Yesterday after a leisurely start to the morning, David and I took both of our boys out for the day to the Lappa Valley Railway. It was a beautiful but at times hair-raising drive out through some very narrow country lanes and as we arrived the sun began to really shine.
The Lappa Railway is a great family day out. The entrance ticket includes trips on three different Steam powered minature railways the first of which takes you out to a lovely wooded area with a boating lake, crazy golf course, a brick maze and a children's playground. You can also catch a ride on one of the other two railways or take a walk through the woods.
When we disembarked off the first train Nat couldn't wait to get going. Firstly we attempted the maze, Seb was the first one to successfully make it to the centre and to ring the bell in the middle. I had to abandon my effort as Nat was already charging off towards the play area.
He had a go on some slides and a sit on digger before trying the roundabout, the seesaw and the fort.
But I think his favourite was the rocking train. Meanwhile Seb climbed to the top of the climbing frames, now a very easy task for him. Also Nat loved the pedal cars especially when Seb pushed him around the track really fast.
We then walked down the hill and enjoyed an ice-cream before taking the second train ride around the outside of the maze.
Next we tenatively lowered ourselves into rowing boats and were pushed away from the bank. It was lovely rowing around the lake with the sun beating down on us. David, Nat and I were in one boat and Seb had one to himself. We also followed a mother duck and her little ducklings around the lake as Nat was absolutely fascintated by them.
After the boating we caught the third train out to another play and football area. I sat basking in the sun while David ran around with the boys kicking balls and chasing each other.
When the train returned to pick us up again, Seb decided he was going to race it back to the depot and he arrived back long before we did.
Finally we collected our clubs and went out to the Crazy Golf course. It was a ludicrous game of crazy golf as Nat just could not or would not get the hang of how to do it properly. Firstly he kept running off with all our balls or fetching them back for us if we "missed" and didn't get a hole in one. Secondly he kept using the wrong end of his club - more in the style of playing snooker! And if that didn't work a good kick with his foot or a gentle push with his hand usually saw his ball safely into the hole. I am not sure what the family trailing behind us made of it all but Nat had a good time and we found it quite amusing!
We caught the train back to the car park and headed back to George's house for tea. On the way we stopped to pick up some fruit scones to have with Raspberry Jam and clotted cream for an after dinner treat. Unfortunately they didn't have any clotted cream left so I picked up a can of squirty whipped cream instead.
George's sister Sam also arrived yesterday with her twins Abbie and Joey so it was really nice to see her again. The Vicar came over to make the final arrangements for Holly's Christening on Sunday. After he had left we had dinner, then Joe's friend Lucy joined us and we all enjoyed a Magnum of Champagne which George had chilled so that we could all celebrate and toast her and Joe's engagement.
The evening ended with the kids having a squirty cream fight. Cream ended up everywhere and we are still clearing it up today!
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