After a long looong winter, the sun finally made an appearance here in Maidenhead and we just spent a lovely long weekend in the sunshine. Unfortunately Lindsay had to do quite a bit of work, so we couldn't go away on a trip in the camper-van. But he managed to get out on his bike a couple of times and I did some day trips with the kids.
On Friday after school, I took the girls to Cliveden, our local National Trust site. We only had about an hour there, but we enjoyed the sunshine, an ice cream and the play ground. Yana took Cheeky Monkey along, who she got to spend the weekend with as a reward from her school teacher.
On Saturday we took the girls to their gymnastics classes, Anya in the morning and Yana in the afternoon. In between we did some gardening. The plants Lindsay grew from seeds are making great progress and the strawberries I planted are already flowering. Again, Cheeky Monkey was there to help out.
In the evening we went for a bike ride to a nearby pub. Anya was on the back of Lindsay's bike and Yana managed to bike the 2km there and 2km back again. We sat in the beer garden and had dinner there.
On Monday, while Lindsay went for a huge bike ride to Wallingford, I took the kids to another National Trust site called Waddesdon Manor. It was a great place, with a lovely manor house and gardens, and an adventure playground that the kids loved. The weather was amazing.
We had a picnic by the playground, went for a walk through the gardens, sunbathed in front of the manor house and had an ice cream. We also saw a light show exhibition by Bruce Munro and some videos showing other light displays he had done. The kids were fascinated by them and didn't want to leave.
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