And so today we decided to venture out a bit more and discovered a family day at Stratford racecourse. It was lovely. We organised a bit of a picnic and arrived just before lunch, surveyed the scene and had our picnic. We then went to discover the joys of various air filled children's activities, namely a bouncy castle, bouncy slide and bouncy ball pool.... hours(?) of fun! A further wander around and Nick thought about getting me a coconut but we decided I didn't need one and it was only me that liked it, some wandering around until we'd boiled ourselves so much I just wanted to get the air conditioning on in the car! So Nick trapsed over the centre of the track with 2 small but very hot children, while I lorded it moving the car. It really was ANY excuse... that car really didn't NEED to be moved!

Anyway, the first race came and went, Jessica declared she didn't like it (for "like" I heard "approve", good girl!!!) and we said one more race, then we'll go. Of course not to be contrary, Jessica got into the flow of it second time around so we stayed for a couple until I nearly combusted internally!