Clitheroe Castle

Sometimes getting everything ready for a family day out is really hard work, remembering everything you need, anticipating what you may need and adding anything else that might be useful. Making the picnic and getting everyone dressed appropriately. The car is packed and finally you are on your way. Five minutes away from home it starts i  need a wee, can i have some sweets and the dreaded are we there yet! Even worse on this trip i am going to be sick!  oh no, cue me scrabbling about in the front for something he can use as a sick bag because we are on a narrow country lane with lots of traffic and can't stop! but as always a bag is found and he manages to contain in in the bag and we find some where to stop.

Eventually we make it to this weeks destination Clitheroe Castle. Back in February we visited the Museam of Lancashire and brought an explorer pass which cost £20 for all of us a bargain considering that is the cost to get into some of them. So we are doing a trail around all 11 Museums in Lancashire that we can use it in.

After eating some of our picnic we set of up a very steep hill towards the castle. I very kindly let Paul push the pram!

When we got up there we discovered there was a Jazz festival so it was great walking around with live music in the background.
First we went straight up to the castle.

The views were spectacular and there was a lovely little outdoor activity section for the kids with pipes and funels dotted around so you could talk to each other Fred loved those, but i have to admit that i felt i bit queasy being so high up so i was glad to get into the museam.

Once in side there was a rucksack and explorers helmet and magnifier glass for each of the kids and they were given clipboards and pencils and told different thing they had to find, which kept them busy as we looked around. Along the way there were also dressing up cloths and various other things such as crayon rubbing and crafts. I have to say the staff were so helpful there were guides all through telling us were to go and pointing things out and the lay layout of the museam was easy to follow. Its clear alot ofthought had been put into making it family friendly.

So all in all no matter how much work gets put in to going out its worth it and a good time was had by all. We even treated ourselves to a McDonalds on the way home. The journey back was much quieter with everyone (even me) asleep!

Till the next time x