Emberton park used to be a quarry but it was opened as a park in 1965. It's an amazing place with lots of play areas and lots of lovely green space to walk round. It even has a conservation area with slightly raised walkways - which is where lil Kez had her lunch of sweet potato and butternut squash followed by an whole jar of pureed pear and mango ... all home made, of course!
The trees were beautiful - real oranges and reds. We wandered all the way 'round it and found lots of sculptures, including one of a lil family of sheep that was carved into some wood. They were lovely and it presented a perfect photo opportunity ... and I even managed to nearly fall backwards over one. Elegant as ever!
We also found a sculpture of the hare from that story that Jean was telling us about a few weeks ago ... the story about the hare and the moon and a piece of jewellery that was buried in Ampthill Park ... well there is a wooden carved statue of the hare looking up at the moon which is lovely. Actually, it was a good job that we had mamma with us, as I thought it was a sculpture of a legged cobra to start with - what a numpty! chuckle.
On the way back to the car we had a go in one of the adventure playgrounds. Kez, grandma Lynn and mummy all had a go on the see-saw, the swings and then a seated roundabout -which actually left us feeling a little bit dicky! chuckle
All in all it was a lovely day out, and we will definitely have to take the Hoopers along for a day out there soon.
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