park. So much to do! They had a good play on the park and then we made our way down to the fete.

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There were bouncy castles, Go-Kart rides, cheerleaders and other dancers, a magician and tombola stalls etc. It was great fun! Charlie and Ellie both picked to go on the Go-Kart rides, Harry however wanted to have a go on the stalls... throw the ball in the bucket and what not. We also won a big red cherry scented ball on the raffle! Such fun.

We stopped for a little rest, a drink and a game of football before heading off home.


We stopped off for a little look at the fish pond, which we were walking past any way. We were all shattered when we got to the bus stop! It was a really wonderful day, we had all had great fun and the little's were exhausted by the time bed time rolled around, bless.

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Castle park is one of our absolute favourite places to go, there is so much to do. The play park is awesome, there's usually some kind of bouncy castles or inflatables, there's a pond, gardens and even a cafe! Not to mention the very old castle itself. We are so looking forward to going back again. Next time, we're going to take a lovely picnic with us, hehe. 


Sarah xXx

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This bank holiday weekend just gone, we decided to make the most of the weather while it's nice. The weather has been quite unpredictable lately, so we though we'd make the most of it!
We decided to take a bus trip to castle park. It's a huge park that has many fields, tree's and a huge play area for the kids. There were also a few bouncy castle's there, too! A few family members tagged a long which was lovely.


The boys of course enjoyed a good ol'e game of football and even Ellie joined in! They like nothing more than playing footy, they are football crazy, bless 'em. And Ellie having two big brothers, she's a huge football fan, too.


My brother took a long a picnic which we all enjoyed. It was very sweet of my brother and his girlfriend. We sat on the bench eating sandwiches and cakes followed by an ice cream (or in Charlie's case, an ice lolly). Just in time to cool them down from all the running around! We also got to feed the squirrels which are so very tame, one was even eating out of Charlie's hand. Ellie was all "Why can't we keep it as a pet.. It can even sleep in my room" Haha. I explained to her we can't keep squirrels as pets as they're wild animals, I think she finally understood lol.



The little's also played on the play area, Ellie enjoyed the sandy play area best, playing in the sand was great fun! Charlie of course preferred the climbing frame while Harry stayed on the field playing football and tag with my brother/Harry's uncle, which he thought was fab.




We finished our day by having a treat - Mcdonalds, which we don't do very often, the kids enjoyed it a lot, they even got a balloon each! On the bus journey home, we were all tired and found it hard to stay awake.


We had a wonderful day and can't wait to go again!
How did you spend your weekend?

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Sarah xXx