We headed to Oban for a week to spend time with DD2, SIL2 and Ziggy. Sadly, by my standards, it was far to warm most of the week to be out and about and if we left the walks till the evening then the midges were out in force and you could play dot to dot on me with the amount of bites I had. So we tried to stick to shaded walks during the day'
So in no particular order here was some of our fun.
We went to Ganavan beach, Jack ( the golden lab) decided in the water was the best place for him.
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at the waters edge |
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playing on the sand |
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Ziggy and I |
Then we had a picnic before heading back.
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granddad being silly |
After Ziggy's nap she went put on the patio to play.
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on her rocking horse. |
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had to laugh...she now comes towards the camera just like her older cousins. |
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playing with the water table. |
After tea we went up to the top garden area with the bubble machine and the dogs.
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with her bubble machine |
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up to cut the grass with it |
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in the shade of the rhubarb leaves....a few people warned us of the dangers of these leaves when I shared this on Faceboog. |
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blowing bubbles with granddad |
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pegs are a lot of fun |
She willingly let Ziggy have her toy, there were no problems at all.
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playing with Dixie dog and Dixies toy |
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on her slide on the deck. |
On Saturday afternoon Ziggy was a way to a birthday party. All the children got a plant pot with compost and sunflowers seeds to plant, so Ziggy planted hers.
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planting the seeds, well playing with the compost anyway. |
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and watering the seed, this made for mud fun |
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brushing Jack |
On Monday morning DD2 had an appointment and so Ziggy and I went to the park.
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ooppps the hat blew off |
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on the slide, I am not so keen on this piece of equipment as a few gaps up the top she could fall from. |
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on the submarine |
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standing on the roundabout, designed to take a wheel chair |
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sitting on the rocks |
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pushing the roundabout |
Another day we went back down the park with my daughter.
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she can work these herself |
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up the steps to the slide |
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peeking through the submarine window |
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on the double swing with her mum |
When her dad got home on evening he got out some uncooked spaghetti and marshmallows and did some model making with Ziggy.
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building fun |
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these two really took a shine to each other |
On Sunday we all went out together to Appin to see Castle Stalker and take a walk.
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Ziggy and her dad in front of Castle Stalker |
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having a rest |
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picnic time |
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trotting along slowly |
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daddy with the back pack |
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crawling around |
She did well, was over a mile to where we ate our snack and she walked all the way, but did get carried back in the back pack.
I have been to that area before - it really is lovely and looks like you very a busy week. Those pesky midges are a pain though - that's the one thing we still talk about from our trip! #countrykids
ReplyDeletethey ruin many a holiday I have to say
DeleteWhat a little poppet she is, I bet it was magical to go up and spend some time with Ziggy and your daughter. Those midges sound a proper fun spoiler, but glad you managed to work around them with some lovely trips out. The parks up there look amazing with some lovely colourful equipment for little ones. I do love the look of that castle, and what beautiful surroundings.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your time away on #CountryKids
the park is great, I love the whole design of it and the flooring is magical as well.
DeleteWhat a great record of your time with granddaughter, and lovely photos. Dad's spaghetti engineering was ingenius! I think the issue with rhubarb poisoning is only if eaten so I loved those rhubarb leaf hats too! #CountryKids
ReplyDeletethe spaghetti engineering was very different and I am not sure who enjoyed it the most
DeleteSounds like a very sensible week - I am covered in bites and they are driving me insane! I think it's amazing she walked so far - good to encourage young imo. And I love a good picnic.
ReplyDeletewe pottered along slowly and she did very well.
DeleteLooks like you've been having a lovely time. You can't beat a water table and bubbles for fun can you #CountryKids
ReplyDeletevery simple pleasures that have endured time,
DeleteLooks like you had a wonderful time, love the park, so colourful. Such a beautiful part of the world, we went many years ago but hope to take the boys sometime #countrykids
ReplyDeletewell worth going back to so much to see and do in the area.
DeleteWhat beautiful photos. It looks like you had a wonderful week with Ziggy and she looks like she enjoyed playing with bubbles and having trips to the park. She did well walking so far as well! :-) #countrykids
ReplyDeletewe had a brilliant week making memories
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