Procrastination isn't always a waste of time.

During a period of procrastination last week I found myself browsing statistics on Visit England’s website and came across a list of activities on overnight trips in England for 2011. I mulled over the list for a while and realised just how perfect our location is to complete any of the activites mentioned:

1.       Just Relaxing – Robin Hood Caravan Park is set in a perfect, quiet and tranquil location. Grab yourself a book and escape from the real world for a while.

2.       Sightseeing on Foot – Castle Howard is only 2.5miles away from Robin Hood Caravan Park. Its a hilly walk but I’ve known people that have done it. If you're visiting in the Spring don't forget to have a wander through Bluebell Woods - a carpet of blue.

3.       Short Walk/stroll – up to 2 miles/1 hour – that’ll get you to 2 local pubs. Check out our village website for walking routes in our area

4.       Sightseeing by car – Howardian Hills, North YorkMoors National Park, York – all on our doorstep

5.       Long Walk/Hike or ramble – walks are available from reception – or borrow our O.S. Maps and take yourself off exploring

6.       Visiting a beach – we are only 35 mins from the coast – Scarborough, Filey, Cayton Bay, Hunmanby Gap – loads to choose from

7.       Centre based walking (around city/town) – check out Treasure Trails – a great way of seeing our local towns

8.        A special event of a personal nature e.g wedding/christening – We’ve had guests attend weddings in Slingsby, Hovingham and at Castle Howard so I’m ticking that one

9.       Visiting a country park – oooooh – what defines a country park?

10.   Visiting a museum – Eden Camp, York CastleMuseum, National Railway Museum, Beck Isle Museum – the list goes on.....

11.   Swimming (indoors or outdoors) – York’s WaterWorld, St Alban Centre at Ampleforth College, Derwent Pool in Malton

12.   Had a picnic of BBQ – Dalby Forest, Hutton-le-Hole – keep an eye on our website as I build a list of picnic places

13.   Visiting a theme park/amusement park – Flamingoland, Light Water Valley

14.   Visiting a historic house, stately home, palace – Castle Howard and Nunnington Hall within 3 miles of Robin Hood Caravan Park

15.   Visiting a cathedral, church, abbey – York Minster, Rievaulx Abbey

There are a further 47 suggestions within the survey but I’ll leave them for another day

I'm still here!!

Today we spent the day rock pooling with Daddy in Filey.

We had out buckets, spades and nets. I found 4 crabs. We had lots of fun paddling in the sea but I cut myself on a rock (ouch).

We had some yummy ice cream and donuts (don't tell Mummy) then played mini golf - I came 2nd.

After that we went to visit my Grandpa at Crows Nest Caravan Park before coming home.

See you laters

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An afternoon off.....

We are lucky to live so close to many attractions - theme parks, forests and stately homes. We are only 5 minutes away from Nunnington Hall and with the chance of a couple of hours to ourselves we headed there this afternoon.

We had no idea that is was actually their summer fete this afternoon which was a huge bonus. The girls enjoyed snail racing, sand art, Birds of Prey and the coconut shy.

This sand art stall has given me a great idea for future birthday parties. The girls have done this particular craft at home before but always end up making a mess all over the kitchen. Its great to know that someone would organise it for us and clear the mess away when the kids have all finished.

Snail racing! What a fantastic idea - we must use this at a future PTA event. 50p a go and if your snail comes first you win £1.

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 We did have a quick look round the house - but by the time we got indoors it was almost time to come home. On piece of advice I would give is to go when the children's trails are on. Whilst the kids are busy looking round the rooms for clues the adults have time to wander around the rooms and have a good look at the exhibits.

Food Glorious Food

The 4th Annual Malton Food Festival took place over the 19th and 20th May. 

It was a really good afternoon with lots of fun for all the family. 

First stop for us was The Pizza Farm - fresh stone-baked pizza made in front of your eyes. Littlemiss9 was mesmerised by the whole process - from the lady that took our order, to the guy that made the bases, another that sorted our toppings and finally the gentleman above that cooked our lunch. And it tasted extremely yummy - hope they are able to visit us here one day.

We had a list of products that we needed to re-stock and The Chilli Jam Man was first on this list. We have enjoyed many of the Chilli Jams and the Jammonaise is a family favourite. Click here to visit his website for online ordering or to find out where he will be next.

There was allsorts going on - the Welcome to Yorkshire Taste Trail went down really well with us all - chocolate and ice-cream for the kids, pigeon, beef and crab for the parents. It was also great to see Dee Marshall, Gary Verity, Sarah Barrowby and Janet Deacon from Welcome to Yorkshire and Craig Nattress looked fab in his pinny!