Parham House - Autumn Foraging And Estate Life

Hannah and I joined some friends at Parham on Sunday for their Autumn event.

Hannah had a try at long reining a beautiful Ardennes heavy horse, watched the heavy horse demonstration, explored the antique farming equipment, the herb gardens and the maze, and generally had a lovely time with her friend!

Meeting Drew the shire horse.

Learning to long rein Ellie-May

Outside the playhouse

 Learning about life in days gone by

Milk churn!

mushrooms and truffles

 Hannah's favourite exhibition, the heavy horse demonstration.

Celandine the Suffolk Punch

Drew

Ellie-May

Parham is a lovely place, well worth a visit. We are looking forward to exploring more next time.

Priory Park Social

On Friday we went over to Priory Park in Chichester to spent the day with friends in the sunshine. Hannah had a lovely time with the other children, and I enjoyed catching up with the parents and relaxing while Hannah was occupied with her friends. Afterwards we did some of the City Walls Walk, Hannah climbed a few trees and we a took a few pictures!

"The historic City of Chichester dates from Roman times. The Roman walls and streets define the shape of the town. They date back to the third century AD. Today the Walls we see are medieval but built on the Roman foundations. They still can be walked after nearly two thousand years"

Amberley Museum And Heritage Centre

Yesterday we visited Amberley Museum with some home educating friends. This was our first visit and it was fantastic! Hannah loved everything about the whole day! There were vintage trains, buses, fire engines, telephones, televisions, wood turning, stone works, just about everything, and  all set in a disused chalk quarry. Plus, we got to spend most of the day with our lovely friends from The Gallivanters so that made it even more fun for Hannah!

The man in the printing workshop taught Hannah how to make a printing block of her name, and then he gave it to her as a gift - she was so pleased.

She then learnt how to use it to print a card.

We all learnt so much yesterday about the industrial heritage of the local area and we saw so many things that Hannah had only heard or read about (record players, televisions with NO REMOTE!!, telephone exchanges, telegrams) . The staff were really helpful and knowledgeable, and more importantly - very child friendly - it's a really great place and we will definitely be going again.