Parks and Pirates on Saturday in Gosport

Ok so there are a couple of things on this weekend in Gosport. Go on get out and about with the kids!!!!

Saturday

Leesland Park, by Daisy Lane/ Leesland School - Friends of Leesland Park are holding their annual ParkFest. There will be rides, stalls, music, games etc... PLease check their website for further details. http://leeslandpark.btck.co.uk/ParkFest11-170911


Gosport Discovery Centre (library down town) - 11am til 12pm.

AHOY ME HEARTIES!!!! To celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day, come along to our Pirate Special Storytime. Listen to exciting stories of adventure on the seven seas and make your very own pirate hat to take home. Suitable for under 10's with their parents/carers. *PLEASE NOTE* Parents/carers must remain with their children at all times. FREE! No need to book, just come along

SUNDAY

Gosport Fire Station Open Day - 11am - 4pm

The Community Open Day will take place on Saturday, 17 September and provides local residents the chance to visit their fire station to gain an insight into the various activities firefighters undertake.

The festivities, taking place between 11am and 4pm, will include entertainment for children as well as fire and rescue demonstrations. Refreshments and snacks for all tastes will be on sale for hungry visitors and also merchandise, with all monies raised going to charities.
There will be short displays throughout the day by the station crews and a variety of stalls at the open day together with plenty of activities on site to keep younger visitors entertained.
Firefighters will also be showcasing the equipment that they use to help keep Gosport and the surrounding area safe on a daily basis.

Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service's open days are fun for all the family but also provide an opportunity to learn more about a host of safety matters from home to road safety. Your local crew looks forward to seeing you there!

Super Cars Day at Wilton House, Salisbury

If you don't mind travelling a bit further afield, and you have a young budding car enthusiast you might want to check this out for Sunday.

Wilton House is a beautiful family owned home set in 1400 acres of land with a massive adventure playground for the children.

On Sunday they are hosting a Super Car day.

Welcome to the Wilton House 3rd Annual
Classic Rendezvous and Supercar Day

14th August 2011

This year promises to be bigger, better and even louder than the previous two events, with some spectacular Supercars already lined up to take part.

And for the first time, the event will include Classic cars which will form a static display for visitors to enjoy.

In 2010, over 130 Supercars provided a spectacular cavalcade including Bugatti Veyron, McLaren F1, Pagani Zonda, the very best in Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, Aston Martin and many more.

This year promises to be even better.

Tickets are priced as follows:

• Adult £10
• Child (under 16) £5   (Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult)
• Advance Family Tickets (for 2 adults and 2 children) £25
• Children under 5 free

For directions please see website: http://www.wiltonhouse.com/index.html

VW festival in Southsea Sunday 14th August

Weather permitting this could be something different to do with the kids on Sunday. Personally I have a massive soft spot for VW Campervans and it is my life long dream to one day own one!! It's free to go so why not check it out!! :)

Beach Buggin’ 11

Now in it’s 11th year - BeachBuggin’ is once again set to be a memorable show. Taking place on Southsea common in the heart of the seafront, this one day classic car rally is a fantastic celebration of all things VW for the whole family to enjoy. If you’re still reminiscing about the childhood outings in your VW Bus or loved the Herbie movies then you’re in for a treat. From vintage camper vans through to Beach Buggy's we have them all.

open 9.00am to 5.00pm - £10 per vehicle to display on the common Free entry to walk on public Show & Shine entries closed @ 12.00noon, prize giving @ 3.30pm

Free activities for 7+ run by council

Hi everyone

apologies for not having done this for a while. For those that know me you would understand that it is only due to having just had my third baby, Isla-Jo, who was born with a floppy windpipe so needs extra help with feeding. But we are now out of hospital and slowly but surely getting into a routine.

Anyhoo, Gosport Council are running free activities for children this summer but only for ages 7+. A bit of a shame compared to last years free play schemes for all ages but still, it is better than nothing.

The schedule is listed below:

Gosport Borough Council will have mobile Activity Rangers operating in and around Gosport during the summer break, providing sports activities for children aged 7 – 11 years of age.  

The sessions, which will operate for three weeks, run from Monday 1 till Friday 19 August from 10am to 11.30am and 1.30pm to 3pm. It will involve a team of 6 Activity Rangers, or qualified sport and play instructors, visiting different parks and open spaces on different days to run mainly sporting activities, plus a few play activities.

The dates, times and venues are as follows: 
MONDAY 1, 8, 15 AUGUST         Lee Recreation Ground, 10am - 11.30am
                    Holbrook Recreation Field, 1.30pm - 3pm

TUESDAY 2, 9, 16 AUGUST     Privett Park, 10am - 11.30am
                    Grange Junior School, 1.30pm - 3pm

WEDNESDAY 3, 10, 17 AUGUST    Nobes Avenue Field 10am - 11.30am
                    Grove Road Recreation Ground, 1.30pm - 3pm

THURSDAY 4, 11, 18 AUGUST    Walpole Park 10am - 11.30am
                    Elson Recreation Ground, 1.30pm - 3pm

FRIDAY 5, 12, 19 AUGUST 2011    Leesland Park, 10am - 11.30am
                    Lee Recreation Ground, 1.30pm - 3pm

All activities are FREE and no registration is required, simply complete a consent form on your first visit. Registration will be held 15 minutes before the start of each session.

