Last Updated on July 12, 2014 by HodgePodgeDays
I wouldn’t say the sun never shines in Manchester, on the contrary, it’s often really quite beautiful weather. But we don’t often get that rare combination of factors which allows us a full family day together.
Today we’ve had a busy day, we’ve managed to squeeze an awful lot of outdoorsy activity into a relatively short time, and managed to feel like we’ve had a nice relaxing day. It’s a modern miracle!
We packed a picnic and headed off to one of our local and more child friendly National Trust properties, Dunham Massey. We had a little walk, the small boy did some scooting on his scooter and we kicked a ball around. The sun was blistering, so we sought some shade, rolled out the picnic blanket and had our lunch.
As we did so, some of the deer walked nearby and stopped to munch the grass and soak up some sun. We couldn’t resist edging closer to them to take some pictures. I really didn’t expect to get too close to them, I was at most two metres away from them at one point, but they didn’t even flinch. It was quite amazing.
The sun was getting a bit too harsh, so we decided to go home and get the paddling pool out, which we did. We spent a happy few hours under the shade of a parasol, splishing and splashing in the pool. The water was ice cold, but it was exactly what we needed.
Later we invited my Dad round and sparked up the BBQ. We sat in the evening sunshine drinking homemade cordial and soda water and just nattering, it was effortlessly relaxed. We all ate and ate well and watched as the sky darkened and the heavy clouds gathered. We dashed inside moments before the rain came. And just like that, our glorious outdoorsy day was over.
This sounds like a lot of fun. Will add it to my list of places to visit in the North West! #WeekendBlogHop xx
beautiful photo of the deer, sounds like a brilliant place to visit. x
A whole day of sunshine and family fun, let’s hope it continues and we can all enjoy many more days like these. Thanks for linking up and sharing with Country Kids.
That looks like the most perfect Summer’s day. I can’t believe Dunham Massey is so close to us but we’ve never been! Thanks for linking up to #WHWH
We’ve been looking for places to take baby m, this is going on the list! X
We went to Longleat a few years ago and the deer came right up to our car and fed from our hands! It is amazing that they have no fear. I guess it is cos they know at any point they could head butt you lol! You know why it rained don’t you? bbq! haha! Always the way x
Sounds like a wonderful fun and relaxing family day in the sunshine.
Thanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
i LOVE Dunham, such a beautiful place to spend a day. it sounds like you had such a lovely family day, beautiful pics too. #LetKidsBeKids
As a Brummie (apologies) I’ve wouldn’t have come across Dunham Massey if it wasn’t for your blog… Definitely on the list of things to see.
Wow, thank you, that’s lovely to hear. If you ever go will you let me know what you think? 🙂