We took a day trip out to Esholt this morning with a picnic packed and we went with Jessica, Gracie and Jessica’s mummy.  Daddy got all giddy when he recognised the Woolpack – sad muppet 🙂

We were one of the first to arrive so we had the place to ourselves and hence had plenty of time to enjoy feeding the animals on our own, before the crowds all arrived.  Then we played in the hay barn and had our picnic lunch in the front garden overlooking the pond.

After lunch, we played outside for a little while longer before going into the big indoor soft play barn for an hour or so.  Then back outside into the hay barn again (they all LOVED the hay barn as there were a few rope swings to play on as well as a little hay loft / den to play in 🙂  Finally, we were on to the bigger outdoor play structures such as the zip wire and the balance woodwork and tractor tyres etc.

The pictures from the day are in the holiday gallery but are attached below for easy access 🙂

Home » Daytrip to St Leonards Farm Park » Holidays » St Leonard Farm Park - April 13

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Simon spent just over an hour with the rear bumper last night and managed to get 98% of the scratches out from the little accident we had on the way home.

Given that Landrover assist were coming out this morning to check the rear brakes (again) we asked the chap to take a look and comment on damage.  He confirmed Simon’s diagnosis that we did not sustain any serious damage and Bruce is therefore A-OK.

The poor young lady tat ran up the back of us is sure to still be shook up (looked like her first real crash in fairness) so Vicky rang both her and her dad to explain that we were in good shape and needed to go no further.  Simon will finish the polishing out (to get that last 2%) nearer the summer when he spends a couple of days detailing the car and re-protecting with the waxes etc.

A lucky escape for all concerned 🙂

Last week we had the conservatory company perform some remedial work that ended up in many of the panels being removed and refitted, the doors realigned and resealing.

Well, it has made a MASSIVE difference to the feeling in the room itself – it is actually quite warm in there now.  There must have been a nasty leak somewhere that was letting a lot of cold external air in, and hence cooling the conservatory down significantly.

It may be too early to make this comment but it generally feels MUCH warmer in that room now than it did 2 week ago.

We had planned to go mountain biking at Gisburn (Lakes side of Skipton) for about 6 weeks so when the day came round and there was significant snow fallage, we decided to go none-the-less.

James cried off as he couldn’t get his car out down at Rastrick so we set off at 08:45. We arrived at around 10:45 at the tail centre as the ONLY car there and in fairness we had seen some incredible snow drifts. The is no way we would have been there without the skills of big Bruce. He managed the snow and the drifts effortlessly and in comfort for the passengers.

We actually needed to clean the snow and crud off the bikes BEFORE we started riding.

At the top of the hills in the open the wind was exceptionally cold but did not deter us from doing the trail.

Tim told us it was a 12k trail although Simon was spent at what seemed like (retrospectively) about 3/4 of the way around. Turns out it is actually 12 miles so Simon feels a lot better about that.

It was (in Simon’s opinion) the most tiring BUT most exhilarating ride that we have completed yet and while that last 1/4 left poor Lee and Tim waiting for Simon a LOT, it was worth the run out.

Snow riding is a LOT of fun and worthy of anyone with a little confidence to have a go – you will not regret it.