Thursday 16th February 2012.

A great start to the day,sunny and warm for a change! after a hectic breakfast there was a lot to do,first off was to sort a day sack for the adventures of the day,once done it was off to Frome to pick up the kids new glasses and to sign on at the job centre,once done it was off to wincanton to check that the builders adjacent to Tim's garden had returned the wood they stole the previous day,and they had .Next it was off to Lou's house in mere to start her car ready for out trip to moors valley country park.
  Once at Lou's it became clear that her battery was knackered! so we bumped her car easily and off we went,using sat-nav we went a different route to normal.on the way we saw all manner of things,a number of deer and hare,and over the top of the downs we saw an apache gunship helicopter landing in a field! dont see that every day thats for sure.
  Soon enough we were  there and  blagged a good car park space and set about lighting the kelly kettle and having food,Lou had not seen a kk before and ws amazed at the ease of hot water production. Food scoffed and tea drank we set off to finc Celia and her 2 boys ,i had taken a bit of apple wood with me to make a spoon from for our tea making and as we went around and sat at the various stops i whittled a spoon,to the utter amazement of some townie kids on the trail,i am sure you could easily do a bushcraft event there.We took our time going round the play circuit and then back to the car for another brew up which was very welcome indeed with a biscuit ,we sat and watched the sunset with our friends as we chatted,by the time the kids had payed we were after dark and to our surprise the barriers were open and this meant we had had a free day out! woohoo!

 The drive home was hell as Sarah struggles in the dark and the satnav had us on a very strange and unfamiliar route,but eventually we got home and had a light tea before the kids were to bed,cider was drank and bed filled early.