Swanbourne Lake, Arundel

We are trying to make the most of the beautiful weather, and so this morning we joined up with a friend and two other little ones, and headed over to Swanbourne Lake in Arundel. The lake (actually a reservoir) is in a beautiful location, just down the road from Arundel Castle. There is plenty of free parking along the road (although it does fill up at busy times - you might need to park in the Pay and Display in the town and walk in that case), and a small cafe. We bought some duck food so that the boys could feed the ducks, which was a big hit.

Mia was not quite up to feeding them yet, but they showed a lot of interest in the pushchair! 

Then I was persuaded to buy Harry an icecream in the tearoom. There is a path all the way around the lake, although it's a bit rocky with the pushchairs so we only managed a short distance. From memory the path also joins up with some other longer walks across the Downs. There were some small hills that the boys could climb, and I even got Mia out of the pushchair for a crawl about, although it turned out that she was more interested in eating sticks.

Then as a bonus, both fell asleep in the car on the way home. If only all the fresh air meant that they would sleep better at night!