During half term while Lee was working away in London & Timmy was holidaying with Grandma & Grandad, I took three children plus a bike, a scooter & a toy pram full of dolls to Sefton Park. I'm not quite sure what came over me as I have never put the bikes in the car by myself before but before I knew what I was saying I had suggested the adventure to the kids! Anyway, I had no problem getting everyone & all the bikes in the car. Getting them out at the other end was much trickier & for a moment I thought we might just have to turn around & come home again! Eventually I got Jordan's bike out & we went for a lovely meander around the park.
We all enjoyed a good look at the newly restored fountain with Eros (I think) on the top.
It was very splashy! I love the fish & the chubby cherubs cast in bronze.
We headed up to the new play area & had fun feeding the crocodiles there until Jordan fell & bashed his face & nearly knocked one of his teeth out! He was doing something I asked him not to do & it went predictable wrong. I hope I didn't do the 'I told you so' thing too much & that the lesson will be learnt now so we don't have to do that again! It gave us all a nasty shock I can tell you!
From the park we went down to the Bandstand. Apparently it is the thing that inspired The Beatles Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It too has recently been renovated. The original design for Sefton Park way back in 1866 was supposed to cost £85,000 to complete but it actually cost £147, 000!!!
Everywhere Luke goes he finds things to collect. I find a great assortment of little treasures in his pockets when I wash his clothes! On this walk he found alder cones which he calls cute pine cones.
Further on the children climbed up the Davies Tribe Chair. Jordan was a great big brother & helped the others up to the top.
Last summer all the lakes in the park were drained & cleaned out & the railings were taken away. Fountains have been put in everywhere, it seems. The boys were as puzzled as the ducks as to why they were there! There used to be two tortoises/terapins that lived in this lake. I wonder if they are still there after the clear up?
Over an hour later we could be seen wending our weary way back to the car up a very steep hill.
And there at the top of the hill a piggy-wig stood quietly munching away on the oak leaves! I wonder who left him there?
During half term while Lee was working away in London & Timmy was holidaying with Grandma & Grandad, I took three children plus a bike, a scooter & a toy pram full of dolls to Sefton Park. I'm not quite sure what came over me as I have never put the bikes in the car by myself before but before I knew what I was saying I had suggested the adventure to the kids! Anyway, I had no problem getting everyone & all the bikes in the car. Getting them out at the other end was much trickier & for a moment I thought we might just have to turn around & come home again! Eventually I got Jordan's bike out & we went for a lovely meander around the park.
We all enjoyed a good look at the newly restored fountain with Eros (I think) on the top.
It was very splashy! I love the fish & the chubby cherubs cast in bronze.
We headed up to the new play area & had fun feeding the crocodiles there until Jordan fell & bashed his face & nearly knocked one of his teeth out! He was doing something I asked him not to do & it went predictable wrong. I hope I didn't do the 'I told you so' thing too much & that the lesson will be learnt now so we don't have to do that again! It gave us all a nasty shock I can tell you!
From the park we went down to the Bandstand. Apparently it is the thing that inspired The Beatles Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. It too has recently been renovated. The original design for Sefton Park way back in 1866 was supposed to cost £85,000 to complete but it actually cost £147, 000!!!
Everywhere Luke goes he finds things to collect. I find a great assortment of little treasures in his pockets when I wash his clothes! On this walk he found alder cones which he calls cute pine cones.
Further on the children climbed up the Davies Tribe Chair. Jordan was a great big brother & helped the others up to the top.
Last summer all the lakes in the park were drained & cleaned out & the railings were taken away. Fountains have been put in everywhere, it seems. The boys were as puzzled as the ducks as to why they were there! There used to be two tortoises/terapins that lived in this lake. I wonder if they are still there after the clear up?
Over an hour later we could be seen wending our weary way back to the car up a very steep hill.
And there at the top of the hill a piggy-wig stood quietly munching away on the oak leaves! I wonder who left him there?
3 comments:
I love the piggy wig!!! How cool you noticed him! Looks like a lovely time was had by all again, apart from Jordan's near miss with the teeth of course!! xx
What a cosy story! I'm sure we all want to know more about the piggy-wig now!
It's good that the children can enjoy the park so much and that you're able to take them there in your little bus! It may not be so easy when they progress to bigger bikes!
Mwah!
DaddyO xxxxxx
I love it!!!
Love Mum xxx
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