Staycation - DAY 1 - Aug 1st 2012

Well Day one of my 10 day staycation and for the first 3 days Biker Boy is working mornings so its just me and Miss Boo, till 14:30.  


We went out for tea last night at Peachy Keens - YUM - and Miss Boo was almost asleep at the table, but we had eaten an ample sufficiency!  


We got up early Miss Boo waking me at 07:50 (I know if i had wanted to get her up for school she would have been a major grinch,)  still up and a shower and breakfast and dressed ready for our day out.  

We had arranged to go to the delightful Dewstow Gardens and Grottos, highly recommend if you like excentric victoriana and beautiful gardens and lovely friendly service, with My Friend Koala and her daughter Lady Anna.  We arrived to pick them up and installed the car seat and set off to sunny Caldicot, and  a magical adventure.

The girls had their Fairy hunt sheets and a map of the grotto and we were off, first fairy spotted and the letters noted down and then down into the grotto.

Lady Anna - you put your right leg in.........

 There were fairies and Pixies and scary Ogres (not at all Like Shrek)  But our trip meant that we got to cross another item off the Photo Scavenger Hunt - I mean I am Certain that no-one else will have such a beautiful Labyrinth, maze or trail..............  We dropped Lady Anna and Koala off at home, and a quick tour of some posh charity shops before home, we got some rather amazing bargins for Miss Boo's room which we are about to re-decorate.

We then collected Biker boy and headed via the Big Yellow M 

to the Wetlands Centre in search of Dragons, This one has lists of extinct creatures "Lest we forget"

We did the RSPB Bird Bingo and had lots of things to find on our healthy walk and the sun shone down!

Who Needs Tracey Emmin !

The wetlands is a treasure of wild life and art and very nice Hot chocolate !

Miss Boo's Favourite Chair (she used to fit in the seat and her legs stuck out)

Always Wondered How birds knew the way !

UM think we better go ! that looks wet

And so we raced back to the car just before the rain started, then home for a hot bath and bed before day 2 or our staycation....   hope you enjoyed and we have inspired you to visit these wonderful places.