As I rode steadily along the country lanes, my legs repeating the same cycle of motion over and over again with ease almost instinctively despite the years it has been since I was last on a bike. Nothing but an expanse of colourful fields as far as the eye can see with just a slight hint of another family disappearing over the brow of the steep hill ahead.
At the weekend the sun shone and we took the chance to visit Conkers discovery centre in Swadlincote, Derbyshire. It is an outdoor play and indoor discovery centre set in the national forest with so many activities to suit all ages. It’s somewhere we have been a fair few times before and I vividly remember going when Roma was just a week or so old.
We have had our Merlin Annual passes almost a year now and whilst we are in the process of considering whether to renew I thought I would recap over what we have experienced this year with them and if, for us, the upfront outlay has been worth while. Because there is no getting around the fact that it is alot of money. £387 to be exact.