Wednesday 29 July 2009

At Trentham Gardens...

...with Auntie Gill and cousin Elizabeth. We had planned to meet up at WaterWorld in Stoke, but Swine Flu concerns led us looking for an alternative venue. I found Trentham on the web, and it looked great. I hadn't been since a Mission Rally in ?1987?, and I couldn't remember there being lots to do there, but the website looked good and we went for it.




It turned out to be fab - there has been a massive redevelopment in the last 5 years. There are beautiful gardes, and lovely cafe, several mazes and a great adventure playground.



Lizzie did a great job entertaining Ben!



The biggest hit was the barefoot walk. No shoes - path that takes you through the wood,s over different textured surfaces; sand, pebbles, woodchip etc. And best of all - the sticky mud!


Ben wasn't too impressed at first, but he did go back in for a second go!




Thinking about it with my teacher hat on (sorry, I know it's the hols, but the teacher hat NEVER goes away) - you could do a great Bear Hunt here! (you can't go over it, you can't go under it, you have to go through it! Squelch, squerch, squelch, squerch etc)



I was really impressed by Ben's rope climbing - when has he learned to do that?
Megs wasn't so hot at the climbing - but the swinging was just great.


Ice creams at the end of the day before the hugs and goodbyes and promises to meet up again soon

1 comment:

a said...

Looks a lovely day out - I love the idea of the barefoot walking over/through different textures.