Going Conkers!

April 11, 2010 sarahjameswrites

It’s been a suntastic weekend for us away in Staffordshire and Warwickshire. On Saturday we headed up to enjoy a celebration of the Polesworth Poets Trail. One of my poems was shortlisted for the trail and, gutting though it is not to be one of them, it was great to explore the finished trail and see the winning poems combined with some fabulous artwork. Hearing John Siddique read at the event was a wonderful added bonus too!

While we were in the area, we also took the children over to Conkers Discovery Centre at Measham (Leicestershire). It was so interesting to see how this has grown and developed since I went on a press trip some years ago now at the beginning of the project. All I remember from then is lots of churned up mud – not the many interactive exhibits, outdoor playgrounds and train it has now. The boys were also suitably impressed, particularly as we took them ice-skating at Tamworth Snowdome on the way back – another thing I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed!

All in all, it’s been a fun-packed Easter break. We’ve been to see – and thoroughly enjoyed – How to Train a Dragon (in 3D) and Alice In Wonderland at the cinema. (I only wish we’d been able to see Alice In Wonderland in 3D too.) My husband has taken up the sax. I adjudicated the writelink Generations poetry contest and found out that I’d come second in the annual open writelink Spring Fever poetry contest. And the ideas for other submissions and contests are springing in abundance too!

Hope everyone else is having a fruitful April too.