Aldenham park

On 4 July 2010, we decided to revisit Aldenham Park near Elstree, London. It was nice to revisit and let the kids see the farm animals. Emily and Hannah loved it. We started with a picnic, fed the ducks, went to see the animals then a play in the park…..

Aldenham Park revisited

It was a wonderfully sunny day on Saturday, so it was time to get out and run the kids ragged! As tempting as it was to head into London again, we wanted to get them out into the countryside. Aldenham Park is a great day out. We've been there twice before with Emily and she loved it. Now it was Hannah's turn.

We started off with a lunchtime picnic by the lakeside. This picture doesn't really reflect how much the kids loved it; Hannah look asleep but she just wanted to get out!


It didn't take long before Emily got bored and started running round like a crazy horse!

Then off to feed the ducks.....

After that, we went to see the farm animals.....

We finished up at the play park to finish them off so we could get a decent nights sleep!!

As I said earlier, we'd been there a couple of times before. It's really good value and a fantastic day out. £4 for the car park and that's it! For a full day out in the fresh air, lovely picnic area, a place to feed the ducks, a myriad of farm animals to go and see, a well tended area of childrens activities for all ages....

........no, I'm not on commission from Aldenham Park; it's just one of those little gems that we need to share with you :-)

You may have noticed blurring on some of the pictures........thanks to Emily's first attempts at taking pictures and her insistance on holding it by the lens!!

I'll keep you posted on this weekends visit (where is yet undecided)

Another trip to Aldenham Park

Last weekend, we went back to Aldenham Farm Park. We wet there back in the beginning of April and it was freezing!! This time it was perfect; nice and warm....and dry!

Aldenham is a great place to take the kids. It has farm animals, a great selection of play park activities, nice walks, a lake nearby with boats, and great areas for picnics. The toilet are clean and there is a little refreshments cabin as well. All the staff are friendly and the place just gives off the right kind of relaxed atmosphere. And the cost for all this? A £5 parking fee. That it; no hidden costs!


All the animals are in enclosures so it's safe to let Emily run about. She loves running between the enclosures of goats, geese, chickens etc


...and although she was scared of the pigs, she was fascinated by them.....

...but of all the things we did, she loved the play park most. It took us all our persuasive powers to lure her away for a picnic bythe lakeside!!!

Unfortunately, I forgot to take anymore photos; I was too busy chasing a certain giggling little madam around the place but, trust me, this is a fantastic day out.
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April 2008

Is it just me or is this year just flying by? It's really scary! April already - a third of the way through the year!!! And this is what we woke up to....

We've been hanging around the north of London recently. Over the last cople of weekends we've been going to Aldenham Farm Park in Hertfordshire. Emily loves it. She knows loads of farmyard animal names and it was nice for her to see real pigs, sheep, horses, cows etc.

We also had Denise, Sharons sister, over. She's going to be Emily's Godmother. We all went to feed the deer at Bentley Priory and the ducks in Stanmore. Err..you get the feeling that Emily loves animals??