The combination of a real steam railway, a play park & a wooden play train & station is a real winner for our children! They LOVE to go to The Train Park in my parents' town.
On this visit to the park I lost Luke for quite sometime at one point. Eventually after much calling his name his cheeky little face popped up from inside the wooden train's coal tender! I should have known!
Next to the park is the disused mainline station. Train enthusiasts run short steam & diesel rides along a small section of the track at weekends. They also restore old engines in the train yard. My Dad, Lee, & I had popped into the local bike shop to take a peek at bikes for me (I took a shine to a gorgeous
Pashley bike! I have expensive tastes no? But they are beautiful!) while my Mum & the kids went ahead to the park. Just as we began to cross the track into the park, the guard began to clear the line as a train was coming. He is a friend of my parents so we were allowed to stay at the track side. I took a photo of the train coming towards us. Can you see little hands waving at the back of the carriage?
I took a quick snap of the train as it passed us only to realise that the five heads peeking out of the back were my children & their Grandma!! Quite fun! And only £1 a ride or something wasn't it mum? The kids thought it was marvellous! Thanks Mum!
When we walked through the town on the way to the park we stopped to make a couple of fruit smoothies outside the local wholefood shop. The boys all had a go pedal powering the liquidiser to make a smoothie from fruit juices, bananas & grapes.
Luke's legs were really too small for such things but he wanted to sit on the bike anyway. We turned the pedals with our hands for him!
Timmy mastered the art of standing while pedaling. It was hard work & the smoothies weren't smooth at all but they tasted good! And it was fun too!
Annie-Joy didn't want to try the bike. She preferred a horse ride outside the pet shop!
Back at the park, the kids had fun playing on all the fantastic new equipment. Have I told you how great Jordan is at the monkey bars? He really is amazingly strong!
Luke prefers to swing low, but he is also very good! He learnt to do a backwards roll while holding onto a bar over the summer. He was SO pleased with himself & went round the whole park telling everyone that he was very clever because he could do gymnastics!
There is a bit of modern art at the top of the slide mound. I am sure it has some art significance but.....
.... it also makes a lovely seat to survey the view and....
....to take a small nap before...
....heading off down the impressively high & long slide!
There are steps to get up to the slide but Timmy preferred a more adventurous climb up the mound itself! I did it too- it really is VERY steep! Can you see Luke running in the distance?
Eventually it was time to go back to my parents' house for tea. We prized the kids away & Timmy & Luke held Gap's arms & swung him between them all the way home! Cute! :o)
The combination of a real steam railway, a play park & a wooden play train & station is a real winner for our children! They LOVE to go to The Train Park in my parents' town.
On this visit to the park I lost Luke for quite sometime at one point. Eventually after much calling his name his cheeky little face popped up from inside the wooden train's coal tender! I should have known!
Next to the park is the disused mainline station. Train enthusiasts run short steam & diesel rides along a small section of the track at weekends. They also restore old engines in the train yard. My Dad, Lee, & I had popped into the local bike shop to take a peek at bikes for me (I took a shine to a gorgeous Pashley bike! I have expensive tastes no? But they are beautiful!) while my Mum & the kids went ahead to the park. Just as we began to cross the track into the park, the guard began to clear the line as a train was coming. He is a friend of my parents so we were allowed to stay at the track side. I took a photo of the train coming towards us. Can you see little hands waving at the back of the carriage?
I took a quick snap of the train as it passed us only to realise that the five heads peeking out of the back were my children & their Grandma!! Quite fun! And only £1 a ride or something wasn't it mum? The kids thought it was marvellous! Thanks Mum!
When we walked through the town on the way to the park we stopped to make a couple of fruit smoothies outside the local wholefood shop. The boys all had a go pedal powering the liquidiser to make a smoothie from fruit juices, bananas & grapes.
Luke's legs were really too small for such things but he wanted to sit on the bike anyway. We turned the pedals with our hands for him!
Timmy mastered the art of standing while pedaling. It was hard work & the smoothies weren't smooth at all but they tasted good! And it was fun too!
Annie-Joy didn't want to try the bike. She preferred a horse ride outside the pet shop!
Back at the park, the kids had fun playing on all the fantastic new equipment. Have I told you how great Jordan is at the monkey bars? He really is amazingly strong!
Luke prefers to swing low, but he is also very good! He learnt to do a backwards roll while holding onto a bar over the summer. He was SO pleased with himself & went round the whole park telling everyone that he was very clever because he could do gymnastics!
There is a bit of modern art at the top of the slide mound. I am sure it has some art significance but.....
.... it also makes a lovely seat to survey the view and....
....to take a small nap before...
....heading off down the impressively high & long slide!
There are steps to get up to the slide but Timmy preferred a more adventurous climb up the mound itself! I did it too- it really is VERY steep! Can you see Luke running in the distance?
Eventually it was time to go back to my parents' house for tea. We prized the kids away & Timmy & Luke held Gap's arms & swung him between them all the way home! Cute! :o)
2 comments:
It was a fun day all round- it seems so long ago, when the last time we were there with Jordi in October there was frost on the maze!
I love the pics in the round!
Love Mum xx
Lovely blog Em & brill snaps,the slide reminds me of the slide at Fairlands lakes,still cant believe they took the bump out that was the best bit!
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