My family have a yearly ticket to Godinton House so they took me to the gardens for an afternoon. Spanning twelve acres, the gardens include a rose garden, herbaceous garden, Italian garden, walled garden, wild garden, and lily pond – all scattered with sculptures and surrounded by ancient parkland studded with stately oaks and chestnuts. To visit by car, park in the on-site car park (51°09'37.2"N…
We did a detour to Windermere on the way home from the Yorkshire dales, hired a kayak from Windermere Canoe and Kayak for the day, and went for a paddle on Windermere lake. This was a great way to explore, enabling us to visit islands and different parts of the lake. Parking is available in the adjacent Ferry Nab parking (54°21'19.6"N 2°55'35.6"W), which also has a…
Constructed from 1887 to 1889, it is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower. Locally nicknamed "La dame de fer", it was built as the centrepiece of the 1889 World's Fair.
After wandering around Central Park, we took the ferry out to the Statue of Liberty.
Go ape is a great day out for adults and kids alike. You’re always attached to a safety line so no real risk of falling, and not much difficulty involved, just fun in the trees. They even had a small beer festival on when we were there, a great end to a fun day. Go ape has multiple locations, to visit check their website for your…
Loads to see. Howletts is renowned for its ability to breed rare species and its pioneering conservation work. We didn’t visit the reserve, just the animal park and house grounds, but still managed to fill the day easily. Kids being kids chose the gem pit as one of their favourite parts of the day: The mansion grounds are also beautiful to wander around: This is a…
This has to be the cleanest vivarium I have ever visited in my life. I usually have some very mixed feelings about these types of places, but the animals in this place looked in top condition.
After a small walk and lunch in the old town, we walked by Lac Leman toward the Jet D'eau (literally translated as 'water jet'), it was a grey day, but somehow the clouds didn't spoil the view. A very different perspective of the lake than the sunny day in Montreux.
The New Forest Owl and Otter Sanctuary is located on the edge of The New Forest close to the towns of Ashurst and Lyndhurst. Here you can get up close with some usually shy animals such as deer and owls, as well as seeing otters, wallabies, hogs, mice, ferrets, and even a lynx. Update: This place is now called 'The New Forest Wildlife Park', listed as…
I went here with my father during the Gardens of Glass exhibition by Chihuly, which added an extra touch to an already beautiful place.
London zoo is small enough to see in a day but big enough for good variety. Kids favourites included the walkthrough lemur and butterfly exhibits, and penguin beach. Pay and display parking is also available on the Outer Circle at £2.40 per hour Monday to Saturday and £1.40 per hour on Sundays from 9am to 6.30pm each day. There is a 4 hour max stay Monday-Saturday…
The world’s largest geodesic domes, with temperate and tropical Biomes is quite a sight. My father took me here and I’ll always remember it as something special to both of us. Do be aware of the big changes in temperature and humidity, your camera may need time to adjust or, like me, most of your photos won't come out. This is a paid attraction, with ample…