Sometimes you dont need to be hitting the country side to be enjoying a bit of the outside. Often, because we live in a city there can be some very unexpected places where you can connect with the outdoors!
I had to take one of my girls into the city for a piano exam the other week and as i was concerned that we had to park and get there we set off early and arrived about half an hour before her slot for her exam. Half and hour wait in the waiting room for a piano exam with two wriggly, lively and not asleep as planned, toddlers was not going to happen.
So we wondered further down the road to The Bluecoat chambers, which is an incredible building in the city, which i believe was an old school and is now home to uber trendy craft shops and a museum. We wondered in and used the ‘facilities’ and then went for a nose around their sensory garden area where they have some sweet little exhibits made by local school kids and habitats for insects. Flower beds and cute little baby saplings, no doubt planted to be the dominating great city trees of the future.
Was lovely to see this little garden in the city. It was a welcome distraction and took enough time that my stay in the waiting room with the little ones went quickly and without too much hassle.
She aced her exam as well!!
I love this, what a great use of waiting time with toddlers, so much better for you and them than sitting in the waiting room and happy engaged children rather than bored and frustrated ones! As you say there is always a little Country Side in every urban area. Beautiful photos as ever. Thank you for linking up.
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Sometimes these little oasis of country in the city are the best!
That looks such a lovely place to go, and so much better than sitting in a waiting room. Congratulations to your daughter for her exam success!
PS. I love your comment about ‘yes, we have a TV’ – it’s something we’ve been asked many times too! 😀
What a beautiful little garden, absolute little haven and just the thing to calm the nerves before the exam.
Nipping over from Country Kids linky.
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