to ask you to tell me where to go

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we had a rubbish day today. dd was bored. dp and i both totally stressed out. we need a day out. we are in the south east. have done the main london museums to death.

help me cheer up my 9yo dd.

Canterbury or Hastings.

Brighton,Littlehampron or anywhere on Sussex coast.

Poor you. I know this feeling well, but we have literally fuck all to do in this town, so I'm kind of jealous you have the London attraction option. Have DD the same age (plus a 9 mo), which can make it doubly difficult.

How about going to a boating lake? Winter picnic? End of a tube line adventure I.e. pick a colour get on corresponding tube and find out what's at the end of it... I've always wanted to do that.

:( do you shop at tesco as we do a lot of days out with clubcard vouchers ?

Train to Brighton?

Fun swimming baths?

Depends on where you are really, 'SE' covers a huge area, what transport you have and how much £ you have to throw at it.

dd doesn't like the tube. if im honest im not keen.

love hastings but its so cooooollllllllldddd. i might keep that in mind though although we are a way from there. brighton too far and dd wont go on the pier.

money is a big issue this week. :(

if it were warmer id say hastings or dymchurch but brrrrrrrrr

Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green? Not one of the main London museums but worth a visit.

Ice skating! Ten pin bowling. Big walk with hot choc and other treats. Winter BBQ. £1 cinema sat and sun mornings. Join English heritage (via Tesco) or national trust (same) and have endless free days out with picnic. Most places have cafe for a cuppa afterwards. Look at 'Lets go' website for your area. So much to do that is free/cheap. I love days out.

Canterbury Tales. Port Lympne zoo.

Oh, no money. Hmmm... Walk along the seafront somewhere (wrapped up!) Bike ride? Hythe to Sandgate is nice.

done that one too something. really liked it but probably wouldn't revisit due to distance. we are just about 1.5 hrs in the car.

How about a nice walk somewhere, followed by hot chocolate in a cafe then home to play games, watch a DVD, build lego, whatever but 100% focus on all doing it together! no phones, no TV, no tablets/laptops etc? Baking?

If you are broke - and who isn't in January- try Tesco clubcard rewards online for instant stuff. Or do things that are free. Circular walk with picnic. For example. We used to be in EH or NT or have annual pass to local zoo and go almost every week. Tesco was a godsend. A treasure hunt. A scavenger hunt. Start geocaching? Wrap up warm...

Local council websites and the ramblers have free downloads often of walks which say how far they are

An ex once took me around the old city bit of London on a Sunday - that was really good - but he was a bit of an Anglophile and knew all about the buildings and history and plague and whatnot . Sure there might be some interesting walks/routes to do that your DD might like?

Agree about museum of childhood. It's really interesting.

we did the walk today although local.

im liking the treasure hunt idea.

When I was that age, I used to love doing DIY, gardening, car maintenance, wood chopping in the woods, whatever my Dad was doing really. Just doing it as a family. Mum would make a flask & picnic if we were going out or endless 'cups of tea & a biscuit' if we were at home. I loved just 'doing stuff', grown up stuff. Every bit as much as the 'fun' stuff. I have fab memories of playing Monopoly with my Dad as well. You don't need to spend loads, just time.

Yeah - geocaching looks acers! Do that! X

Swimming
Early morning cinema
Walk all along south bank. Followed by hot chocolate in a cafe
Indoor Olympics? My dc love this. Write up a list of games to play at home, with a score chart. Prize for the winner.

Birmingham

ok - treasure trail it is. Going to do one of those. looks fab and will make us all work together. thanks for the suggestions.

i love geocaching but dd has a meltdown at the thought of leaving something there. so i say she doesn't have to, she wont fo ot though as we would be cheating

Birmingham

zzzzz i am reading the miniaturist at the moment....so it all depends on how that pans out. good idea though. dp is a carpenter.

You don't have to take it out anything into a geocache, just sign the log.

Tell DD it's not cheating, you can just sign to say you were there, you don't have to take other leave anything if you don't want to.