We’d heard about the toddler-friendly Go Ape course at Black Park when doing the Gruffalo trail (now the Zog Activity Trail) at Wendover Woods and chatting to one of the Go Ape staff there. Soon after we saw on Chiltern Chatter’s Twitter that there was a free taster “Tots in the Tree Tops” session on, so…
Tag: playground
Harwoods Adventure Playground (06/10/17)
We managed to make it to the recently revamped Harwoods playground for the first time, on a brilliantly sunny autumn day. It was really quiet so our son had the playground pretty much to himself the whole time and he absolutely loved it! There are loads of different things to climb on and he enjoyed…
Wardown House and Park (07/09/17)
We’d seen adverts for Wardown House Museum and Gallery when we visited the excellent Stockwood Discovery Park. Both museums, run by Luton Culture, seem to have benefited from significant investment in the past few years, and have clearly worked hard to provide a rich and varied visitor experience for all ages. Wardown House, just north of…
Wrest Park (14/05/17)
Wrest Park is an English Heritage property about 45 minutes drive from Watford and makes for a great family day out.
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…
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…
Cassiobury Park playground (18/10/16)
We’ve been many times, but thought it useful to post a few pics of the larger playground at the bottom of Cassiobury Park if you’re thinking of making the trek …
Café Cha re-opens (02/09/16)
We’d been hotly anticipating the re-opening of Café Cha in Cassiobury Park as we loved taking our little one to the playground before it closed for refurbishment. As the work went on we were a bit sceptical as the play equipment for very young children appeared to be being replaced with swings, a climbing frame and…
Hughenden Manor (14/08/16)
We’re a big fan of day trips and Hughenden Manor is an acceptable distance drive (roughly 45 minutes from Watford on a good day) so we decided to visit it one Sunday in August. It’s the home of the Victorian Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, and although it’s quite expensive to get in (in my opinion;…
Butts Meadow playground, Berkhamsted (29/05/16)
We fell in love with Berkhamsted when we visited it for the first time after it had snowed the night before. It looked absolutely magical on the drive in and walking about in the snow. We saw a lot of families in the Costa Coffee coming in with sledges and we wondered where they had been…