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i'm having problems finding places to take Reece these Easter Holidays...in the last 12 months we've been to.... Newcastle, London (several times) York, Leeds, Halifax,The Lake District, Liverpool, Lancaster, Morcambe, Clitheroe, Manchester, Blackpool, Bolton and Preston, ive even been so bored that ive taken him to the Airport...ive run out of places to go...i usually go by train as ive got a railcard....HELP!!!!


any suggestions?

please :D

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Glasgow and Edinburgh

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Whitby......Fraser Eagle are running a trip on Good Friday.

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Blimy Flashy, looks like you've pretty much been everywhere I was thinking of, Hyndburn Sports Centre have free swimming for kids this Easter hols!

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considering it is Easter , maybe a visit to a Church wouldn't go amiss.

:confused: :rolleyes: :D ;)

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:banlama: Hello there it sound,s to me like you have been all over what a bout trying the pub,s there is always new one poping up in some new place,s are have fun and stop at home with the accy web

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Reece is only 10 willow and i love taking him out to new places...
Mallard cheers for that hun but you cant take kids in some pubs...
steeljack, dont get clever ;)...
grego, i'm taking him to hsc next week :D...
jenny wenny woo it costs £62 to get to edinburgh, ive already looked at that one :D...
margaret i'm just looking at a brochure for fraser eagle that jedi sent me the other week, whitby sounds good :D


thanx you lot :D xxx

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what do you want to do when you get there? look at buildings, go shopping, etc? how about staying round here and visiting places like Only Foals and Horses? or Bleakholt animal sanctuary. or do a project on history of Accy. Look at the old buildings we have, investigate the Crest, get him to find out what life would have been like for a 10 YO 100 years ago in Accy.

if you must get away, Southport is nice, plenty of run around space, a pleasure beach, boating lake, minature train, shopping streets, family pubs for lunch.

If he is into cars, warton Stock cars is a fun day out. I believe its banger racing this weekend (8th) which is hilarious.

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i never thought about that ian, nice one

on the other hand, southport is crap...there is no pleasureland there anymore, they closed it down last year

where's warton?

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just outside carnforth. Get off the train at carnforth and its a short taxi ride. I'm not sure if there are any buses, ringing carnforth tourist info would yield more info I'm sure.

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Glasgow is a great place to visit by train.

There are some great museums and galleries.:)

http://www.glasgowmuseums.com/

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come to nottingham we have a brilliant castle the river trent the galleries of justice the caves of nottingham and good weather at the moment

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try these sites for ideas (there are plenty more too)
http://www.whattodowiththekids.co.uk/searchnew.htm
http://www.allkids.co.uk/days_out.shtml
http://www.ivillage.co.uk/parenting/...520030,00.html

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Flashy...I misinformed you.....It is Rigby's coaches who are doing the Good Friday trip....Fraser Eagle are doing the Easter Saturday trip.

It is a lovely place to visit - many little shops, cobbled alleyways.....The whale bone arch, the Abbey.....and delicious Fish and Chips at Trenchers (not cheap - but the fish is so fresh that the sea hasn't missed it yet)
If you go look out for the open topped bus that will take you around the resort....OK a ticket is around £3, but you can get on and off wherever you want.....have a look at the things that interest you and then hop back on for a bit more of a ride. This ticket also allows entry to a little museum too.
Lovely place...seaside too!

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Hey Flashy, since the Washington DC/Culpeper, Virginia area is abit far, how bout taking him to the library. Not sure if he's into books or not (kinda a lost art with kids these days!:( ).

I just think a library is neat for a kid cause they can visit the whole world without leaving the home. Is he into History, Animals, Science, etc.? Get him into to American Civil War History. When Culpeper comes up he can tell his mates that "me uncle BEA lives there!":p

Just a few more ideas love!

Cheers All,

Brian

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cheers for that Brian, i cant get anything out the library myself, i owe them some money from a few years ago lol

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Now that's a hoot flashy! So the boy's gotta suffer for Mum's overindulgences eh?:D Come on Flashy go ahead and pay up and get Reece a library card.

Or, an alternate rout, have Uncle Rindy or Auntie Tinks adopt him so he can get library privaleges. Don't tell me Tinks is banned too now?:rolleyes: ;) :p

BEA

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lol it wouldnt surprise me if she was actually hahahaha...Reece has got a library card actually

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Actually, staying in the community and the immediate local area is not a bad idea. In Kingston, at the March break, community organizations put on things for the kids ... the maple sugar and syrup festival at Cataraqui Conservation center is one of them. Not that Accy can do that, but things like that should be possible.

