An Interesting Week.....

We have had a few trips out and about this week, the first being to Haslemere Museum...

Absolutely a one we shall return to, it was beautifully laid out and had the boys captivated. Although they do love a museum (big or small)!! There was a woodland walk and we ended up having our picnic in a 200yr old gazebo overlooking a pond. On the way back into the museum there was a bee hive that was behind glass, so you could take the panels off and have a look at the bees going about their business. Highly captivating!!

A has rekindled his Ancient Egyptian interest as we saw a real mummy and his sarcophagus :-)
J has grown an interest in archeology and he chose a small dinosaur egg to excavate with tools to reveal a dino inside!

Wednesday arrived in a rain shower that kept reappearing but didn't stop us from our meetup at Uppark, nr Petersfield.  We got to use our national trust NZ membership for the first time and it was a brilliant day!

Boys had an absolute blast...playing in the meadow where they stumbled upon a maze...playing with their friends and enjoying a tour around the house. They were very impressed with that. We watched a short film on the fire that nearly destroyed the house and then we spoke to a guide who showed us a picture of a metal chandelier that was almost destroyed but amazingly was prised apart and rehung in the main hallway. There were also underground tunnels that caused lots of excitement!!!

I think we stayed for around 4 hrs through the rain and lovely hot sun when it came out. Beautiful views and we spotted the Spinnaker Tower and some huge ships out at sea.

Today has been spent mostly getting ready for an impromptu camping weekend!!