tried & tested

This weekend I arranged to meet the legendary Auntie JenJen (godmother-extraordinaire to my youngest, and sister-from-another-mister to myself) at Jordan’s Mill for a Saturday morning catchup with the boys. Just 20 minutes away from myself in Ickleford and 40 mins for her from Peterborough, it’s an ideal location, not only due to the distance, but it’s also a great child-friendly place to meet up with friends.

Never one to miss a ‘Tried and Tested’ opportunity, I dropped a message to Jordan's Mill and asked if it would be possible to have a tour of the Mill so I could do a writeup for the website, and they very kindly agreed. I’ve been meaning to take the boys to Jordan’s Mill for a long time, and sadly we missed their Summer Trail this year (spoiler alert- there’ll be a Halloween Trail soon!), but despite having missed it,  I still found there was plenty to keep the boys entertained there.

When we arrived, I parked in the main car park, where you can walk along the road by the river or through the garden trail. We opted for the garden trail, it’s only a couple of minutes’ walk and fairly easy with a buggy. I must point out at this point that we were politely waiting in the car for Auntie JenJen so she wouldn’t have to walk alone, then got a text from her asking where we were as she was already inside. There was only one other empty car in the car park, and no one had arrived after us, so how did she do that?! I forgot there is a car park at the front of the mill too where you can park, so there’s a tip for you to try there first as it's much closer, and if full, head to the main car park instead.