HALF term can be a tricky time for cash-strapped families. With parents desperate to find purse-friendly ways to keep kids occupied, low-cost days out can be a lifesaver. 10 You can marvel at a huge dinosaur at the Cumberland House Natural History Museum, Portsmouth Credit: Getty 10 Take your kids to Ashford Outlet Adventure Playground Credit: Getty 10 Below, we reveal the best boredom-busting family days out around the country Credit: Getty Kirsten Jones reveals the best boredom-busting family days out around the country – and they needn’t cost you a penny.
Plus The Sun’s garden guru gives you ideas for getting kids involved with nature and the outdoors. SOUTH 10 Stop by Ashdown Forest to play on the real-life Poohsticks Bridge Credit: Alamy Roskilly’s Farm, St Keverne, Cornwall: The ultimate day out for animal lovers, this organic farm invites kids to meet furry friends, watch cow milking and explore 20 acres of open farmland. See roskillys.
co.uk. Cumberland House Natural History Museum, Portsmouth: Watch a colony of 9,000 bees at work behind glass, get up close to the butterflies and walk through the A to Z of natural history, where you can marvel at a huge dinosaur.
See portsmouthnaturalhistory.co.uk Pooh Corner, Sussex: Ashdown Forest was author AA Milne’s inspiration for the 100 Acre Wood, so play on the real-life Poohsticks Bridge and see book locations like Eeyore’s Sad And Gloomy Place.
See poohcorner.co.uk Devon flapjack trail, Plymouth: Feeling sweet? G.
