Legoland

Here's some shots of our recent visit to Legoland at Windsor. It's a great place (especially if you like looking at lots and lots of Lego things) but to be honest, it could not compete with our visit to Disneyland Paris, which Caitlin still talks about regularly. Where Legoland did win however, was with the weather - unlike the chilly 2° we had at Disney, we struck a lovely mid 20°'s summer day for our visit. Naturally most of London were of a similar mind, so it was possibly one of the busiest days of the year to visit, which meant the queues for the good rides were rather long. Lucky the Brits love queuing otherwise it could have turned nasty.
Tip: when queuing with young children, make sure they visit the toilet beforehand.


Lego tourists


First ride - floating balloons


The girls in family don't like scary rides, in fact they don't like any rides over 5mph and/or 5ft high in general. But it was happy days on the floating balloons.


The boats looked good, but the queue was fierce


View from the top of the hill -Windsor in the background


The train ride features a Lego dinosaur in the middle - not sure of its significance


This is the jeep ride through the dinosaur jungle. It was a good chance to teach the kids how to drive - Rule 1: hands on the steering wheel.


This is us listening to the God Tlaloc (according to the sign) - not sure what was going on there!


The dangerous Lego Parasaurolophus


Lego Amigos!


Lucy with local hero Johnny Thunder


The girls re-visiting Paris (in miniature)


Lego London


Lego London (from another angle)


Lego Dragon - possibly Smaug


The view down to Windsor, for you castle fans out there.

Things to do in May

Here's some pics of some of the stuff we got up in May.

First up - we visited Hatchlands for a spot of adventure trail exploring. You need to follow the clues - in the form of animal prints - around the property, until surprise, surprise, you end up at the gift shop!


This is Hatchlands - I do believe we've been here before


Following the clues


Where's that badger print gone?


Hugs


Sunglasses


Hoodlums

The other thing to do in May is visit a few villages for their annual May Fairs. Apart from the usual pagan rituals of children dancing around Maypoles and the like, there's usually lots of fun rides for the kids, bric-a-brac stalls for the Mums, beer tents for the Dads (and brass band members), and Pimms tents for the whole family (except for the kids).


The Coconut Shy was very exciting, especially when Lucy got a dirct hit and won a coconut.


This ride looks like it will be fun for the kids


Maybe not!


That's better.


Real live racing cars for the aspiring F1 drivers


The guy taking the money for this ride said this is how Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton started out.