Picnic Crashing in Congleton Park

My step sister was meeting a friend down at the paddling pool and we decided to gatecrash, except that when we got there it was cold and they had decided against paddling. Picnic in the park then... it started to rain, so we headed off to the bandstand for lunch!

Very British, freezing our tits off eating cold sandwiches in the rain the park!

The weather was so weird, one minute it was pissing down and next the sun would come out. The kids didn't care about the rain and went and played anyway.

Little MJ played for a while but I think she got fed up and dragged daddy back (I don't think daddy minded as he was getting soaked too!)

These two are cousins and A was born March, Ebi-kun in July and A is a good head taller!

We had visited Pappy in the home before went to the park and Lou wanted to go and see him so the kids stayed with us. A and Ebi-kun got the scrabble out and me and MJ got the kids scrabble, she was quite happy just matching the letters.

We might see MJ again but A is going down to stay with her other gran so this was the last playdate. It's lovely that they all get on so well.

Archery madness

Ebi-kun is still keen as mustard with the whole knights thing. He has a thing about archery at the moment and found the bow my brother made him in the shed (out of a garden cane and a piece of twine). Ebi-kun re-strung it and made himself some arrows and I have to say, he is getting quite good!

Practising on the green, don't worry, the arrows don't go past the first tree, never mind hitting the road!

Local adventuring...

Where my mom lives now is about 8 miles from where I grew up, so although I kinda know the area, I don't know the local area that well. The other day we had been stuck in the house so when the sun came out Ebi-kun and I decided to go exploring. 

We wandered up the road and found a path that led to a footpath and suddenly we were in the fields, beautiful view!

We also found a load of blackberry bushes and a few ripe ones, although most weren't ready yet. I managed to carry a big handful hope - unprepared for berry picking and didn't have a bag with me! Hopefully the rest will have ripened up before we leave!

Haven't come across any gooseberries yet, not sure when the season is, but I LOVE gooseberries! Having a quieter week this week. We do have a playdate set up with my cousin and her kids later in the week and Friday we are popping down the Wolverhampton for my Nans 94th birthday - It's one non stop party here!