Whitwell Wood

Good blog... and now on GoYpedia Wellies !!!

Thankyou Tt. When we were standing in the stream Shelley realised the left wellie was letting in water.....lol

Lol. I hope you had a puncture repair kit ;o)

Plastic bag Tt....purfic......

how lovely to be able to drink from a fresh spring! i have to admire you ~ braving the weather but i can see you were well rewarded by all the fun you had.

those orchids are really pretty arent they ~ i love finding them!!

Lol. plastic bag = ideal :o)

Lovely blog. Glad you all had a nice time.

Looks like you all had a good day. Kids would not have minded the weather at all. They never do - it's only adults that complain!
I live about 100 metres from the river and the woods - kids always enjoy going for a walk and to find things out. When they first came home from Asia - we used to pretend to the older 2 that there was crocodiles in the river so they wouldn't venture along on their own. That only worked until the other kids told them that crocodiles dont live in Scotland.
Enjoyed your pictures HB :)

No crocodiles living wild in Scotland ???
I learn something new every day.
Thank goodness for GoY :o)))

Great blog Homebird the children obviously enjoyed their adventure Nice pics :o))

No crocs TT only wild Haggis!!!!!!!!!lol ;o)

Great blog, HB. It's clear you all had an exciting walk in a lovely wood.

Thankyou everyone. We did have a lovely walk Sticki, the spring is hard to find for anyone who hasn't been shown where it is. The children did really well to walk as far as they did Sheila as Samuel is only 17 months old and Emily just 3yrs. They much prefer the outdoors just as we do. Didn't see any signs of crocodiles near the stream Scottish, they all moved to Scotland because the weather's better up there... We may have heard a haggis or two though Niverdeen. I love our wood Ojibway. My dad used to take us most weeks and tell us about the cunning foxes in the wood who never got caught by the Sunday Hunt.

It's great to see kids enjoying themselves :o)
and adults too lol

Lol. Niverdeen ...

I'm off to bed now, to dream of wild haggis on the loose in the Banffshire jungles ... ;o)

They really did enjoy it and it didn't cost us a penny either Hywel.

There's nothing better for them than being outside. So much to do and see.

What a lovely walk and with two delightful little ones Hb. I love the magical water story!

Night Night sleep tight Tt.
Sheila I think it keeps them healthy and strong . We were looking for a suitable climbing tree for Emily but didn't find one. We like to introduce them to as many activities and experiences as we can.
Thanks G.mage, they are such a pleasure to be with. We used to take bottles to fill for the older peolpe when we were children. They believed it helped all kinds of ailments.

Well who are we to argue with that Hb. Bless em. Maybe it has got healing properties!

Oh that takes me back to when the children were small. How lovely. Even to my childhood too, when we used to make a den in the woods. You couldnt do that today.

What a lovely day, and not a penny paid out!! the children will remember days like these, splendid HB.

Looks like a great time out Hb, lovely blog and smashing wild Orchids, i do love our native ones...

Thanks all.
G.mage, I feel better for the good drink (or was it the walk in the fresh air)
Cinders it's such a shame we have to be so careful with the children nowadays. I can't wait though for them all to be old enough to camp out in the back garden as my children did. We didn't get a lot of sleep though....lol The tree at the top of the garden is a perfect climbing tree for when the are a little older. My son and daughter spent hours climbing it when we first moved here.
Dd, it's such a pleasure to do things with the grandchildren that we did with our son and daughter when they were young. They still remember the fun things we did together and want to do it with their children.
Sl it's so good to get out with the children and see things anew through their eyes and imaginations. The orchids were lovely, we obviously went at just the right time to see them.