Reviews of cheap family days out in Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire & Bedfordshire. Children's activity and craft ideas
We have driven past Caldecotte Lake in Milton Keynes a million times, usually on the way to doing a review of somewhere else! And we always say we should go for a walk around it, we’ve even driven half way there and had to turn back because of car trouble! Well, finally we got there! […]
Read More Caldecotte Lake ReviewThis review of Denham Country Park, whilst a day out in itself, is actually part of a much bigger review. That’s because Denham Country Park is just a small part of Colne Valley Regional Park which is HUGE. It stretches from Rickmansworth to Staines and covers several different counties. Once you’ve read this review of […]
Read More Denham Country Park ReviewAccording to Ratty “there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats”. Well, today we took Smallest Child on what I think is possibly her first boat trip, and the first one in ages for the boys. We were very kindly invited to review The Little […]
Read More The Little Trip Boat Aylesbury ReviewIt’s worth pointing out that this review of Hatfield Forest is written during the winter months. Why does that matter? Well, they ask that during the winter you keep to the hard standing paths and don’t walk through the smaller woodland tracks. You also have to pre-booking parking at weekends and during the school holidays […]
Read More Hatfield Forest ReviewRiver Lee Country Park nr Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire is part of the Lee Valley Regional Park. The larger park is just massive, and too much to review in just one day. In fact it’s 26 miles long and goes through London, Essex and Hertfordshire! I’ll mention some of the highlights of the River Lee Country […]
Read More River Lee Country Park / Lee Valley Sculpture Trail ReviewWhen it came to doing this review of the CS Lewis Nature Reserve I’ve been slightly jinxed. Every time I’ve meant to go something has stopped me. Most recently, the day before visiting one of the kids tested positive for Covid! Anyway, we finally made it down there and, in a way, I’m glad we […]
Read More CS Lewis Nature Reserve ReviewA nature reserve and family friendly trail in Bedfordshire. Home to the Devil’s Toenail!
Read More Forest of Marston Vale ReviewA nature reserve in Northamptonshire with some amazing facilities for families.
Read More Stanwick Lakes ReviewThe Queen’s back garden! Windsor Great Park is so huge it takes several days to explore it all! There’s just tons to do here.
Read More Windsor Great Park ReviewTwo lakes, an adventure playground, splash park and lots of water sports are just a few of the things you can do here.
Read More Stanborough Park, Lakes & Splashlands Splash Park Review