After a bit of rain in the morning, it actually came out quite nice yesterday so I decided to head out with the kids for an adventure. There was one geocache that we hadn't tried yet about 4km from our house so we decided to go for a long walk and see what we'd find along the way. Well, the answer was a village fête, packed with stalls and games where everything was free - bonus !
It was to celebrate the anniversary of a kids' play area so that was the logical place to start.
The kids soon twigged that even if the stalls were free, you could still win prizes, so we had to have a go at all of them. First up was the fakir - you had to drop the pallets down a board covered in nails to see where it ended up at the bottom and count points.
Next was the coconut shy, knocking down painted Barbapapas !
Sophie got up close to the big bear. I couldn't help but laugh because both she and her friend, who we bumped into at the fête, were scared of the bear ! When I pointed out that at their age, they knew it was just a person inside, they said that that was exactly why they were scared - it could be a psychopath in there ! There's logic there, I suppose !
The slippery slope game involved pushing a bar up of soap up a wet board with a stick !
It was only for kids up to 12 so Sophie had a sit down while she was waiting ... on the springy animals !
The hook-a-duck went down extremely well.
Pierre seemed to have a totally unique technique that involved harpooning them !
Mini golf - only one hole so a round didn't take long !
Table skittles without the skittles (I kid you not ... they must have got fed up of keep standing them up !)
Rolling big cheese-like pucks through archways wasn't as easy as it looked.
But the big attraction had to be the bouncy castles - not one, but two of them !
How much fun is Pierre having on there ?!
A quick stop at the facepainting stall gave Pierre a chance to recuperate !
Aaa-haahh me hearties !
Juliette wanted a French flag - the woman doing the face painting said she could keep it on overnight so it would be there for the French match tonight !
You're never too old to get your face painted !
We finished off with a few goes on the zipwire.
There were donkey rides and trailer rides but by the time we got there, they were packing up.
We were only a few hundred metres from the cache so we popped over to find it, despite everyone being tired.
Ooh a treasure chest, to go with the pirate make-up !
Loads of goodies in here, including a trackable - our first ever !
The kids took everything then filled it up again with treasures from our bag.
Time to pop it back into place.
Oops, I think I might have worn them out ! And there's another 4km walk home !
Madhouse Daddy had stayed at home so the kids showed him their finds.
And their winnings from the fête. Yet another adventure that shows that geocaching always leads you to places you never would have found otherwise !
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Looks like a very fun day out. I am determined to try geocaching this summer, it looks great fun
ReplyDeleteOooh it is, and best of all, it's free so it'll great for the long holidays. Go to geocaching.com and look on the map - I bet there are loads around where you live :)
DeleteI'd never heard of geocaching until I read your blog but it looks like a lot of fun :)
ReplyDeleteWOW village fetes, haven't seen them in years !! - bet the children loved it and had so much fun :)
ReplyDeletewhat a great find,the stalls sounded fun as well, and all for free - even better.Never seen a village fete in years myself. I would have to have stopped as well.
ReplyDeleteWell done on finding the cache, and the trackable, I have 2 here to put out, I love to read their adventures and see where they have been.
Thanks for linking up.
I logged the tracakble last night and was amazed to see it started in Washington and has been all across Europe !
DeleteWhat a fab day! Love all the photos: Pierre jumping with abandon, Juliette proudly displaying the French flag, Sophie with the big bear (I tend to agree with her, I'm not comfortable with the big fake animals too).
ReplyDeleteEven better was that it wasn't planned at all - I love spontaneous adventures like this one the best :)
DeleteWow, you won a lot of prizes. It looks like a fun day. I've never see the slippery soap game before.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking #LetKidsBeKids
Every child who took part got to go and choose a little prize out of the box every time they completed one of the activities :)
DeleteWe havent done geocaching in a week! I miss it. Its always niceto find big box when we are with our son as toys always makes him happy and he is happy to give what we have too. Trackables are okay to find no? Its like proper geocache =) #LetkidsBeKids
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping to get loads of geocaching in over the summer :)
DeleteWhat a great day. I love the village fate and what a refreshing change to find you didn't have to pay for it along the way too. The kids look like they were having a great time and how wonderful to find the cache too. No wonder you all love Geocaching, it always looks such an adventure.
ReplyDeleteI was expecting to have to pay for everything so that was definitely a nice surprise !
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