You've probably heard there is a new plane in Palmy. A play plane. Right in the flight path of the actual planes too - great for our plane mad toddler. Linklater Reserve has been in development for a few years now. Read about that on the PNCC website. The most recent addition is a real plane and looks as though it's drifted over from its airport neighbour and come to rest in the field. We headed to Linklater as we wanted somewhere with a bit of a destination. None of my crew had seen the plane yet so we kept them in suspense - "let's go a bit further and see what we see"... The afternoon was brilliant sunshine and exceedingly warm. Mr 1 wasn't keen on crossing the bidget on his own but very interested in looking over the side. The older two made a beeline for the double flying fox while me and toddler toddled slowly up. A few runs later, it was another family's turn to fly (or would it be called foxing?). We headed over the rise and vowed to come back for Ultimate Frisbee. We timed our visit perfectly as the afternoon aeroplanes both came into land. Toddler was stunned at how close they were compared to his usual viewing spot (our deck). The plane slowly came into view. It took our aviator a bit of time to realise that it was a real life plane and he was quite timid in approaching. We'd taken turns exploring the plane and watched the skies slowly turn very dark and the winds pick up. The first drops of rain were sun showers. Then all of a sudden the sky opened.
Big fat wet rain began to fall. Toddler jumped on my back (I had the foresight to bring the Tula Toddler anticipating the long wander back to the car) and we rushed to find shelter. It got very very wet, very very quickly. The thunder rumbled, which added the the experience. We found shelter in the pergola and waited for the worst to pass. It was over as quickly as it began but we decided to head home as we were all wet through and the temperature had dropped significantly. Back home, clothes hung to dry, the sun came back out and it was like it hadn't happened. Except for the chatter from the girls of how they survived near hypothermia and a tremendous thunder and lightning storm. Tales from children are the best!
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AuthorI'm Kate. I have 3 children - 2 bios and a steppie, 1 under 5 and 2 tweenagers. I am determined to spend more time outside this year and share more of Palmy's wonderful places and free play activities. Categories
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