Scotney isn't open until 1st May and the grounds didn't open until 11am. It was only 9:45 so we pushed on to Hastings and had a nice time on the beach throwing pebbles into the surf. Then headed up to the town for a bite to eat, messy as ever.
At Midday I got the kids back in the car and went to Bodiam Castle as 'eldest daughter' was very keen to see a castle again. Not so keen that she'd stay awake for it though. All three of them had dropped off on the way so, I got a drink and stood by the car admiring the scenery. Quite a lovely way to pass the time and an unusal respite from the little ones.
My son woke up first and we had about 30 minutes to ourselves spotting swans, crows and early bumble bees before the girls woke up. It was getting close to 2 o'clock and we had to pick up my wife at 2:30 so, we had a very brief walk upto the castle before pushing on.
Once I had collected my wife we were on our usual Tuesday run back to the old place for her sign language course. We just had one stop to make to pick up a travel cot from a friend in the village who had borrowed it.
As we pulled away from her house, BLAP. Our son demonstrated, with some gusto, that he had come down with the bug the girls had just finished with. So that was the pukey end to a lovely day.
I should've known, it was going too well.
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I believe I've been to that castle (pictured)...Wow wouldn't think I would recognize it after all this time.
You are incredibly lucky.
Thanks. I certainly feel a lot luckier since we moved out of the London suburbs. So much more space and fresh air.
All I need now is a bit more sleep.
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