have their own population of dugongs, as they’re known here. Families can watch these gentle creatures from a boat or snorkel close to them. A day out including the boat trip, a picnic, snorkelling, kayaking and a nature walk costs £30 per person

, there are Teddy Bear Picnics as well as a Lanterns & Limpets session, where children create their own paper lantern, and the Bluestone Bash where children make an original musical instrument. Visit www.bluestonewales.com

1.  Pack a picnic hamper  ...with damper (recipe below), fruit and chocolates, then enjoy an afternoon in the garden with a variety of traditional games: boules, a giant snakes-and-ladders, skittles.2. Make gingerbread men  Why not try making

the grass to a ‘hole’); or target practice (where you aim for a certain object) are all good games to play.4. Teddy Bear's Picnic  If you go out in the woods today... the whole family will have some fun. Learn songs and take a few storybooks with you (Winnie

tribute to those who died in the Battle of Trafalgar. The Phoebe was one of the ships in Nelson’s fleet.Don’t forget to pack Suncream and a shady hat to protect your children’s heads while you’re busy out in the fields. And a picnic rug so you can sit back

and colours this secret garden has to offer so pack a picnic and seek out the wooded walks and canals as well as newly opened Italian and rose gardens.Framlingham CastleNow OpenOnce the refuge of Mary Tudor before she became queen, Framlingham Castle

Kite circling the tops of the majestic avenue of oak trees, rich with reds and browns. Once you have explored the grounds, pack a picnic or enjoy a delicious cream tea from the larder whilst you enjoy the grand finale of Music In The Park, a series

comes from Scarlett not being able to say “rabbit”, is an apt one, as he really does love to babble on... “We’d had a lovely picnic. Well, I say ‘lovely’ but there weren’t quite enough carrots for my liking,” begins the loquacious, and just

decide that the tea set is best used in a ‘let’s pretend’ game with all the guest’s teddies before the real tea is served. You can also theme your food. For a bears’ picnic, look out for teddy-shaped biscuits or use animal-shaped cutters to make your own4

of cake and a cup of tea. There are two cafés within the Botanic Garden itself that can provide all of these things, and both are well equipped for families with young children. But if the weather is good, take a picnic and relax outside in the rest