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Written by Sharon Watson
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 Despite Britain’s reputation for grim summers and bank holiday traffic
jams, festival culture is booming across the country. If you haven’t
been to a music festival since your student days, you may be shocked
that a parenting magazine should run a feature on these grimy,
booze-soaked gatherings.
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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
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Written by Sharon Watson
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 Mystery Mum and Mystery Toddler have been out and about this issue,
checking out family beaches in Hampshire and surrounding areas. Delve
back into your earliest happy memories and chances are you’ll find a
family beach trip in there.Beaches are made for fun, and of course, once you get there, they can
provide a free or very cheap day out.
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The Stately Homes of Hampshire
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Written by Joanne Robinson
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 Mum-of-two (soon to be three) Joanne Robinson offers a guide to taking young children around Hampshire’s National Trust houses.What could be more delightful on a warm summer day than a picnic with
your angelic tots, under the dappled shade of an ancient oak, with one
of Hampshire’s fine stately homes in the distant summer haze?
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Written by Joanne Robinson
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 Joanne Robinson shares the delights of one of the South’s most family
friendly museums; right on our doorstep just over the county border in
Surrey.With three children under six I am a fan of aspiring to an easy life,
and a bit too strapped for cash to enjoy frequent trips to the capital
with the hassle and extra expense it entails. So rather than visiting
the big museums in London I’d take a toddler-friendly local museum in
preference any day.
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Toddler Fun at the Royal Naval Museum
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Written by Joanne Robinson
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 Mum-of-three Joanne Robinson offers a guide to taking young children
around the Royal Naval Museum in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyards.One of
the problems with looking for new places to take your happy babies and
toddlers, is just not knowing what you’ll find when you get there. This is, I find, especially true of the museum world. In the past I’ve
been fired with enthusiasm after hearing descriptions of museums
(usually from friends with no kids)
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St Barbe Museum, Lymington
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Written by Joanne Robinson
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 Joanne Robinson heads to Lymington for a perfect spring day with the kids.I have a confession. The first time I took my toddlers into a museum it
was under duress and with utter dread. Child One (age 2) was gripped
firmly by the hand, Child Two (age 1) was strapped into the buggy.My bag contained emergency supplies (chocolate buttons, packet of crayons and scraps of paper).
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Mystery Mum visits Hampshire Country Parks
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Written by Sharon Watson
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Hampshire is blessed with a huge range of country parks, from those run
by the county and borough councils, to those in private hands.Most are good bets for a day out with the baby, with facilities
generally well-maintained and accessible – time it right and you might
even find a surprising range of events and activities on offer.
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Written by Joanne Robinson
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 Mum-of-two Joanne Robinson reveals how to take young children around Hampshire’s wealth of museums and actually have fun.It’s a cold wet morning with the January drizzle spitting from the grey
sky. Your toddler has trodden playdough into the carpet, the baby’s
Weetabix is dribbling down her chin, and if you have to spend the
entire morning trapped in the house you’ll go stark raving bonkers.
What to do?
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