Tuesday 20 April 2010

A visit to London







Last weekend we went to London for the day, it was a lovely sunny day so we walked from Victoria train station to Hyde park where we sat on the grass, ate our picnic lunch and watched the people go by. It was such a lovely day that we hired a peddalow boat and peddled on the Serpentine for 30mins. Then we walked to the nearby Science museum, I had booked tickets for the Imax theatre to see Hubble 3D, a film about the latest shuttle mission to replace some of the telescope parts. It was fantastic, the closest I'll ever come to doing a space walk! The 3D effect on such a massive screen is quite incredible. Alex kept reaching out trying to grab stars as we were flying through space.The only drawback are the huge glasses you have to wear, as you can see in the picture! After the film we walked back through Hyde park to Victoria station, we passed through a small square called Springbok Square where we found these beautiful sculptures of animals that Alex is posing with. We're very lucky to be only a 90min train journey from London, to be able to see the sights, the hustle and bustle, and then be able to return to the peace and quiet of our little town.



Monday 19 April 2010

Easter holidays


The boys and I met up with some friends at Howletts wild animal park - they don't call them zoos anymore! I don't like the places, I would much prefer to see animals in their natural environment but I do suppose they play their role in animal conservation. They have a very large group of gorillas and I know they have very successful at breeding and reintroducing family groups into Central Africa. They also have various other animals including a big herd of African elephants, tigers and these rhino which the boys were able to get very close to, beautiful animals.

Sunday 18 April 2010

10 pin bowling


Over the Easter weekend we went to Wales to visit Andrew's mom for a few days, then we went to Cardiff to visit his brother and girlfriend. We went 10 pin bowling, Matthew beat us all!

Sunday 11 April 2010

Welcome

Having been inspired by Mandy's blog, we have set up our own as a way to keep in touch with family and friends. We hope it will give you some insight into our life here in UK and we hope you enjoy seeing some of the things we get up to.