The Natural History Museum in Tring is a smaller outpost of the larger museum in London. Originally a private museum built in the late nineteenth century by the Rothschild family, it became part of the Natural History Museum in 1937. It’s a short drive up in the A41 from Watford, and a favourite of ours – especially…
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Chiltern Open Air Museum (07/05/17)
The Chiltern Open Air Museum is about a 20 minute drive from Watford and well worth a visit.
Hatfield Park Farm and Playground (26/03/17)
A brilliantly sunny Mothers’ Day and what do you do? Where do you go? We were meeting Mr New to Watford’s parents at Dunstable Downs in the afternoon and needed somewhere to go beforehand. Discounting Whipsnade Tree Cathedral as being too similar an activity to the Downs , we decided on Hatfield Park Farm. We’re so glad…
Oaklands College Lambing Weekend (18/03/17)
Never ones to miss a free toddler entertainment opportunity, we popped into Oaklands College lambing weekend briefly on the Saturday.
Moving to Watford: One Year On (13/12/16)
It’s a year since we moved to Watford from London. But did we? We’re still having conversations with friends and colleagues over what really constitutes ‘London’. We both work in the capital and consider Watford – as it’s on the tube and a quick overland hop into Euston – still part of Greater London. Our commutes…
Oxford Natural History Museum (01/11/16)
We woke up one Sunday to a particular wet weather forecast and thought, with just a tinge of panic, ‘we must get out of the house otherwise we will all go mad’. Out of that was born the idea of going to Oxford for the day, as it could offer a treat for us as…
Cassiobury Farm Open Day (01/08/16)
We’d seen the deer from the tube window: look left as you’re sliding into Watford Met and you’ll just be able to make them out (as well as goats and ponies) through the trees. We’d always wondered what the site was, until we chanced upon the sign below earlier in the summer. Cassiobury Farm and…