We are still recovering from the half term break. This week the kids were back at school. The mother is very happy to have her life back.
On the weekend that the half term break started we visited one zoo, one castle, one museum and of course one pub.
On the Saturday we drove up to Chessington World of Adventures Resort. Since it was still winter, this was really Chessington Zoo as only a couple of the rides were open. It is about a 2.5 hour drive and we left the house at about 8AM. This wouldn't be an issue in Australia, where the children are normally up around 6AM. However we are now in England where it is dark cold and quiet at 6 in the morning and the children now sleep in till almost 7 and then like to spend about 30 minutes tucked under their doona watching videos on their ipods. Getting them out of the house and into the car with all their accessories (teddy bears, ipods, pillows, ipod chargers and snacks) takes quite a lot effort. I am normally exhausted before the drive starts. After the snack and cup of tea stop we got to the zoo at around 11.
We made the mistake of letting Ella have the map. Giving Ella the map is like giving her the audio tour device. She is more focussed on the map than actually seeing the animals.
As you can see from what everyone was wearing it wasn't the warmest day we have had here. The best animal we saw was a Capybara the world's largest rodent. Think of a guinea pig about the size of medium size dog.
The only two rides that were open were the carousel and the pirate ship. Ben was keen to go on the the pirate ship but after a large lunch there were no other takers.
The reason we went to Chessington was that it was close to Gatwick airport where we were picking up David Boyd at 4pm. David was travelling back to Australia from Germany where he had been studying....German. He had decided to spend a few days with his young cousins on the way back to Sydney.
After picking him up from the airport we headed back to Weymouth with stop at a pub for dinner. We arrived home at around 8PM.
On the weekend that the half term break started we visited one zoo, one castle, one museum and of course one pub.
On the Saturday we drove up to Chessington World of Adventures Resort. Since it was still winter, this was really Chessington Zoo as only a couple of the rides were open. It is about a 2.5 hour drive and we left the house at about 8AM. This wouldn't be an issue in Australia, where the children are normally up around 6AM. However we are now in England where it is dark cold and quiet at 6 in the morning and the children now sleep in till almost 7 and then like to spend about 30 minutes tucked under their doona watching videos on their ipods. Getting them out of the house and into the car with all their accessories (teddy bears, ipods, pillows, ipod chargers and snacks) takes quite a lot effort. I am normally exhausted before the drive starts. After the snack and cup of tea stop we got to the zoo at around 11.
The only two rides that were open were the carousel and the pirate ship. Ben was keen to go on the the pirate ship but after a large lunch there were no other takers.
After picking him up from the airport we headed back to Weymouth with stop at a pub for dinner. We arrived home at around 8PM.
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