“The Activity Rangers will provide a wide range of mainly sporting activities over the 3-week period, and for those who prefer it; arts and crafts will also be available at some sites,” said Councillor Graham Burgess, Chairman of the Community Board at Gosport Borough Council. “But whatever you decide to do, the emphasis will all be about having FUN!  We would also like to take this opportunity to thank Extended Services for funding this year’s Summer Provision in Gosport.” 

For more information contact Mark Reynolds, Leisure Development Officer, on Tel: (023) 9254 5723, request a copy of this summers Stuff 2 Do booklet; or log onto the website at http://www.gosport.gov.uk/   The sessions will not operate if it’s raining.

Free Family Fun @ Victoria Park 25th June

Hi everyone!!

A friend of mine has told me about this free day out in Victoria Park, Portsmouth. It is the park right by the train station/ commercial road. I use it quite a lot in the summer anyway as it has a great play park for the kids and loads of room to run around. Plus it has averies and rabbitts etc..

Anyway, on Saturday 25th June they have a free summer fair there to promote awareness for being Green!!

Pedal-powered and solar stage with live entertainment throughout the day with local bands and DJs

Around 100 stalls: crafts and eco-gifts, plants, money saving tips, green fashion, wildlife conservation, campaigns, energy saving

Street entertainers, a Green Motor show, a therapy area, poets, swing dancers, get fit

Art displays and demonstrations of green crafts and technology like bushcraft skills and building a cob oven

Lots of action for children: games, rides, art and crafts, face painting, circus skills, hula hoops, story-tellers, bouncy castle, solar challenge, parade, competitions

Lots of food and drink stalls selling local, organic & homegrown food. Café-bar and gallery – have a picnic

Free fun for all the family.

I will be going for sure so see you all there!!!

http://portsmouthcan.co.uk/portsmouth-summer-fair.html

Netherlands National Circus: Review

When I woke up this morning I honestly thought it was going to be one of those days where we had nothing planned and ended up just mooching about, kids getting bored, me getting fed up because I am 3 weeks off giving birth to my 3rd baby.... but after a quick search of things to do (using www.wherecanwego.com on the iphone) we decided to drop the wee man (Remi-J; our 1 year old) off at nanny and grandads and take Finley (6 years) over to the circus. Neither he nor Jon had ever been, and though it is not the same as when I went as a child (we had elephants and other large zoo-type animals back then) we thought it looked great on the website.

So I called the hotline to book tickets only for the woman to inform us that we should have got some half price tickets which are in local shops... I have to say this sounded much more appealing as it was looking to cost around fifty odd quid for the 3 of us. So having 'seen' some in a shop somewhere I sent Jon out looking for them before we booked.... he went to seven newsagents in the space of 20 minutes but to no avail. Defeated he returned with no goods but before we threw in the towel I asked around in cyber world (facebook) and low and behold a friend had a few spare!! So we managed to get our tickets for Front circle for £25 for all of us.

Anyway, I have to say we all had a great time...... honestly Jon and I laughed so much at times that our cheeks hurt. But I think that was for all the wrong reasons. The show consists of a juggler (who bless him dropped his juggling utensils several times, however he had some great tricks too), some dancers which lacked in enthusiasm somewhat, a clown/compare who did have some great acts in amongst some that were a bit slow off the mark, acrobatics, trapeze artists, some bubbles, a magician, some skipping (?!?!?! I swear I nearly wet myself at this point.... it was not meant to be funny but if you go you will see why) and the finale which I have to say was actually really really good - 2 acrobats/ contortionists. Finley thought parts of it were quite slow and not really that captivating but overall it was fun and was buzzing when he came out.

In my opinion it was not quite of the Chinese state circus quality - but it was a great afternoon out. Not to take away the talent as there were some great acrobatics etc.... I think if you can get your hands on the half price tickets then go for it - we sat in the front circle which were the second most expensive. But having been I wouldn't have minded sitting in the cheap seats at the side as you could still see it all. If you sit in the ringside seats be warned that you could be asked to get involved in some of the acts!!!

It's not the place for babies as it is around 2 hours long, that's why we left Remi-J with my parents. But I would say 2 years up (if they can sit still for that time).

THere is food, drink, sweets, candy floss, popcorn etc in the foyer and they have toilets too.

If you fancy something to do in half term if the weather is not all that then go along.... as I say, I laughed - a lot!!!

You can book via their phoneline or you can just go to the booking office outside the circus itself. We bought our tickets just before the showing and were fine.

http://www.netherlandscircus.eu/

Famly fun day this Tuesday in Stubbington

Hi everyone

I just wanted to tell you about this event which is to be held in Stubbington on Tuesday 31st May as part of National Families Week.  I will certainly be taking the kids so look forward to seeing you all there!!! :)

'The Crofton Lions, Fareham Borough Council Play Rangers and Stublee Hill Children’s Centre would like to invite your family to a fun packed Teddy Bears Picnic in order to promote National Families Week. This event is FREE and there will be lots of outdoor games, arts and crafts, bouncy castle, ’beach’, Active tots and much more. Plus the chance to win a lifesize teddy bear or win prizes in a lucky dip! The day is from 10am-2pm and will be on the Recreation Ground in Stubbington and families with children of all ages are welcome! Hope to see you there!'

10am - 2pm **FREE!!**

(taken from wwww.wherecanwego.com  fab events and activities website I would recommend).