Silverwood Farm, Three Legged Cross

  Lovely site set amongst trees and laid out in small, private areas.  Can be a bit tricky with levelling the caravan due to roots and uneven ground but each pitch is in a clearing of its own!
   Josh is with us this time.  We got him involved with putting up the awning and getting the caravan set up.  This site was great for him as he could run around without us worrying if he was annoying other people.  We saw a baby bird that had become separated from it’s mother so it was good to watch this from inside the caravan.

   The entrance to the site was down a long track but to the side of the track was a field with horses in.  This was of great interest to Josh and each evening we would take a stroll down to see the horses, feed them some grass then say good night to them.  Josh was a little scared of them so didn’t want to actually feed them but he did stroke one very quickly!

    To the other side of the track was another field which lead to a pond where there were fishermen.  The field also held cows on one day.  It did have a gate which we could have gone through but didn’t really have the time to – maybe next time.
   The owner of the site had a tractor.  Josh and I were very lucky to be passing him one day and he very kindly allowed Josh to sit in the tractor cab.  I don’t think Josh really knew how exciting this was and was a little reticent but he did sit there for a while with a ‘what am i supposed to do now’ look on his face.

    To keep Josh occupied we'd bought him a puzzle.  We thought it was just a sports car but when he saw it his face lit up and he said ‘It’s lightin a keen’ (Lightning McQueen).  Obviously well known if you are in the know!  This puzzle is really a floor puzzle but Josh put it together on the table – and it only just fit! Thank goodness for large puzzle pieces.
   As we have done on our previous outing with Josh, we got him involved with setting up his own sleeping area.  He loved it!  However, he didn’t like settling down and in fact didn’t settle down on the first night until we had gone to bed and turned out the light.  It didn’t stop him from waking up early though!

    On Saturday we went into Poole.  We did wonder what to do with Josh and eventually went to a soft play area within a park setting.  Josh was a little overwhelmed in the soft play area so guess who had to follow him up onto the walkways and through the ball pool and dodge the soft dangly punch bags?  But I thoroughly enjoyed it!  After this we took him on a miniature train ride around the park.  It was rather cold outside and I don’t think Josh enjoyed it all that much.

    We then went into the town centre.  It was near lunch time so we found a café and had something to eat.  Josh also had a huge Bakewell tart – which he couldn’t finish!  Further into our amble around Poole, we came across the harbor with all the boats and street entertainers.  Josh wasn’t really impressed with these.  I think he was tired!  Not the only one!  An ice-cream later and we walked back to the car and back to the caravan.
We had some quiet time with reading books and playing cars then Mike cooked dinner; bangers, mash and beans – one of my favourites!  Josh got to mash the potatoes.

   That night Josh ended up gaining our attention with the balloon that he'd got in Poole.  He kept sticking it out through the curtain around his bed.  It did look funny and I made the mistake of laughing.  Well that was it, another night where he didn't sleep until we turned in.  He did sleep a little longer in the morning, but not much!

   Sunday and we packed up the caravan – Josh helped of course.  Then I took Josh down to say good bye to the horses.  Mike came to meet us but there was also another car following him so it was a very quick ‘goodbye’ and fasten Josh into his seat so that we could go and let the other car out.

   It was a lovely weekend, helped by good weather.  We will definitely go there again, hopefully with Amy, Dave and Sophia next time.