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Category: Diary

  • Rydal Hall

    Sunday, 1st September 2013 Into the Lake District once again for a visit to Rydal Hall which sits on the hillside above Rydal Water between Ambleside and Grasmere. Rydal Hall is owned by the Diocese of Carlisle and the National Trust, it is a camping site and local art retreat. The Hall opens its gardens…

  • We Went Camping

    24th-26th August 2013 Recently we bought a tent as the boys are about old enough to enjoy camping and it can be a very costly affair staying in hotel rooms all the time with the added issues of locations and availability. So we bought a tent and headed to Scarborough for the Bank Holiday weekend.…

  • Aria Force

    18th August 2013 It was daddy’s birthday today but he didn’t want to go very far and decided to take the family to Ullswater to walk along Aria Force. The day started well enough, we picked up snacks for the walk and headed to Ullswater, when we arrived Ben was a little sick and so…

  • Llangollen Railway

    Wednesday 9th August 2013 We travelled back from our week at Great Nan’s today and Daddy Keating once again decided to take the scenic route through Wales as opposed to taking the dull motorways. This allowed us to stop a couple of times along the journey for a break and for daddy to drag us…

  • Folly Farm

    6th August 2013 We went to Folly Farm, on the way to Tenby in Pembrokeshire, to take the kids to one of Wales’ largest farm parks. Folly Farm is nestled at the head of a valley with views stretching out towards the Atlantic Ocean in the far distance. Folly Farm is far more than an…

  • Rhymney and Family

    Friday 2nd August 2013 Today was a slow day where we wouldn’t be traveling far and would spend time with extended Welsh family. In the morning Daddy took a couple of short walks around Rhymney village. Firstly he carried Ben on a 3 mile tour up the hill past the village of Bute and the…

  • Song Mouse

    While we were at Folly Farm Ben took me to see the mice as he wanted to sing to them. Which he did. A while nursery rhyme. So proud. This specific post was created using WordPress for Android on a mobile phone. This explains but not excuses any incorrect or unusual typography, brevity or formatting.

  • Lazy Tintern Days

    Thursday 1st August 2013 While the children slept, and Leigh knitted, Daddy drove from Cardiff to Monmouthshire (passing briefly out of Wales and then back in again) to take everyone to Tintern. Tintern, famed for its Abbey, is a delightful small town, but Daddy wasn’t here to see the wonderful ruin but to take everyone…

  • Whotastic

    Thursday 1st August 2013 This is the first real day of our weeklong break with Great Nan in Wales. Today Daddy Keating wanted to try and get into the Dr Who Experience once again. So with little fanfare everyone was bundled into the car and we went to Cardiff. The parking was easy enough and…

  • Ravenglass to Eskdale

    Saturday, 27th July 2013 Once again we travelled to Skiddaw and the beautiful hall where Jane was staying to collect her for a full day of holiday with the Family Keating. After a short pause to collect her we drove around the coastline of Cumbria in glorious weather to Ravenglass to take the Eskdale-Ravenglass steam…