Last Sunday graced us with a beautiful blue sky and, what seemed as first, warming sunlight. It was enough to spur us on to go and feed the ducks and swans down in our local country park. We took our gargantuam bag of bread bits (I'd missed out on a bread and butter pudding by a day) and enjoyed feeding the mass of swans and their young.
The swans are so confident that they would have taken the bread out of our hands if we'd tried. As it was they were perfectly happy to snaffle them from the boardwalk.
The boardwalk meanders around to a lovely wooded area before exploring the other lakes. This was where we managed to explore other wildlife that was busy scavenging for food in the depths of Winter. We'll need to add nuts to the food list next time!
After we'd defrosted in the car, we headed to Parc Play in the centre of Cardiff. It's difficult to explain the place, but it's an all-weather play centre; a warehouse with an fully covered section, a middle part which is open on one side and an out door sand pit. It was absolutely freezing there and I spent most of the time hiding under the heater-light-thingies. The Boy spent most of the hour there on the zipwire.
I'm desperately hoping for snow this weekend so that we can get out and join the rest of the country in failing to make a decent snowman!
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Great photos. I love the one of the boyboy and his Daddy on the boardwalk. Parc Play looks like lots of fun too.
Such gorgeous pictures and looks like a lot of fun x
Beautiful photos. I particularly like the one of TheBoy and Me TBaM walking toward you.
And I really want to go on that slide!
Lovely photos, just as well you waited till Sunday, as I remember it puddled down on Saturday! If the forecast is to be believed it will be that snow man for next week! Thanks for joining in. I'm with Lauren, love the snap on the boardwalk.
Your photos are always so gorgeous! The park we go to for our forest school activities is very similar wiht a board walk etc. but I am so impressed with Parc Play, what an amazing resource to have so near to hand. Thanks again for linking up, Kierna
Lovely collages! Love the slide photo! x
Great photos. I wish we had a place like this near by, even a duck pond would be a start
What beautiful photos and you captured a squirrel too! How lovely to be able to walk across that boardwalk to see the signs of nature! The boy is having a LOT of fun at the parc! Go the boy x
I just love the photo showing the Boy concentrating on the squirrels in front of him with a little squirrel creeping up…. and am resisting the urge to shout "Behind you!!"
Fab photos! feeding the ducks is a favourite activity here at the moment. We also get very friendly squirrels but my wee man can sometimes be a bit mean to them by shouting and chasing after them…oops.
Such lovely pictures. I can't believe how many squirrels were about and so close too!
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Oh you're brave feeding the swans! Lovely pics and what an amazing play place.
such a beautiful place, when we were on the canals in the summer there were sooo many very friendly swans that came right up to us and ate out of our hands, they really aren't that scary once you are used to them x
great photos, looks awesome
Some really great captures, love the ones of the Boy smiling in the swing thingie. Swans always make me a bit nervou the way they're so fearless!
What a beautiful setting. It likes like you all had a lovely time.
What beautiful photos, I love the one with him coming down the slide!
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Great photos. I've never been to Parc Play but I think I'll take the boys next time we get a chance. The'd love it there. I can't believe how friendly those swans are, unlike the ones in Roath Park (they frighten me!)
Looks so sunny and bright. Such professional shots – my favourite is the slide, but the squirrels are also very good.
Such beautiful pics x
Those squirrels look as cheeky as the ones in our park. A bit too friendly for my liking especially when they ran up a woman's leg! Love your collages (popping over from Country Kids)
The birds look like they really appreciated a feed in the cold weather. Beautiful pics. I just popped over from the Country Kids linky x
your brave going so close to the swans……they always hiss at me!
Love these photos, looks beautiful x