The afternoon walk started out well, with the kids coming almost willingly, and only a very small amount of "can we go yet" the second we stepped out of the car.
The kids really enjoyed catching and throwing beanbags at each other, although I am not sure the poor beanbags will survive being so covered in mud.
I was well prepared, in that I knew it would be cold and muddy, so the kids had nice warm coats, and we had even gone to Sainsburys to buy new wellies for the girls after I realised they had gapping holes in their old ones.
Elliot is 1 next week and he is a bit of a challenge now, as he can't walk yet, but hates being in the buggy for too long. I would have put him in the sling, but felt a little lazy after being a bit ill this morning, so he had to travel in the slightly lightweight buggy we currently have.
I think it all went wrong on the return leg, we managed to go down the wrong path, and ended up having to walk for a very long time down a very muddy and wet track. At first it seemed ok, but then we got to that point where we were all too tired to turn back, and we just kept following the straight path hoping and wishing that it would soon turn ( which it didn't!).
Imagine us with 3 exhausted kids, two bonkers filthy dogs, a buggy that was so mud soaked that the wheels would no longer turn ( and so baby and buggy had to be carried over most of the big sections of mud), and a path that clearly was a disaster choice........
In the end we found a road where the kids and I waited while Ali went in hunt of the car, roll on 20 minutes or so later and I was soooo glad to see the car coming along the road, phew!
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