A Muddy Day Out At Oakwell Hall
So this last weekend wasn’t the greatest of weekends weather-wise, but we still wanted to get out with the boys on Sunday despite the rain and clouds.
We headed to Oakwell Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in Birstall, also famous for becoming “Fieldhead” in Charlotte Bronte’s novel Shirley, after she’d visited with local friends as a child. Parking is free, as is entry to the Country Park, with it’s extensive gardens, which the boys loved to walk around and explore, and acres of footpaths and fields for running around in.
Having had our lunch from the newly refurbished café we headed off on our walk, soon coming across a stream which, after going off the trail down to it, the boys and mummy decided to walk along as far as it goes. They did really well not to fall, especially J-Bub, but they made it.
After river walking we carried on along the path where we came across lots of wonderful muddy puddles – unsurprisingly there was an expectation that jumping in them would be fun. It was!
At the end of our trail through the woods we got to the great playground, of which there are two, a typical park style one and one set in the woods, which was definitely the one that got the most attention from our two.
And there was definitely ice-cream!
We love a good family day out, and as far as (virtually) free days out go, Oakwell Hall is a great place to explore and have fun and muddy fun is a sure-fire way to forget about the gloom.
Looks like a great place to get the kids into nature and with play activities and a cafe to complete the visit. Love the mid-air puddle jump! I found your blog on #binkylinky Dan
Thanks for the reply Dan, it was definitely a fun day out. The mud and puddles definitely contributed.
Looks like a lovely day out. That puddle suit looks fab. Thanks for linking up to the #BinkyLinky
Muds great for a spot of splashing. Yeah the suits great but getting a bit small now and ready for handing down! Thanks for your comment 🙂
Looks an awesome place and looks like you had a great time thanks for linking to the Binkylinky