FabSwingers.com forum: school holiday recommendations

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Well some are already experiencing them, and others about too.

so I was thinking that we could give our best low cost days out.. as it's good to have a few ideas.

For me my low-cost day out is to pack up a picnic and head up to somewhere in Sherwood forest... Kids love it... It costs me about ten quid including fuel to keep four kids happy for hours.

we take the tennis and giant badminton sets and the other games..

my other medium cost is water meadows in Mansfield. They are doing a school holiday pass for unlimited swimming for kids for 25quid. again I just take a picnic and stop off at a park on way home.

so what are your recommendations...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cycles, walks, treasure hunts in charity shops

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By * n zCouple
over a year ago

leamington spa

The best low cost one for me is chuck em out the front for a big water fight!!!

But I'm lucky in that I live in a close where there are several families with kids, who all play out together and keep each other amused.

Other than that I'm about 40 mins from the beach, that's not too pricey, take food about £15.

My 2 girls and I go pottery painting, that costs a bit more but you get to keep what you've painted.

Some cinemas do cheap showings mid week.

Bike rides and picnics........

Can't think of anything else, its difficult with a nearly 15 yr old, 12 and 7 yr old to find something they all want to do together, it often ends up one not coming!!!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Cycles, walks, treasure hunts in charity shops"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's a beach 40 mins from Leamington?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Water fights are great. I have a stash of empty washing up liquid bottles for that.

Treasure hunt around the garden or house. Takes a while to plan and then do it.

Baking or cooking homemade pizza with older kids.

Cheap cinema deals- or a dvd day with popcorn and treats.

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

"Well some are already experiencing them, and others about too.

so I was thinking that we could give our best low cost days out.. as it's good to have a few ideas.

For me my low-cost day out is to pack up a picnic and head up to somewhere in Sherwood forest... Kids love it... It costs me about ten quid including fuel to keep four kids happy for hours.

we take the tennis and giant badminton sets and the other games..

my other medium cost is water meadows in Mansfield. They are doing a school holiday pass for unlimited swimming for kids for 25quid. again I just take a picnic and stop off at a park on way home.

so what are your recommendations... "

Sounds like you are doing a fantastic job with your kids.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

no idea but can I come? Lol

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By *win PeaksCouple
over a year ago

Northamptonshire

Odeon cinema usually have a kids club, it cost £7.50 for 2 adults n 2 kids, it was a film that had been out about 6 month before but we had missed it so all good

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Geocaching. It's like a countrywide treasure hunt.

Download the app to find where people have hidden them and go searching!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Summer School

Ruby

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My kids are grown up now. I have school hols off apart from some days out with my mum and week with the oh, no idea what to do with myself.

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By *hundercats69Couple
over a year ago

CT14

"Geocaching. It's like a countrywide treasure hunt.

Download the app to find where people have hidden them and go searching!!"

This is wicked!! We do it with our kids and they love it!

I presume its countrywide but our cineworld and Vue cinema does the kids morning showings for only around £1.50 per person and you can usually get away with taking your own snacks.

Another favourite is taking the kids to waterstones.... They often have sofas and coffee shop etc so kids get to look at loads of books and choose one each at the end. Also a trip to Hobbycraft or the craft section of The Range is cheap and they can nearly always find something new to try. Hobbycraft have lots if demos on too and people doing activities with the kids over the holidays.

If you are lucky enough to live near the seaside then penny arcades go down a treat and a couple of quids worth of pennies lasts a long time

And finally visiting local woodland. There are so many trees to identify, birds and animals to spot, camps to build etc. We often take our single burner camping stove and have dinner in the woods. You can make up a spag bol in advance and reheat it there (my kids think this is funny when everyone else is having a picnic!) or fry some chicken up and make your own fajitas

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hey LMC,were from sunny Fucking Chester and thats a place well known for its culture and history etc etc and its also well known for its fucking zoo,now it aint cheep but i'm sure with a discount code or somthing you could get a day out of it for sensible ££'s.

Happy Holidays..............

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

so what are your recommendations... "

Don't have kids.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

oh yeh and a52 to the m6 and then take the m56 and head to rhyl north wales,great days out at rhyl for the price of the fuel costs etc..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Once you get to Rhyl.. Keep driving (you'll be glad you did).

Actually we used to enjoy the pool at Llandudno

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Once you get to Rhyl.. Keep driving (you'll be glad you did).

Actually we used to enjoy the pool at Llandudno"

Especially keep driving when you get to Colwyn Bay. DO NOT STOP.

for the West Beach and Pool area. Walk em up the Great Orme, they'll be asleep by 7pm, as will Grandad.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Once you get to Rhyl.. Keep driving (you'll be glad you did).

Actually we used to enjoy the pool at Llandudno

Especially keep driving when you get to Colwyn Bay. DO NOT STOP.

for the West Beach and Pool area. Walk em up the Great Orme, they'll be asleep by 7pm, as will Grandad. "

beautiful - and Conwy Mountain

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Once you get to Rhyl.. Keep driving (you'll be glad you did).

Actually we used to enjoy the pool at Llandudno

Especially keep driving when you get to Colwyn Bay. DO NOT STOP.

for the West Beach and Pool area. Walk em up the Great Orme, they'll be asleep by 7pm, as will Grandad.

beautiful - and Conwy Mountain

And Bodnant Gardens.

Betsy Cooewedd, and

Glenys ....... ( agh memories)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Marketon park derby! ..picnic out door pool donkey rides/ park ect free to get in!..we love it there!..

