So this year after all the hospital visits and everything, I was so thankful that we had a holiday coming up.
This place we went to we have been there 3 times before first 2 times we stayed in the same log cabin and the 3rd we stayed in a bigger one due to my auntie and uncle joining us.
Well this year it was mum, dad, Martha, Rosey and my myself. So we decided that we would stay in the original one that sleeps 5 people. This was a fantastic lay out as my parents had their own bedroom with a double bed and in the girl's room there was a single bed downstairs and across the ceiling that made a 2nd mini bedroom up there. Which had 2 single mattress in it to make a double bed so that it could sleep 2 people. This was a space you could only really get into if you was a small person or a child. To my little cousins they thought this was the best thing ever! Their own little space all just to them as none of us could actually fit up there. This was the first picture I took of our whole holiday our little log cabin..
This is the website that we used to book and honestly if anyone is wanting time away from the world and just be in nature, this is the best place to be.
Also a plus side, the log cabin had been upgraded since we was last there and there was actually our own private hot tub!!
This was a fantastic idea as after the busy days we had out and about after tea it was nice to be able to relax in the hot for an hour and have our mini dance parties.
The bonus about where this log cabin is located is that it is not even 10 minutes away from Moors Valley. This place is a MASSIVE country park. It has a bike riding hire, play trails, Go Ape, Walking, Mini steam train rides, Golf course & so much more!
We ended up at this place nearly everyday even when it was raining we still went on our walks in the woods. Definitely made us of our wellie boots and jumping in muddle puddles.
https://www.moors-valley.co.uk/ If your ever near Ringwood, this is a place to check out!
These are some of the photos from Moors Valley..
We were also near a place where you could go crabbing. This was such a great memory as we had done this before and it was so strange going back to it. But we managed to catch a few crabs and some of them fell off the line when we brought them out the water.. Little hint if you go near muddleford the crabs like scotch eggs.
We also planned a day to go to Monkey World. This was another favourite day of mine. Love being able to see the animals and more importantly seeing my two little cousins using my canon camera to take pictures and being shocked on how amazing some of them actually turned out. I'll just show you a few of the pictures rather than talking about it as a picture speaks more.
As I like to have things planned and came up with the idea so that the two little ones didn't depend on their ipad's and made them so they wasn't unsociable. My mum and I brought some colouring books, maths & English books, puzzle books. We wrapped them up and gave their stack of presents on the first night we arrived so that after a busy day they could relax and just have some fun with the books.
But something that I am especially proud of was I thought of when ever I was younger and my mum and dad took me anywhere, they would get me to save everything from that day and put it into a scrapbook. Now I look back at all of the ones I made and i'm so thankful to mum and dad for making me do them as it brings back so many memories of my childhood.
So I went out and brought each girl their own scrapbook and a massive tub of crafts which included funny scissors, stickers, glue, glitter, shapes, felt pens, pencils. It was honestly such a massive box which I think that I can remember I brought it off of amazon. So after everyday out we wrote the date up the top and they wrote down about what they had done on that certain day, so like on the day with went bike riding, they stuck in the bike cycle map, and drew pictures of their bikes that they rode. I also brought my mum a HP SPROCKET for Christmas last year.
This is a little machine where you can connect to your phone via Bluetooth and it prints out pictures just like a polaroid. They have the choice to be a thick picture but they can also be used as stickers so you could stick them on paper. So the girls had 2 photos a day that they could choose from what I had taken during the day that they could print out to stick in their book. This is such a great little device. I'm so glad I had brought it for my mum. It also comes in handy for presents, and definitely with Christmas coming up instead of using tags you could stick a picture of the person it belongs to on their present.
We also managed to book the Log Cabin for Rosey's 6th Birthday! Which she was so made up with. So the night before I got out all of the decorations to put around the cabin to celebrate.
We asked her what she wanted for her birthday and her reply was....
So we made sure everyone got on their swimming costumes and trunks and headed to the main pool for the birthday party.
We also went to Burley which is a little National park that you drive through and their is wild horses walking around and if you go into town there is a little place where you can get a tractor ride to feed the deer's.
The girls really loved this day as they were able to feed them and they didn't realise that they come right up to the tractor and they would eat the food right out of your hand.
But this place is such a quiet place, we already looking to go back next year as no matter how many times we have been and everything is the same, it is such a wonderful place. The staff is incredible as any problem we could just ring the person on hand if we had any questions for him.
Were so thankful for the experience they give us every time we come to this Log Cabin.
So if anyone is looking for a little get away, they do a minimum night with is 1 night and it is such great prices as well. You get to use the main pool whenever you like. Go check it out :)
Sounds like you all had a great time. I think the scrapbook idea is a good one too.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to Rosie. What a great way for her to spend her birthday!