We drove the kids North East to our adopted hinterland of moreish moorland, the Brontes heath and heather hiding-place, near peacock splendid Castle Howard.
Town kids need more stimulation, animal animation. A newly opened zoo park offered flamingos in the pink, fapping, fluttering, squarking round a stinking muddy pool.
We splashed about, rain soaked, licking mud spiced ice creams, shivering, slipping, thinking it's what you try to do for kids.