This weekend, we decided that a nice country walk is for wimps, and we headed up to Dalby Forest instead to try out the Tree Top Junior course at Go Ape!
01Jul/14
Category Archives: young children
27Jun/14
YSP Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, Yorkshire
This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is just off J38 of the M1 north of Sheffield, and it is HUGE. It is the very extensive grounds of Bretton Hall, and it has been turned into a home for works of art from a wide range of sculptors, including Henry Moore, and Antony Gormley.
09Jun/14
Stonehenge, Amesbury, Wiltshire
How to introduce Stonehenge? Surely. there is no-one alive who couldn’t recognise Stonehenge on a picture?
Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is a mystery, and a wonder. It has been attracting visitors since it was built hundreds of years ago. Although archeologists and other people whose job I can’t spell are able to have a good idea of when and how Stonehenge was built, we really still don’t know why.
01Jun/14
Pirate Island Adventure Golf, Castleford, West Yorkshire
On a gloriously sunny Yorkshire Sunday, we headed over to outlet village Junction 32 in Castleford to have a bit of a mooch around the shops, have some lunch, and most importantly; to play Pirate Island Adventure Golf!
31May/14
Fort Paull, Paull, East Yorkshire
This is a guest post from Meredith, aged 9, and is an entry into the MAD Blog Awards 2014 Kid Blog of the Year.
“My FAVOURITE way to spend a sunny day outside is…visiting somewhere new with my family.
Here’s what we did when we visited Fort Paull, on the East Yorkshire coast.
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29May/14
Jorvik Viking Centre, York, North Yorkshire
Jorvik Viking Centre tells the story of the Viking history of York, and is somewhere we visited a couple of times as children. Superbreak gave us some tickets so we could take our own children and see what had changed in the last twenty or so years.
20May/14
Exploring Brayton Barff, Selby, North Yorkshire – with Yorkshire Water
This post is part of our FREE Family Days out in Yorkshire series
Yorkshire Water invited us to find out more about Brayton Barff, near Selby in North Yorkshire. It is one of the many Yorkshire Water sites which are open to public use.
10May/14
Bridlington Birds of Prey and Animal Park, Bridlington, East Yorkshire
Bridlington Birds of Prey and Animal Park is in the Park Rose complex just outside of Bridlington at Carnaby. It used to be known as the Park Rose Birds of Prey Centre but has expanded recently and undergone a full rebranding under owners Carl and Claire. We went to visit this week to see what had changed and to meet the new animals.
18Apr/14
Harewood House, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Harewood House near Leeds is an 18th Century stately home and gardens, which are open to the public. It is one of Yorkshire’s leading attractions, and is a lovely day out for families.
Harewood House is associated with many notables, including Capability Brown, and the artist JMW Turner. It will be the starting point, Grand Depart, for Le Tour (The Tour de France) in Summer 2014.
12Apr/14
The Maritime Museum, Hull, East Yorkshire
The Maritime Museum (known locally as the Town Dock Museum) is one of Hull’s free city-centre museums. It is a collection of all things nautical, particularly local history, and things connected to trawling and whaling. It is in one of Hull’s most famous buildings – the 19th century Docks offices buildings which were used, amongst other things, to administer migration from Eastern Europe to the Americas. If you love boats, local history, and sea-faring adventure, this museum is pretty good.