A year with the National Trust : Wicken Fen

An inset day at the end of the Easter break gave us the opportunity to explore another local national trust site.

Wicken fen is a combination of a boarded walk through the fens.

And a reconstructed fensmans cottage.

The visitors centre provided the girls with a canvas bag to take on their explorations!

It included a magnifying glass

Pencils, crayons, notebook and brass rubbing sheet for making observations and finding the eight rubbings located round the walk.

 

One of our bags even included a bird book, and Annie enjoyed finding birds in the book that she could see from the hides.

 

The cottage was lovely but unfortunately too dark for internal photos

The sheds and garden have also been reconstructed, though the girls were not impressed by the mole traps!

And even less impressed with the bathroom!

From Wicken Fen there are several good cycle routes of varying distances.

The girls had a great time and being pretty much all off road made it much more enjoyable for me!

A coffee at the visitors centre gave the girls opportunity to play in the willow 'house'

Sometimes it is the simple things that give the most pleasure, the log pile was made into beds, chairs even a music room!

 

This is definatly a site best visited in warm dry weather, and I am sure we will be back over the summer, we might even tackle one of the longer bike ride!