Brockholes Nature Reserve in the summer holidays

I went to Brockholes Nature Reserve on the first day of the summer holidays

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00:00For the first day of the summer holidays, I took my six, nearly seven year old son to

00:05Brockholes where we spent the day after I'd pre-booked some pond dipping.

00:10Now they couldn't find my reservation at first, that's here, but the two ladies that ran it,

00:15they let us on and we had a fantastic time.

00:18It's down at the raised beds and there was a group of about a dozen children.

00:22You get given a net that you do a figure of eight in, you get to put it in a tray and

00:27have a look at all the insects in there, you get magnifying glasses, identification sheets

00:32and the ladies who run it are really helpful.

00:41There's a number of activities happening at the nature reserve.

00:45Make sure that you book in advance because as you can see, the pond dipping event was

00:48fully sold out for that day.

00:54After the pond dipping, we headed down to the Kestrel kitchen for an early lunch.

00:59I had quite an expensive latte with vanilla syrup that came in at more than £4.

01:05My son had a children's meal and a slushie which came in at just under £10 and I've

01:11got to say that the choice of sandwiches for adults wasn't inspiring.

01:16I think there was cheese, ham and then like a red hummus vegetarian option and it was

01:21quite expensive.

01:22I saw there was a lasagna option for £10.90 so just be aware of the prices if you don't

01:28want to take your own food.

01:30After eating, we went on a short walk through the very beautiful countryside.

01:35There's little carved figures that you can go and find, there's a riverside walk, there's

01:40loads of beautiful wooded areas.

01:42It's really fantastic, you should check out on its own.

01:47My son's favourite area without doubt was the climbing and slide area at the top of

01:53the hill.

01:54That's very close to a wigwam area that you can make yourself.

01:58There is an area with mainly wooden equipment for smaller children.

02:03He wasn't as interested in that at his age but it's still pretty good and there's like

02:08a balancing beam as well that he really liked on the way back to the car park.

02:27Talking of the car park, there's a Mr Whippy ice cream van that's set up right next to

02:33where you have to pay and I got done for £8.60 on a fake magnum and a Mr Whippy.

02:40The ice cream was nice but just be aware of that and also don't forget to pay, it's £5

02:47all day which I think is quite reasonable.

02:49Just one last thing to mention, the roads and the car park are quite badly potholed

02:54in places so make sure you're looking out for that and drive slowly.