Rivers, cold and mud ( yuk)

Aidan was not impressed at the idea of having to walk the dogs again, but he came along with a little encouragement.

However it soon turned into a great fun walk in the woods when the boys decided to tackle the river. Personally I hate being cold and wet, but this state of being seems to have great appeal to a 9 year old lad.

They walked a very long way in the river regularly stopping for emergency code reds ( or whatever colour was appropriate) to unblock the leaves, branches and dead trees that had blocked the rivers flow.

We tried to keep the girls out of the river, and so they found their amusement with sticks and lots of mud on the river bank.

At 11 months Elliot has now got to an age where he is not keen on the buggy and being restrained, but he can only crawl and has no sense what so ever. So its now great fun trying to keep him happy while out walking. Roll on his ability to walk and another year or so, so that he can start to enjoy being out as well.