This afternoon we decided to have a bit of time out all together as Dave wasn't working. We went over to The Aquarium Of The Lakes and to the Lakeside Haverthwaite Railway as we still had free tickets which needed using before October. This is an old steam railway which runs from Haverthwaite to Lakeside. So we parked at Haverthwaite,had a look around the engine sheds and then caught the train to the aquarium at Lakeside. Ben loved looking around the sheds at all the different engines and carriages and kept asking where Thomas was!! It's just a short run but both of the kids thoroughly enjoyed it.

The aquarium was really good, we saw otters (busy playing catch with some stones), fish (obviously!), lobster, snakes, mice, rays, and sharks. They also have an underwater tunnel which Eilidh loves as you can watch all the different fish swimming around you. But the best bit is watching ducks diving underwater to get food! We all had a really good afternoon.