Egeskov Castle, Denmark

Our summer holiday in Denmark all ready seems a distant memory. But to remind our self about the great time we had I would like to share a few more pictures with you. 
This post is about our day trip to Funen (Native name Fyn) which is the 3rd largest island in Denmark, in fact there are approximately 406 of them!

We packed the car with happy kids and a bulging picnic hamper. The sun was out and the spirit high.

We arrived at Egeskov Castle early afternoon and went to explore the place. It is a great place for the whole family, young and old. The Castle is surrounded by water and beautiful parks. You will find the worlds largest Kompan playground, picnic areas, a Maze, a tree top walk (to high up for me) various museums, secret gardens, ice cream bars and lots of space to run free and hide.

I think the pictures sum it all up, enjoy

A trip to Penthurst and a very unlucky boy

A couple of weeks ago my mother and her friend Charlotte came to visit. We planned to go and see Penthurst Place & Gardens whilst the children were in school. However Felix got 3 fingers trapped in the car door on the school run in the morning and was quite upset so I decided to keep him off school for the day so he joined us on the trip.  The fingers in car door was the end of a run of accidents for my little man.  The day before I was called in to school because he had put a 'googely' eye up his nose which resulted in quite a lot of blood. Later that afternoon he also had a trampoline injury whilst attempting some Olympic standard dismount.

We had a wonderful day at the beautiful surroundings of the castle grounds and gardens whilst still having time for a nice lunch and being back in Rochester to pick up Ophelia from school at 3.30pm

We finished the evening with this amazing Coq au Riesling from 'Nigella Express'. Super easy, delicious and utterly satisfying supper. 

The ladies left us the next morning to continue their English mini-break at my sisters place in London.