Museum's too!

Carsinton water, thats good lots of stuff on on for the kids there great park!

Curcualor route around the reservoir to bike/ walk round..

Derwent Valley walk/ bike it a round the dam great fun!

Bakewells a lovely place to visit..

Swimming pools have offers on Ripley would be close to you they run diffrent activities thought the hols there!

I agree water meadows is fun my kids love it there too!

Another thing is on sunny days we get the pool out/ badminton set/ swingball^/ paints ect...picnic in garden..kids love it...

What we do as well we take off on a walk from home take a pack up and walk to whereever it takes us, kinda loke a mystery walk... look up some routes your way..

Rollerworld derby great offers on thoughout the week!!..

Just a few ideas hope it helps! Bambi xx

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Talking of Ripley, dunno if they still do it, but didn't they offer free canoeing lessons, with local pickup transport? All that was required was a packed lunch.

Might be worth a look.

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By *empting Devil.Woman
over a year ago

Sheffield

Brimham Rocks. It's a national trust countryside property (ie no house). You pay a reasonable amount for parking and then get to explore round some amazing rock formations. The kids can climb and scramble to their hearts content, take your own picnic and there's a loo and a kiosk for ice creams.

In fact check out national trust countryside properties near you. There are lots of beaches and great places and all you have to pay for is parking. They also don't tend to have more than perhaps a kiosk or small cafe and lots don't even have that so you won't get pestered to buy stuff.

The longshaw estate near sheffield is another good one. It's also near a stretch of river which is good for paddling and playing in.

Dovedale is another good river spot.

Also Hornsea, Filey and the north bay at Scarborough have very few shops/cafes etc and have rockpools as well as sand so are a good cheap day out - all you need is a net a bucket and a pack up.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Send them around family and friends and give them a challenge to see how long they can stay over and that gives you time to enjoy

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Talking of Ripley, dunno if they still do it, but didn't they offer free canoeing lessons, with local pickup transport? All that was required was a packed lunch.

Might be worth a look."
definatly worth a look...smiles)) thanks!

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By * n zCouple
over a year ago

leamington spa

"There's a beach 40 mins from Leamington?"

No, not from Leamington, but then I don't live there, just my OH

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"There's a beach 40 mins from Leamington?

No, not from Leamington, but then I don't live there, just my OH

Shame

There's the Cotswolds Water Park with an artificial beach - was hoping there might be something similar a little closer.

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By *atasha_DavidCouple
over a year ago

Slough

If it rains Ikea.

They get to "try out" all the furniture, fondle everything in the kids department, the littles can get a free creche hour, you get to do some retail therapy in the market place and you all finish with hotdogs and icecream.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Trust me it will be raining all hols. Summer is now lol.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

plenty of places around free you just have to look google is great. i cant recall my mum spending lots takin us anywhere.

but then my lass will be 14 in august so maybe a little harder this year lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Have you been to Dovedale Cali that can't be far from you. Great walk down the river with stepping stones.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Have you been to Dovedale Cali that can't be far from you. Great walk down the river with stepping stones. "

I'm hopefully going there with work end August

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Have you been to Dovedale Cali that can't be far from you. Great walk down the river with stepping stones.

I'm hopefully going there with work end August

If you like cheese visit the old cheese shop nearby in Hartington

. Nice pubs there too. Pity it's a trek over for us. Enjoy !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Have you been to Dovedale Cali that can't be far from you. Great walk down the river with stepping stones.

I'm hopefully going there with work end August

If you like cheese visit the old cheese shop nearby in Hartington

. Nice pubs there too. Pity it's a trek over for us. Enjoy !!"

Because its with work and will be on duty 24 hrs every day won't get a chance to go anywhere other than what's planned

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Picnics at the beach ..... in the woods...Nice park with play things for the kids... Or bike rides if have bikes some lovely places to go ... Swimming local pool can get family tickets most places ...Have a look in local paper and on net to see what offers are around .. Even go camping for a night someplace local . Campfires and sleeping under the stars loved that as a kid and we would even in the garden at home and get paddling pool out , lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Trust me it will be raining all hols. Summer is now lol."
Oi. It was sunny on St. Swithun's Day so will be sunny for 40 days/40 nights.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Trust me it will be raining all hols. Summer is now lol. Oi. It was sunny on St. Swithun's Day so will be sunny for 40 days/40 nights.

Lol. Raining for 40 days n 40 nights. Space left in my Ark lol.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Have you been to Dovedale Cali that can't be far from you. Great walk down the river with stepping stones. "

yeah love it there. X

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By *oddyWoman
over a year ago

between havant and chichester

open up the fab creche and lock ryan in with them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Trust me it will be raining all hols. Summer is now lol. Oi. It was sunny on St. Swithun's Day so will be sunny for 40 days/40 nights.

Lol. Raining for 40 days n 40 nights. Space left in my Ark lol."
Not with all those wild animals lol

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By *rsIdiotWoman
over a year ago

Bedworth

"Geocaching. It's like a countrywide treasure hunt.

Download the app to find where people have hidden them and go searching!!"

Was just gonna suggest that lol. For anyone interested the official app is six quid. I use c geo, a free app for android

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By *nJ_NW_cplCouple
over a year ago

wirral

If the weather stays good it could be a very cheap summer. We have a beach just about at the end of the road and a large garden that we have put a decent size pool up in. A freezer full of ice creams and lolly ices and we are all happy.

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