New Forest Day 2 - Peppa Pig World

Day 2 of our camping holiday started off with a minor malfunction of our little old tent. Two of the carbon rods that loop through the tent snapped leaving the tent a little bent and out of shape. Fortunately we had two spare poles in the awning so it was a simple 10 min repair job and luckily we didn't need to empty the tent or take the whole thing down to do the repair.

 

One snapped pole!

One half collapsed tent. Doh!

Anyway after the repair we was off to Paulton's Park predominantly for the boys to visit Peppa Pig land. They are both huge PP fans and were both extremely excited about the day ahead. I have to confess that PP is one of those kids programs that I just haven't really bothered learning the characters despite the fact that I read them the story books at night. I only realised Peppa was a girl this week (bad Dad!).

The floating globe at the entrance to Paultons Park.

After a small wait we were finally let into Peppa Pig World. Fortunately all the local kids went back to school a day earlier and as such the park was pretty quiet with minimal queues for all of the rides. 

My boys in PP World.

 

First ride of the day was the PP Cars but first you need to get some fuel.

And then we were off. Would you feel same with these two urchins driving you around a track.

Joshua on the PP boats, such a big boy being able to go on rides all on his own.

Brandon still not quite big enough to go solo on most of the rides. But still having lots of fun with Mummy.

The boys posing with a nice statue of Peppa Pig.

The Peppa Pig camper van. This is high up on Joshua's birthday list toy wants!

Peppa Pig World is great for the boys and they both thoroughly enjoyed themselves. However we only spent a few hours in PP World and then moved out into the rest of Paulton's Park. This was where the real fun began and the boys got to go on some serious rides. There was very little in the park that even Brandon could not go on with an adult (bar one or two rides). This was probably the first theme park we have been to where all of us have been able to share the experience of rides together. On a lot of the bigger rides Brandon would initially say something like "I don't like" or "I'm scared". Then he would chuckle all the way through the ride and at the bottom all you could hear is "again, again, again!".

Brandon, Joshua and Tina on a viking ship.

Some cleverly trimmed dinosaur hedges.

Probably the family favourite for the day was the log flume ride which gave you a right good soaking. Fortunately it was a scorcher of a day and the soaking was actually pretty refreshing. Brandon's little face as he came down the water shoots was an absolute picture. 

First you get the smaller of the water shoots. 

As you can see this one still gives off a good splash.

Then it is back up for the big decent and splash.



Check out Brandon's little face in the souvenir picture. Our first as a family of four.

The characters of Peppa Pig which the boys got to meet in Peppa Pigs house.

Me and Joshua in Peppa Pigs house.

And little Brandon. He was not as keen for his picture being taken unless I let him take a picture of me with my camera first!

The toothless cheeky grin which we have all come to adore.

Joshua driving a tractor ride.

Brandon's second favourite ride was yet another water slide only this time you descended down a bumpy slide in a two seater red inflatable. You manage to get some pretty awesome speed down here and ever get air borne over the humps in the slide. 

The fearless one ready for another ride. I think he went down this about 8 times over the course of the day.

As you can see its quite a long way down (and equally a long way to keep going back up after each ride - especially in the heat!).

The humps which get you air borne.

Me and Brandon set off on one of our many runs down the slide.

Joshua on the dinosaur ride in PP World.

Brandon riding the dinosaur with me,

The Peppa Pig train (I think this is Grandpa Pig).

Me and the boys were riding in the rear carriage on Grandpa Piggies train.

One of the few rides which Brandon could not go on was the volcano drop thingy. So me and Joshua went up on this bad boy.

You can just about see me and Joshua on the left in this picture. Our stomachs are about 50ft higher!

Just in case you doubted how high up we dropped from.

This is just a very small selection of the pictures we took in Paulton's. It was a great day out and we stayed right until the bitter end. We then grabbed a quick bite to eat before the restaurants closed and then headed back to our tent to get some rest before the next day. For me Day 3 was the best day of the holiday - read more tomorrow to find out why.