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Our Easter Sunday at Spring Barn Farm

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Its become a little thing we do every Easter Sunday that we take the girls to an Easter egg hunt somewhere.

This year we decided on Spring Farm Farm which is in Lewes, East Sussex.I had never heard of this place but Laura had googled something and this popped up.

Too be honest on the day we did think about putting it off due to the weather but as we had promised the girls we couldn’t go back on our word.

When we pulled up the car park was pretty much empty with only one other family at the park which meant the girls could run around and do the activities without much fuss.

Aly never used to go up to animals but she seems to have gained some confidence now and these little lambs seemed happy to see them especially later on when we got to feed them. Mia on the other hand wasn’t so keen and thought the bottles where for her.

We also had a little Easter egg hunt to complete where you had to collect 6 different items such as grass, straw and sand which kept them entertained and they got an egg at the end of it.

The farm was lovely and open with lots of hands on activities for the girls and an large outdoor play area with bouncing pillows which unfortunately wasn’t open due to how wet it was.

They also have a very useless indoor picnic area with a small play area which was idea with the weather and by the looks of it they are currently improving that area which will make it even better. They also had a little restaurant on site and the food smelt amazing. Also you must visit the Farm shop on the way out as the food and products they do it there is very well priced and all looks lovely.

We plan on going back in the summer and can’t wait to see what activities they put on.

The admission prices to get into Spring Barn Farm depends on when you visit but for us it was £21.50 which include all activities.

For more information please visit their web site – Spring Barn Farm

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My town…Uckfield

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This is just a little piece on the place I have called home for 20 years…Uckfield.

Uckfield currently has a population on around 15,000 covers 3 sq mi and is situated in East Sussex in between London and Brighton and nearby to Eastbourne and Tunbridge Wells. In the town we have one secondary school and five primary schools all of which perform really well on Ofsted reports.

Uckfield isn’t really that famous but a few people have heard of it for the following reasons;
- the floods of 2000 which along with Lewes was on the national news
- Uckfield was also the last place that Lord Lucan was seen before he disappeared
- and finally Nicholas van Hoogstraten (enough said)

The town is pretty quiet with not too much happens apart from the annual Carnival and the Monthly farmers market.

What’s right with Uckfield?

- Like I said its fairly quiet with not too much trouble and crime is pretty low.

- It still has a country feel to it and with this comes some lovely woods to go walking in.

- On the High Street we’ve got some great independent shops and plus a place called Corbin’s that do amazing sandwiches and all sorts of cheeses and meats.

- We are also in easy reach of Brighton and have a train service direct to London in an hour.

- We, unlike so many towns these days have a brilliant little cinema which is underrated and underused.

What’s wrong with Uckfield?

- Traffic is the biggest problem and the High Street at peak times cannot cope. Uckfield has just outgrown it. Just 200 years ago the population was 900 not it’s 15000.

- Car parking is also a big problem. With so many people using the train station for London and the fact the station only has about 10 spaces the other car parks get so full. This of course affects the local businesses in the town. Maybe it’s time for pay and display parking

- The actual quality of the shops is the last problem. Although we have a good quality of independent shops we need a few well know names. As a guy in his 20s (just) there is nowhere I can go in the town and buy clothes or even shoes, even for a woman it is limited.
If you want charity shops/estate agents/hairdressers we have plenty of those.

Here is a quick list of dream shops for Uckfield
- Next
- Marks & Spencer
- Adams
- Body Shop
- TopShop

Plus a Subways would he good.

I think that just about covers my town.

This will be followed up with a post called “If I was Mayor”

Our Day at Knockhatch Adventure Park

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For Bank Holiday Monday we decided to take the children to Knockhatch Adventure Park which is near Eastbourne in East Sussex.

Mia as you would expect wasn’t too interested but she kept having a peek at the animals. Aly on the other hand was loving feeding the animals.


And she was also quite happy to stroke the ponies which for her is a major thing.


The park itself was busy as we expected as it was a lovely day but once inside it was well spread out so you never felt cramped or anything.

After we’d fed the animals Aly seemed to find the jumping pillows like a homing pigeon. These jumping pillows are the largest in East Sussex and Aly was bouncing her heart out.


We also sat Mia on them while Aly jumped and Mia loved it and was laughing her head off.

After tempting Aly off with some food we had a little picnic, and of course this was Mia’s favourite part.


We had managed to keep Aly away from the indoor play area but she sniffed out the outdoor play area and somehow I was roped in to going down the avalanche slide which no one told me I could get wet and I did!

As we was feeling daring and doing some extreme sports we went in a rowing boat which Aly wasn’t keen on but once out there she loved being the Captain while Mummy and Daddy had to row.


Finally the time had come and we had to head off to the indoor adventure park and once again it was down to me to throw myself down slides and squeeze through gaps only big enough for a 6 year old at max. This is without doubt Aly’s domain and she spend ages diving down slides that even older children seemed scared of.

Finally after what seemed like hours we tempted her off with an ice cream and after wearing them both out, especially Mia.


It was time to head home.

We all had such a brilliant time, it wasn’t too expensive.

For a family of 4 it costs £31.50 which isn’t too bad for the fun they had. I’m not sure how much the food is as we took a picnic.

I would recommend it without doubt.

Our Day at Bentley Wildfowl

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On Saturday 20th I decided to take the children to Bentley Wildfowl as they had a special Bells n Bugles event.

Mia of course couldn’t care too much where she was as long as she was in her buggy and could sleep.

Aly on the other had loved it. Firstly we went a fed the ducks and birds in the wildfowl part.


That managed to keep her mind off the play area that somehow she managed to clock as soon as we got out the car, however that didn’t last and it was off to the park we went.

She spend ages on there, going down the slide over and over again but it kept her out of trouble…it was just getting her off the thing that was the problem.


Once I managed to get her off the play area we had a lovely picnic which Mia also enjoyed.

By this time it was almost time for one of the shows but not before we had to stop off at the bouncy slide which Aly had fun throwing herself down like a mad girl.

She didn’t seem that interested in the show until the fire engines came on.


Her focus was then directed to the train she saw go past so off we wondered not before stopping off and getting an ice cream each.

This was the one part that Mia loved, she giggled the whole way round on the train and Aly was having great fun.

If you’ve never been to Bentley or fancy a family day out I really recommend it, there’s something for everyone. I especially enjoyed looking at the old cars and I think Aly did too.