Lytes Carey

Patrick thought we should have a day out so we had to go to the bank and other places then on to Lytes Carey which is now owned by the National Trust.  It is very close but as usual you do not visit the places near to you.

A view of the front of the house it still has all the original furniture from the last owners so it feels like they have just gone out for the day.  It has its own chapel, and the history of the house had a lot of surprises.  We discovered that the last owner called Jenner was related to the the Jenners who have the store in Edinburgh, which I am sure Siew Gin, Alan and her parents must have visited.  We have also supplied hats and garments to Jenner's.

There are lots of gardens and an orchard, swimming pool, and a pond this is a view of the sunken garden.

Blaze Castle

We had a good time at Blaze castle the boys played on the swings and slides and Daniel had a great time in the sand, it also brought back happy memories of when Siew Gin, Tyler and Cody came over and enjoyed it here.

Daniel waiting for us to get our shoes on the mark on his chin is where he rode his scooter into a gate.

Daniel and Barry in the sand

Grandad and Jake playing with the frisbie

Come on Grandad I am waiting.

We also went round the house and it was very interesting made me feel old to see an old washing machine that I could remember from my childhood.  Then we went off for lunch.

Jake's Pictures

Jake had a great time in the butteryfly house and took some good pictures of them and of the months.

Butterfly having his lunch

Close up of the same butterfly

Another butterly they were some times very hard to spot.

Another buterfly

Almost ready to hatch

Moth Caterpillars having a feast

Jake just had to try and photograph him self.

Day at Bristol Zoo

I have't been to the Zoo for a few years and there are quite a lot of improvements and they now have some more play areas for the children.

Daniel soon got fed up with the animals and went off with daddy for an ice cream, then it was off to play on the toys this is a picture of him on the bus.

When Jake discovered that Daniel had been eating ice cream he had to have one as well, I do not think he could get much more on his spoon.

While Daniel and Sarah went off to the play park, Barry, Jake and I went on to look at more animals.

Jake could not resist going into the meerkat area and pretend to be a meerkat he wanted them to come and look in at him but unfortunately they didn't.

Picture of Jake and Daniel playing in the water they had just made a dam and were waiting for the water level to rise.

Daniel had a great time playing in this boat.

It was when I got home I realised I had not taken any picture of the animals.

Gorilla's in Bristol

There are about 60 gorilla's in and arround Bristol all painted with different designs, Jake and Daniel are trying to have their photo's taken with as many as possible this one was outside Bristol Zoo.

Pictures in Jake's Bedroom

These are pictures for Aunty Siew Gin.

Jake loves poster and he is always moving them round the globes on the top shelf are jigsaws made by him with a little help from Dad

A silly picture

Jake

Day Out with Daniel

Went up for a few days to visit Barry, Sarah and the grandchildren, on my first day Sarah decided to take Jake to the pictures so Barry and I took Daniel to the park.

We could not believe that Daniel wanted to go on the swing as he really dose not like them, I think it was because the baby was on there.

When we got fed up with the swings we went to the Mall and visited the toy shops then for a quick game at another play area before meeting up with Sarah and Jake for lunch. 

Sarah took Jake home while we finished our lunch then a quick trip to Toys R Us.