Clive points as Mark rides around
Fred's Birthday and Mildenhall Camping, Suffolk - 25th September 2011
It's Fred's birthday, and by way of something not really connected we pitch up for a late-summer/early-autumn spot of camping. It takes a bit of manic last-minute arranging to find somewhere, but we end up in a nice little spot in-between Mildenhall and Lakenheath air bases. The weather turns out to be better than most of June, and on the second day we take our bikes over to High Lodge in Thetford Forest for a little bit of a cycle around - it's Fred's first ever cycle ride on his own balance bike, and he actually manages to quite a bit of it before resorting to being carried around by Kirsty, on account of Nosher and Isobel having left behind his bike seat in the awning of The Van.
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previous album: The 1940s Steam Train Weekend, Holt, Norfolk - 18th September 2011
Suzanne, Isobel and Kirsty
Fred and his gang
Hanging out by the caravan
The children have their own picnic
The owner Teleports a picnic bench over
Fred picks up his balance bike
Isobel sits on a bench, and ponders
Fred on his balance bike
Isobel roams around on her bike
Mark and Clive get the barbeques going
Hanging out near the picnic bench
Mark wrangles sausages
The barbeque is smoking
Camping barbeque action
Mark and Clive discuss the merits of local radio
In the caravan
The traditional camping breakfast
The Van in the background
Fred's got a ladybird
Suzanne does washing up
Fred's got a sticker book for his birthday
Fred mills around on his bike
Fred rides his bike around
Fred pootles around
Digging around in the grass
By the van
Amelia sneaks in to play with Fred's blocks
Nosher sticks the bikes on the van
We visit a car boot sale on the A11
Fred picks up a car-boot teddy bear
Picnic in the woods at High Lodge
Amelia and Clive
The assembled bikes just before the off
The children get ready to cycle off
It's Amelia's first time on the back of a bike
Isobel and Fred
Fred and Isobel near the bogs at High Lodge
Crossing the big field at High Lodge
Cycling through the forest
More bike action
Fred and Isobel, deep in the pine forest
We stop off in the woods
Emmy and Fred bang away on a massive glockenspiel
Everyone looks up as a helicopter flies over
Amelia walks along some steps
Isobel sits on a bench and ponders
Fred walks across a 'very very wobbly' bridge
A giant hawser is tied to a tree
Fred sticks his head out a squirrel-shaped hole
Fred gets a ride on Kirsty's bike
On the cycle path
Cycling through the pine forest
The final stop on the bike ride
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Clive points as Mark rides around
Clive points as Mark rides around
Suzanne, Isobel and Kirsty
Fred and his gang
Hanging out by the caravan
The children have their own picnic
The owner Teleports a picnic bench over
Fred picks up his balance bike
Isobel sits on a bench, and ponders
Fred on his balance bike
Isobel roams around on her bike
Mark and Clive get the barbeques going
Hanging out near the picnic bench
Mark wrangles sausages
The barbeque is smoking
Camping barbeque action
Mark and Clive discuss the merits of local radio
In the caravan
The traditional camping breakfast
The Van in the background
Fred's got a ladybird
Suzanne does washing up
Fred's got a sticker book for his birthday
Fred mills around on his bike
Fred rides his bike around
Fred pootles around
Digging around in the grass
By the van
Amelia sneaks in to play with Fred's blocks
Nosher sticks the bikes on the van
We visit a car boot sale on the A11
Fred picks up a car-boot teddy bear
Picnic in the woods at High Lodge
Amelia and Clive
The assembled bikes just before the off
The children get ready to cycle off
It's Amelia's first time on the back of a bike
Isobel and Fred
Fred and Isobel near the bogs at High Lodge
Crossing the big field at High Lodge
Cycling through the forest
More bike action
Fred and Isobel, deep in the pine forest
We stop off in the woods
Emmy and Fred bang away on a massive glockenspiel
Everyone looks up as a helicopter flies over
Amelia walks along some steps
Isobel sits on a bench and ponders
Fred walks across a 'very very wobbly' bridge
A giant hawser is tied to a tree
Fred sticks his head out a squirrel-shaped hole
Fred gets a ride on Kirsty's bike
On the cycle path
Cycling through the pine forest
The final stop on the bike ride