This weekend here will be good for sledding, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing. Damn it and I just got my old Yamaha out of storage:mad:

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the weathers quite nice here Eric, dont think we'd be able to go sledging :D

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Yes, how's that wall of shelving, and all those desk and chairs, looking in your gaff?:D

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Take him up t'Stanley on Saturday. Go to the office and fill in a form and he gets in for nowt!

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I always stayed local Flashy on Bank Holidays or where the roads are not too crowded, as no fun for a 10 year old in a traffic jam is there ?

Used to do Eddisford Bridge, Ribchester, but my favourite was over the Trough of Bowland .. stop at the Ice Cream van as it goes down into the dip.. wonderful place to let them paddle, take picnic further on the road into the woods, and finally, early evening, venture into Morecambe, visiting Happy Mount Park.

Heaton Park is great too, boating lake, animal sanctuary and over Easter they have a family fun fair. Have a lovely Easter wherever you end up .. xx

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my ex is taking us out somewhere next week (he doesnt know it yet but seen as he has 12 days off he can take us somewhere) ;) i love edisford bridge, i go there pretty regulary on the train, its a lovely walk down that road from the train station, i was in the trough of bowland the other week with mi daddy, it beautiful round there....might get richard to take us to the lakes again, i usually go by train but you see much more when your in the car, i especially love Hawkshead, i always pack a picnic wherever i go, reece thinks its hilarious when i take my flask with me


thanx everyone :D xx

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:D What's wrong with a flask? Is it not hip enough?

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seems you have good weather at the moment , a cheap kite and Pendle hill can't be beat for a youngster,make sure you buy extra loads of string, or get him to take you out for an hour or two on the rowing boats at Queens Park (if they still have them) ideal way for a lad to show his Mum he is growing up .

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the rowing boats at queens park went years ago steeljack :( me and mi dad where on about this the other day, they would make a fortune if they brought them back...i literally live 5 minutes away from queens park, we go there a lot in summer on our bikes

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Thats sad, probably for some daft safety reasons and council liability , but dont think I ever heard of anyone drowning in all years of my growing up,

:( :( :(

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the lake isnt actually that deep, they drained it a few years ago and it looked manky,with old shopping trollies in it and it was laden with mud, i love going up there with Reece and his mates to feed the ducks and swans, i love sitting there for hours whilst Reece and his mates play on the park...they have a similar lake at Thompson park in Burnley and it makes a lot of money in the summer, they charge £2 per person for half an hour and i think its great

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Forgot to tell you this Flashy but on Saturday if you go to Bacup its the coconutters trip round the pubs - they dance in everyone one and if you need someone to hold you up - you've got reece!!!! lol Its the tradition they dance round the boundary and visit all the pubs and they dance and have a drink in each one. I've only done it once and i vowed never to do it again the hangover lasted till easter monday!!! lol

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Try the Royal Armouries at Leeds - very interactive with hands on stuff and fascinating live performances - and its free admission too

www.royalarmouries.org/leeds

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been there several times mickmc, i love that place, especially the tilt yard with the falconry(sp) and the horses :D

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Blackpool pleasure beach is always a winner,,,,,:)

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Only Foals and Horses is having an open day on Sunday.....kids like animals and it is a good cause

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ah flashy if you could get to ingleton then ingleton waterfalls is a great walk for a young lad .....lots of climbing, going behind the waterfall to eat yer packed lunch its a great thing for young uns ... have a good un tho hun whatever you do..

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ah flashy if you could get to ingleton then ingleton waterfalls is a great walk for a young lad .....lots of climbing, going behind the waterfall to eat yer packed lunch its a great thing for young uns ... have a good un tho hun whatever you do..

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oops sorry double post.... heehee

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Pffft....Don't even get me started on them :mad:

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Busman went to Blackpool today. He said it was heaving.

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LOL, obviously there is a tale waiting to be told here ........come on , you know we are a bunch of nosy buggers , tell us .........;)

:D :D :D

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my lad works on the pleasure beach in the passage del terror thing and he said its been horrendous...:eek:

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and me!.........

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i mentioned this to my mate yesterday and she said its closing down, and that its in a real state

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So? Where did you guys go?

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lol nowhere yet, i've decided to go to chester on thursday :D

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Well ... how was Chester? Canada awaits your response:D

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lol i didnt go, i ended up in.......blackpoo