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Saturday, 22 March 2014

#CountryKids 3 Castles 1 Day!

Country Kids from Coombe Mill Family Farm Holidays Cornwall


As part of Team Honk last weekend we went to 3 castles in 1 day which made for a fun Country Kids experience. First up Kendal Castle which is our local castle. This involves a bit of a hike from town but its very accessible to us:

Up Parr St to Kendal Castle
Up Parr St to Kendal Castle


It was very cold on the top but it didn't prevent my kids from playing hide and seek in the ruins and flashing their Sports Relief goodies:

Sports Relief at Kendal Castle
Sports Relief at Kendal Castle

We had a gentle if slippy run down the hill from Kendal castle before being transported through the hills and lovely Cumbrian countryside to Brough Castle. There isn't much of the castle left as apparently it was accidentally burned down in 1521 at a party! What the kids liked was the Ice Cream Parlour the local farmer has opened at the entrance to the castle.. Yummy ice cream! Then on to the castle itself which has some friendly sheep living on the grounds:

Saturday, 15 March 2014

#TeamHonkRelay Kendal Castle to Barnard Castle

Here is the story of our leg of the Team Honk blogger relay:

a walk up to Kendal Castle
a walk up to Kendal Castle

unfurling banner at Kendal Castle
unfurling banner at Kendal Castle

flashing her Sports Relief t-shirt
flashing her Sports Relief t-shirt