Riots and Rabbits

Well this week has been a bit quiet to be honest. What with everything going on in London and having had a busy weekend on Monday and Tuesday we stayed at home and set up camp in the front room.

I've also been suffering this week with lack of sleep and a bit of an upset stomach, but we managed one day out.

I decided to go to Mudchute Farm, quite a big farm on the Isle of Dogs. As usual I checked the website first to see what it looked like and how to get there. They tell you to go to Crossharbour as this is the easiest station to access the entrance to the park and farm. What they don't tell you is that it isn't the easiest access if you have a buggy or wheelchair. The entrance had around 10 steps going up to it and when I got to the top there was a gate that obviously was there to stop animals escaping but wasn't big enough to fit a buggy through (unless it folded up). One of the down sides to travelling around on your own with children is you don't have that second pair of hands, it was impossible for me to fold up the buggy and hold Ava so I decided to look for another entrance. Ten minutes walk later we found another entrance - directly opposite Mudchute station! I could have stayed on the train and saved myself the hassle. That entrance was OK, but then I encountered another problem - the path leading to the farm was sand - pretty difficult to push a buggy on - gah!

When we got to the farm I was a bit disappointed, yes it is free but it just felt a bit run down. I needed to feed Ava so we went to the cafe and got a drink. Now, I know it was on a farm but the amount of flies that were in the cafe were unbearable. All over the serving counter and swarming round whilst we were sat having a drink. I've been to quite a few farms and never had this before. I also had to wait ages to be served whilst the blokes in the kitchen ignored me.

Even the animals are trying to escape

We left the farm and went off to find the play park they mention on the website. I have lived in London for about 15 years and I don't think I've ever felt particularly nervous anywhere during the day. But this park made me feel uncomfortable - maybe this was partly to do with what's been happening around here this week, I don't know but I do know I had to get Sam to leave pretty quick as I just didn't want to be there.

So all in all a bit of a disappointing trip out. But Sam got to ride on his beloved trains.......