Simple Summer Holiday Fun
We’re three weeks into the Summer holidays now and I don’t think we’ve had a full sunny day yet. No panic though we’ve had a lot of fun already, one of my favourite days out has also been one of the simplest (and cheapest!)…
First off we headed for the tiny train station in our village, Erin had never been on a train and was beyond excited. She asked loads of questions about the level crossing, the train timetable, and how to embark/disembark the train. Usually her incessant questions can become tiresome but it was refreshing to teach her about something new and I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
On the train she kneeled up and watched the sheep, ponies and hills roll by occasionally exclaiming ‘yeehaa’ much to the amusement of our fellow passengers. We arrived in Edinburgh a mere 26 minutes after we left and trotted off to the Cath Kidston shop via the bagpiper who was giving it his all outside Waverly Station. Erin of course insisted on covering her ears as we passed and I was glad that none of the male members of the family were there to admonish and then lecture her on the virtues of our national instrument, in her defense the level of playing was around the Grade 2 mark
Onto George Street and we managed to take shelter in the Cath Kidston shop just as a mini monsoon got underway. It was lovely to browse, that is until (and I quote) Erin said “Am I going to spend the rest of my life in here” in earshot of one of the staff. We moved on quickly to McDonalds for a bite to eat and as it was busy we shared a communal dining table with a group of chinese students. Obviously on form and keen to show off her cultural knowledge (they’ve been covering various cultures at nursery), Erin quickly announced that there were two chinese boys and two chinese girls. I nodded and tried to strike up a conversation about Shrek. Unpeturbed she continued, “Oh, look another chinese boy, that’s three now”, me “oh, yes so it is…so how are your chicken nuggets?”, she ignored me and in an ‘Erin whisper’ which is equivalent to a normal speaking voice she said “Mummy, do you think their fed up of eating chinese food and that’s why they’re at McDonalds?”. A fair question but fearing that this conversation was going nowhere I wanted to go we left to catch the number 41 her Daddy was driving, and who’d made the unmissable offer of a free bus ride to the university and back.
Erin shrieked as we got on the bus and saw Daddy driving! We bagged ourselves the upstairs front seat and sat munching parma violets (did I forget to mention that we made a pit stop at ‘I love Candy’?). Erin got the chance to ‘drive’ the bus and even accepted a fare.
A fabulous day which we both thoroughly enjoyed, here’s to many more before school starts



















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Above is me with my beloved Ernie in Port Aventura and left with our love child in Florida.


