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I'm taking my 8 yr old son with me for the xc day. We're planning to arrive just before 9. Even if it takes an hour to get through security it still leaves us 2 1/2 hours before the action starts. I have a supply of travel games and am borrowing a ds. Just wondering if any of you have great ideas to keep kids entertained on a very long ( hopfully dry) day?
 
There is a childrens playpark in there but its fairly close to the pond where the water jumps will be so I don't know if it'll be open or not? I can't see anything about it being closed but I assume yes?
 
I think there's a que. I don't get back to Blighty much. The thought of spending a day with one of my old horsey friends would be a dream. I dont think they'll exchange an £8 ticket for a £50 one though. I think my son may be just a little disappointed as well
 
Or, at the top of the park, in the flower gardens there's a deer enclosure and a pond full of fat ducks and squirrels looking for food?
The squirrels are stupidly tame and will clamber over you and take food from your hand or raid picnics.
Its fenced off from the xc course itself so could be a useful place to run around and let some steam off in!
 
That great. It's been so long since I was in Greenwich. When I was a child we scattered my Nana's ashes where the childrens playpark used to be in St. James' park. There were friendly squirrels there too. One ran up my great aunt's skirt. We all thought it hilarious. Apparently not to my elderly relatives though.
 
I think going into the playground would technically count as leaving the park, so you wouldn't get back in :eek: Ditto, the flower garden.
 
I don't believe that the museum counts as leaving the venue, certainly for the cross country. The info leaflet does suggest having a look around it as it is part of the park. I could easily be wrong though!
 
In the local paper today it said the playground and flower gardens will be open. I can check and see if it counts as 'leaving the area'?
 
I would think getting in may take longer than you imagine - even getting tubes to Olympia horse show is hard work at Xmas!

You'll easily kill two hours having a drink and a wander. Gamesboys always kept my stepson amused for a few hours when he was that age! We took him to Badminton at that age and he spent half the time just running around!

Enjoy yourselves!
 
Good idea Honey. I remember in the olden days when my now husband and I used to go to Notting Hill from Brixton. I'm thinking the trains will be like that but worse. The atmosphere was always good though. Not your usual rush hour traffic!
 
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