This week's homeschool blog hop theme at Our Worldwide Classroom is family pastimes. What things do you enjoy together as a family?
We do a lot of things together, but our favorite pastime as a family has to be going on outings, and it normally involves a picnic! If the weather is bad (as it often can be in England), we eat our picnic in the car.
Every Saturday we try to go somewhere as a family. Here in England, there are hundreds of places to go within a 2-hour drive (we don't always go 2 hours away--many times it's less than an hour away). We go to castles, museums, National Trust houses, gardens, nature walks, farm parks, playgrounds, mountain drives, cathedrals, and more! The UK is loaded with great places to visit, and we don't really have to spend money to go. We pay a reasonably-priced annual fee to be National Trust members, and it's so worth it. As members, we can visit any one of the hundreds of National Trust properties for free. During the winter when most National Trust places are closed, we look for free museums or other free or cheap attractions to visit. We really have no problem finding something to do!
Here are pictures of some of our outings from the past year. Enjoy!
Little Moreton Hall, Big Ben hay bale structure at Snugbury's, National Rail Museum, and Yorkminster Cathedral:
London Science Museum, Conwy Castle, Wheelock Farm:
Speke Hall, Fountains Abbey, Great Orme in North Wales:
Ruins of Roman fort, Lake District mountain drive, bluebell forest walk, playground at Croft Castle:
Picnic in Shropshire Hills, tennis at Biddulph Grange Garden, beach at Llandudno, and Bodnant Gardens:
wow look at all of those great outings....so mny places to visit. :)
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ReplyDeleteWhat an amazing education you are giving your children...visiting all those wonderful places!
ReplyDeleteI can just imagine what there is to do in your area. What a blast!
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