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Tuesday

Another day lined up with Auntie Christine and Darcey: 

It wouldn't be the holidays without a trip to Four Kingdoms woukd it?

We loved it, thanks for taking us!
I also got mum to buy me a hair doughnut thingy in the afternoon:

How cool does that look?  Not bad for our first go either!

Wednesday

Day off with Mum today.
I got a bit creative first thing and made a very structurally saound and well balanced swing for Panda:

Next on the agenda was bowling, Dad had pinched the car to go and learn how to ride a bike at Tidworth Bikepark (so god knows what he's been doing over there once a week for the last couple of years).  So bikes it was for us, I'm riding a lot better these days even if I am still a little bit too 'stop and start for Mum's liking.  At least when we ride Mum can't take her ball with her.....she still own of course.

Candy floss was very agreeable as always:

After a bit of a a tip off from Auntie Christine we made a visit to the Pineapple Café which is just up the road. It was lovely, with riverside seating:

And some of the best Panini's we've yet sampled!
Ned is suddenly really into toasted cheese and ham Panini's.....we've been telling him how good they are for years.  He can be a bit slow to catch on sometimes.

Dad came home in one piece from his bike trip so that was a bit of a welcome surprise.
Then it was off to Team Kennet.  There's not many going during the holidays so we get loads of goes.  Ned also got pulled to one side and asked if he'd like to attend the more selective Monday night sessions for some sprint training, he was overjoyed to be asked.

Thursday

Dragon club today and we are loving it this year.  We are having such a good time there that it's a shame to come home.....unless of course you're going straight to Legoland.
We got there at about half past three, meaning we had pretty much three and a half hours before it closed.  We got on plenty of rides as a lot of people seemed to be leaving for the day.  It was brilliant, there was even a bit of drama on the water cannons on the rapids ride with some ludicrously overprotective mum having a go at some kids for getting her daughter wet.....on a water ride...oh dear.

We went on the spinning spiders without Dad and Ned got it going at a hell of a rate:

It was supposed to close at 7, but we were still going on (queue-less) rides for at least another 20 minutes before we had to dash home, via McDonalds to get back in time for the Tesco delivery....we just about made it.

Friday

Dragon club again, Fridays are always good there.  We put a long stint in today and didn't get picked up until quite late (our choice).

It was also the day of the Olympics opening ceremony.  I really wanted to watch it but got packed off to bed....I was not happy, but I later found out that it didn't even start until midnight!

Saturday

It was up early for a trip to London, on the agenda the BFG Dream Jar Trail (or Pokémon Go if you asked Ned).
It was a lovely day and we were soon parked up and on the underground, Ned decided to not use the escalators and instead ran up this monster staircase:

He's obviously gone quite mad.
It didn't take us long to find out first dream jar either at Hyde Park Corner:

They were a good bit further apart than we might have anticipated....so there was a lot of walking.  Next up South Kensington:

Then we looped back round as there were three in Harrods, which is apparently just like Camp Hopson's or so we were told.  It wasn't, it was way cooler.  I mean, just look at these Ipod docks:

The food hall was pretty amazing, with caviar at £300 for a little tin and some of the nicest looking quiche I'd ever seen.
The Dream Jars were of a similarly high standard:

The toy department was brilliant too, there was fake snow that actually felt cold and a massive selection of TY toys, albeit £2 more expensive than their usual prices (which was enough to put me off any impulse purchases).

We had a picnic for lunch in Hyde Park on the bank of the Serpentine which was rather lovely.

Next on the list, Buckingham Palace:

It was quite cool I suppose, especially the guards:

But it was pretty busy and we couldn't find the Dream Jar.
So we carried on to St James' Park, it was a lovely walk round:

But we couldn't find that jar either!  By this point Ned had bagged several thousand Pokémon, including the three he really wanted to try to find.  We were also pretty tired so decided to head back for home.
I got dropped off at Amy's just before 4 for our sleepover...what excellent scheduling!
It was great fun at Amy's.......

Sunday

I got dropped off at home just before lunchtime and we managed to spare Amy a trip to the retail park with her Mum by having her stay to play and have lunch with us!  We trampolined and ate outside.

We had a bit of a gathering in the afternoon at the Pub in honour of Abi's birthday.
It was an exceptional turnout and a really good afternoon, Owen was on top form:

 

Monday

Day off with Dad today, so it was his usual trip of BMX track and Asda for lunch.  We rode and rode and rode, Ned even let me wear his old BMX outfit that's too small for him on the condition that I went from the top of the start hill.  I did that easily and was really pleased with myself.  After a good long stint we were pretty hungry so it was a quick change of clothes in the boot of the car, load up the bikes and Asda time:

I love their eclairs, but this one was actually too chocolately!!!

Once we were refuelled we decided we had a few more laps in us, so it was back to the track, quick change and bikes out again:

We rode pretty much all afternoon until it was time to go home and collect Mum from work.