Clowance Estate - Cornwall

How frightfully delightful!  The kids and I are enjoying a week in a beautiful resort in Cornwall - in a town I can't even pronounce - Praze-En-Bebble.  You can't see the banjos - but you can hear them from here.  It really is far flung and into the wild - as much as the UK gets.  However - the resort itself is beautiful. I can only imagine how manicured and gorgeous the fairways are during high season. ( It's set overlooking a gold course and lakes, surrounded by a ivy covered forest - simple breathtaking)

As we drove in, I squealed with delight... no - didn't see a squirrel.. but spotted the first daffodils for the year.  The kids thought I'd gone completely mad ( perhaps not too far from the truth?)

We have a self contained chalet, which looks over a small woodland and pond. So far we have spotted a number of very fat rabbits and busy squirrels. We have a pretty friendly squirrel who has visited our balcony for nuts - delighting both the kids and I.

I am sure in the summer and spring its an incredibly busy place. The pool area is pretty flash - indoor of course; with the temperature at a very warm 30 degrees.

I grabbed some photos of our Chalet. Its got a great little kitchen and a pretty big lounge area - considering the size of the apartment.  

The kids have a shared room - which they are now used to.

In the summer months there are a bunch of activities and things to do - involving a fully equipped shiny gym, archery, clay pigeon shooting, golf, tennis and boating on the lake; but as  you can imagine, most ( all) of these are pretty much out of action while its cold and dreary. 

There is a bar which offers (questionable) entertainment - not limited to the ubiquitous lounge singer/ comedian and the every popular quizz night.  Forgive me - for I am about to go to both...Lets hope I survive the ordeal..grin.

The great squirrel feeding zone

Anyone who knows just a little about me, shakes thier head when it comes to my obsession with squirrels.. Yep.. I go balmy, completely lose my cool when I see squirrels. In fact, I can't just tupe squirrels... It must be shouted... SQUIRRELS!!!!!!! Sorry, where was I?

After a dreary day full of red tape, I attempted to sakvage it with a walk through Hyde Park and to the squirrel hotspots.

Its pretty desolate and damp at the moment, but take it from me, summertime is glorious...

The kids were armed with peanuts and to thier credit, sat sensibly and oatiently for the tree rats to find them.

Yep its a souring one degree.. Perfectly balmy.. Brrrrrr

Science Museum in London

Its cold and damp. The sun barely peeps a ray of gold through the thick clouds. So perfect time to hit the miseums.

I'd forgotten the immensity of these places. Morgan chose the science museum to visit today. Its three floors full of interactivity. Its a teachers dream !!( and a homeschooling mums dream too)

We decided just to focus on the activities experimenting on forces and chemical reactions. What thst meant for the kids was lots of hands on fun.. And hopefully dome learning too.

The bubbles show, ( chemical changes and materials) although aimed at a younger age than my two, still contained enough sciency stuff to wotk with..

I love science for its ability to be dramatic  and exciting.

We enjoyed having Miss Karen to help making the arch..( thank goodness for her engineering ability !) 

The marvels of the ancient archway... never ceases to amaze and astound....