I don’t know where the time has gone. Or my instalments! We have been here nearly 3 weeks…we’ve been to Birmingham, Somerset and now we’re in Wales! We have done LOADS of stuff! Here’s some of it!
We went to Kinver Rock Houses – last known occupied troglodyte houses in the UK…(and apparently where my mum spent her 21st birthday getting drunk!!).
We went to the Birmingham Botanical Gardens – next to my old school, and saw the National Bonsai Collection – plants so fancy they are under lock and key!
We went to Sarehole Mill – opposite the childhood home of JRR Tolkien, and known to be part of the inspiration for Lord of The Rings…
We went out for dinner with Grandma!
We went to Wren’s Nest – a ‘ classic geological site of exceptional importance’, and found fossils….
Then we went to Somerset to see my Dad and step Mom…
We went to Stonehenge (not in Somerset – in Wiltshire….but we were taking Brett for a day fly fishing to decided to visit Stonehenge too!)
We went to the beach…
We had pub lunches in the sunshine….
Kai found a wheat field…(seriously, notice all this sunshine!? Hard to believe it’s England!)
We went to visit my cousin in Taunton – he has 5 kids, some are in this photo!…
He also has a lot of slow worms in his garden! Brett was overjoyed!
Dad got us free tickets for Splash Waterworld (yes, hot enough for outside swimming and my bikini!)
And free tickets for Brean Leisure Park…Kai is REALLY into amusement parks at the moment!
We drove back to Birmingham and my Mum….went for an evening walk in Clent, found a badger sett and saw the sunset
We went to the West Midlands Safari Park….zebra, giraffes and deer put their heads in the car! We fed them!! Kai took the photo’s!
It has an amusement park adjacent to it – I went on all the rides with Kai, including this roller coaster…I’m seriously getting too old!
Then we drove to my Mum’s caravan in Wales….weather still good….Kai had fun in what was Grandad Roy’s favourite river while Brett fished…
We went to Lake Vyrnwy yesterday – a man made reservoir that was created by flooding a village in a valley to harness enough water for Liverpool….
And we walked to the Rhiwargor waterfalls at the top of the lake…
Other stuff in our ‘downtime’ has included Kai playing a fair bit of DS Pokemon and Assassins Creed on PC. We’re currently on our 3rd Beast Quest book. He bought a Minecraft book and a How to Train Your Dragon ‘(in)complete Book of Dragons’.
Today is Brett’s last day – he flies home tomorrow, so I think we are having a quiet day with maybe a pub lunch/dinner, some Beast Quest and maybe some time down at the river. Kai and I drive to somewhere else in Wales tomorrow to spend a few days in a cottage with my cousin and his kids….
Phew. And we keep wondering why we are all so tired!!
Oh and a reminder – it’s Learn Nothing Day in only 4 more days!! Get ready!! I think we are destined to fail already – but we’ll give it our best shot – Kai is trying to cram in all new knowledge before the 24th!!
Dea
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