Family Days Out Round-Up: Winter fun

This month we are celebrating all the fun things you can do in the winter months, although I have to admit it has been a bit of a challenge with all the wet weather we have been experiencing recently. We found the perfect indoor centre to get some fun and exercise at Rock Up Whiteley, where the older kids got to try out their climbing skills whilst the younger ones got to hare round the soft play area and ET Speaks from Home had a similar idea and checked out Rock Reef Climbing Centre on the end of Bournemouth Pier.

I always find the months of December and January dark and dismal but The GingerBread House found the perfect tonic for this by visiting the Festival of Light at Longleat, whilst Global Mouse found more sparkling lights and fun activities at the Winter Festival at Eden Project.

If you are after somewhere to go that is slightly more sophisticated then Family Travel Times visited Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, Happy Homebird headed out to Chester Cathedral, Tin Box Traveller explored Mottisfont Abbey and Diary of a Frugal Family walked down memory lane by visiting Gretna Green and showed her children where she got married.

One of my favourite winter activities is going for a brisk walk along the beach to blow away the cobwebs and it seems I am not alone. Mummy’s Little Blog took all 21 members of her family out for a walk along Gorleston Beach, Renovation Bay-Bee took her family to West Wittering and Pink Oddy braved sand in her sandwiches and had a picnic on the beach on New Years Day.

Did you see the Stick Man film on Christmas Day? It was the inspiration for a few bloggers who all braved the weather to go and do their local Stick Man Trails. Pink Oddy found hers at the Forest of Dean, The Gingerbread House did theirs at Wendover Woods, Mini Travellers at Delamere Forest and My Travel Monkey at Alice Holt in Surrey whilst Quite Frankly She Said took her boys on a winter woodland walk and had fun throwing sticks into the stream.

Living on the South Coast we rarely ever get any snow and I think the whole country has been in the same boat as it has been so mild but Project Wanderlust has found the perfect antidote for this by visiting the Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead, The Pigeon Pair and Me had their first ever family ski at Snozone in Milton Keynes and Five Adventurers enjoyed the donuts at Chill Factore in Manchester.

Getting out and about and learning about nature was order of the day for the Brick Castle who visited the Martin Were Wetlands Centre whilst Family Budgeting decided to explore the weird and wonderful at Ripley’s Believe it or Not in London.

If you have been on any fabulous Winter Family Days Out please add them to the linky below.

With the arrival of the cold weather I am hoping February’s round-up will be full of snowy fun but I am also looking for inspiration for Half Term Days Out. Please tweet me your links to @chelseamamma.

See you in February!