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17th April Monday

So it was Easter Monday, a bank holiday!

Mum said she fancied going swimming in an outdoor pool, the weather wasn't particularly warm or anything so we had our work cut out to find a potential venue.

After a bit of Googling Dad found Hampton Open Air pool, open all year round with nicely. Heated water......sounded ideal.  Turned out to be brilliant too, proper big deep and warm outdoor pool that even allowed diving.  I made the most of that and really honed my splashless entry.

Once we had finished splashing about we headed to Bushey park, it was pretty busy but we found a sneaky parking space and went off for a walk...it wasn't long before we come across these proper cuties:

18th April Tuesday

Still schoolholidays......so a trip to the cinema with our awesome Aunties to see Boss Baby! 

19th April Wednesday

Another day with the Aunties, today it as a trip Milestones museum in Basingstoke.  We loved it there, and I think they did too. As if that wasn't enough we also went bowling at the very fancy Basingstoke bowling alley which is far nicer than the Thatcham one.

Thanks Aunties, great couple of days!

20th April Thursday

Todays entertainment while Mum and Dad were at work was holiday club at KD gymnastics. Hadn't done this one before but when I found out Lilly was going too I was quite keen.  We had a great time.

21st April Friday

I went to play with my friend Lilly in the afternoon, she's got loads of pets, so lucky! I dosed up on anti allergy tablets before I went and it worked a treat.

Auntie Trish, who I would have thought had already seen enough of us for the week very kindly came to babysit us so Mum and Dad could go out for a bit. We had a lovely night in of course.

22nd April Saturday

Although we had only just come back from Cornwall we were off down west again.

This time to Mum's work caravan in Exmouth.  We also took the poor old one legged wonder Andy along with us.  His leg is in plaster after he snapped his Achilles playing the rufty-tufty dangerous game of badminton! So he's on crutches and even borrowed......a mobility scooter!

We stopped off for lunch in Exmouth:

Before making our way to the caravan to see how it all was.....very nice as it goes.  Sea view, sunshine....yes thanks that'll do nicely.  We spent the late afternoon and evening mooching about to see what was what and taking turns on the mobility scooter.  It was sooooo much fun.

23rd April Sunday

One of the first things we noted while exploring the previous day was the beach hire place that rented out stand up paddle boards.  We fancied a go at that. So we got kitted up, got a brief lesson and got out in the sea.  Ned had his own and paddled pretty much straight out to sea while Dad and I decided we would share one.  This arrangement worked very well for me as I got up and paddled about but not so good for Dad who spent the best part of an hour, paddling around in waist deep water with an oar in his hand.  I did let him have a go at the end for 5 minutes or so but he wasn't as good as Ned and I were at it,  Sadly we didn't get any photos or video as the one time the Go Pro would have been brilliant to have, the battery was flat.

We went for a wander around Exmouth in the afternoon, Andy took his own own wheels:

Ned took his skateboard, which he tried to get a tow from Andy from with varying degrees of success.

We had a barbecue in the evening:

It was lovely to sit out on the balcony.

24th April Monday

Bank holiday again today, meaning we could stay for an extra day.

We went to the swimming pool for a good old splash about and then rinsed the last few minutes out of Andy's scooter:

We eventually headed home, stopping on the way for a cream tea.....it was a bit chilly outside, the weather had turned a bit!