Day of the egg

Easter – hurray – two bank holidays. We should have songs to celebrate that.
Not songs about Jesus - obviously. Where are the songs about eggs? Even a song about rabbits – hang on – what the hell are Chas and Dave doing? They could be on a Merry Christmas Everybody style goldmine.

Anyway, as I said, two bank holidays. And even though bank holidays are pretty much meaningless to me in the job I have, I still find my mind wandering to ideas for day trips. In fact I do that all the time, regardless of the calendar, but it feels a little more justified at this time of year. The dilemma with public holidays is that you want a classic day out, but you want to avoid other people doing the same thing. Actually the more I think about that, the more I think it’s the dilemma with life in general. So I’ve been looking around for less obvious, perhaps some would say unpromising, days out. My favourites so far are Hack Green which is doing a great job making nuclear Armageddon fun for kids. I love the way the website says ‘in preparation for a war that was yet to come’. Yet. It will come you understand. Equally exciting is the marvellously titled Stella Mitchell’s Land of Lost Content, which I’m sure really is more than just Stella Mitchell’s Land of Loft Content, but does seem pretty close. Both of these are feasible distances for a day trip, so I will report back with reviews. Sadly, what seems to be lacking within day trip distance is some kind of a freak species farm, which is what I would really like. I have a dream of a farm with tiny horses and massive rabbits. This is the closest I’ve found, but it just doesn’t offer the juxtaposition of different species that I’m ideally looking for. Any other recommendations?