Malpas Yesteryear Rally

A Beautiful late summers day saw they family heading to Malpas Yesteryear Rally. Kellyn was very excited about going and could not wait to get there. We first looked around the auto jumble while Kellyn and Ceienna enjoyed a nice snooze. When they woke up we watched a puppet show before looking around the show. At the Craft tent we came across a voice over shaggy dog that was just winding everyone up it was just so funny we were all in stitches we just had to stop to watch it. Next we walked around the Steam engines where they were doing a road building display again we stopped to what before we walked round some more. Finally we visited the steam fun fair where Ceienna went on the carousel.
It was a great day enjoyed by all, Cant wait till next year.

Blists Hill Victorian Town Telford

Today the family headed to Blists Hill Victorian Town in Telford. This was a visit organised by the Home Education group, it provided a great opportunity to introduce Kellyn to History and he sure took up the offer. He wondered round asking both of us and the staff lots of questions. It has been some time since we visited the site so we were looking forward to sampling the new attractions which of course include the new Fish and Chip shop, an experience i highly recommend. Also we went on the new clay mine excursion which reconstructs the underground mines and tells the story of the miners and the perils which they were faced with everyday. Ceienna Daddy and Kellyn had a huge amount of fun on the fairground. Ceienna didn't want the rides to end.
Today's trip was wonderful and educational we all really enjoyed it. Big Thank You to all the staff there for being so understanding of a very inquisitive little boy.

Wonderland-Telford

Today Kellyn, Ceienna and myself headed up the Motorway to Telford where we visited Wonderland. Wonderland is based on all our favorite classic children's tales and Nursery Rhymes. There is also a dinosaur part which was Kellyns favorite. My favourite was snow whites cottage, i would love a house like this myself. We wondered round for a while before heading to the castle which is the indoor play area. Kellyn and Ceienna had a great time in here. It was soon time to leave and we walked through Telford Town Park.

Bye Bye Daddy

Today was the first time Ceienna waved Daddy off to work. IT was just so sweet as she sat on the floor and waved to Daddy as he went through the door heading off to work. Bless her she is coming on leaps and bounds.

Eccleshall Show

Today the family headed to Staffordshire for the Eccleshall show, Originally we were going to take Rockin Robin but due to an extremely heavy work load we were not able to prepare it in time, However Grandad had taken his farm and Kellyn was looking forward to seeing it, So we set off through the boarder into the next county. Firstly we looked at the Classic Cars, we were amazed by the different club that were there supporting the show including the Mini's and Ford Capri. Kellyn was chuffed too as there was a Land Rover Display. Kellyn soon spotted Grandad and Nanny's Gazebo and both the children were extremely pleased to see them both, They decided to stay with them while we continued to look around the show. Next we watched the Working Gun Dog display, The dog's they were showing were in training but were still really good, i was really interested in them as spaniels are my favourite breed. Next we checked out the stalls and brought some odds and ends, Before returning back to the children and Nanny and Grandad.



A little while later we took the children to look around the show, We could not resit another look at the Dogs, One of the Dogs had recently had puppies and was proudly showing them off. Next we visited the poultry display, another all time favourite of mine, Kellyn also found some Kittens.
Next we looked in the Ferret Tent, all these lively animals were rescued, i was hard to belive how anyone could treat these small creatures so badly, some of there stories were honorific but on the brighter side it was good to see how they had transformed into the fun loving animals they are today.

It was soon time to be getting back, Kellyn was in a rush a watch X-Factor as he is really interested in the program at the moment. So we made our way home, all tired after a wonderful fun filled day.

Sucess At Last .

Our Beautiful Little Princess has now started to crawl. Suddenly She Took Off as Nanny arrived today not going wrong once. The whole Family are extremely proud our her.

County Of Salop Steam Show

Our Family Spent the Last Bank Holiday before Christmas at a very special event. The County of Salop Annual Steam Rally, To give it its proper title. People come from all over Europe to be at this event not just to Exhibit but to soak up the atmosphere that this event produces. This year there were lots of Exhibitors from the Wirral to Daddy's Delight and it was also attended by the son of the late Fred Dibnah.

Kellyn was so excited as we walked through the entrance gates as we were greeted by the sounds of the little stationary engines, well some not so little. These are Kellyns favorite exhibits and have been for some time now. We spent some time wandering around looking at the engines and answering all Kellyns Questions the best we could.
After looking at the Cars, Steam engines and Vintage bikes, We settled down to watch the parade around the ring of the working Horses. Ceienna's Favourite, she was very excited as the large shires went past her.

After the auto jumble we walked to the working field, Here steam engines, Vintage tractors and Horses were all working hard demonstrating working life in times gone bye.

Also in the working fields there was vintage tractor pulling and a static display of British Tractor Pulling by the new Pro- Stock Champion, The Bear Pulling team. Memories came flooding back to me. We watched a steam engine from 1875 complete a " Full Pull" in the Tractor Pulling before we sampled some wonderfull freshly squeezed apple juice, It really tasted fantastic far better than anything you can purchase in the Supermarket.

We left the working field via aTractor Ride Kellyn thought this was great and gave a running commentary to the people riding in the trailer with us. We arrived next to the main arena just in time the see the Grand Old Lady Parade, This has been something very close to my heart for many years. This year was no disappointment.

To complete our day we headed to the Vintage steam fair, Kellyn went on the Big Wheel with Daddy and Ceienna went on the carousel.

We all had a absolutely fabulous day out and really can not wait until next years event.