It’s Day 16 of the Easter Holidays and the fun-tokens (money...) are at an all-time low. For the first time ever, the minxes are fed-up of going to any of the beaches, so it was time to re-visit an old favourite: Brodie Castle, about halfway between Nairn and Forres.

There are some places that children instinctively love to explore. Jervaulx Abbey is one of these. I love ruined abbeys and monasteries, so was keen to go and have a look. I wasn’t expecting the children to share my enthusiasm.

When we were in England over the Summer, there were a few days when we inevitably needed something to do indoors. One of the places we visited was Walmer Castle on the South Kent coast.

I’ve noticed a bit of theme developing on the Little Trekkers Ambassadors blog – dinosaurs! We didn’t want to be left out so here’s our local dinosaur spotting opportunity.

We were excited to find that a few Jubilee beacons would be lit near where we live and that help was needed to build them on the Sunday of the Jubilee Weekend. “Would you like to go and help build a beacon, James?” “What’s a beacon, Mummy?”

With Jubilee fever in the air, we thought it was about time James went on his first visit to a castle. So off we headed to Tutbury Castle, in Staffordshire, down the road from Grandma and Granddad’s.

One of the best £3 we’ve ever spent was on a pocket kite. It’s a single-line design so it’s really easy for a small boy to fly on his own and it can be out of the bag and ready to go in a jiffy.

One thing James really enjoys is going for a walk up White Horse Hill. Carved into the chalk hillside above the village of Uffington during the Bronze Age, it’s the oldest chalk figure in Britain.

Well, if you ask Arlo, he will tell you with great certainty that this is where ‘Mike the Knight’ lives.

Ruins don’t get much more spectacular than Corfe Castle. Built a thousand years ago, the Castle was reduced to ruins during the English Civil War. Set on a hill high above the beautiful Dorset countryside, it’s an imposing sight. James had admired it as we’d driven past it on our way to the beach at Studland and was thrilled at the idea of a visit.