[New] Days Out Young Reporters

Bucks Goat Centre

By Minnie from Gerrards Cross, aged 8.

One cold but sunny Sunday my family and I visited the Bucks Goat Centre near Aylesbury. I love goats so I was very excited! After picking up a few bags of goat food at the entrance we set off, wandering through green fields and down brown paths surrounded by goats, llamas and alpacas.

One of the cutest animals there was a black, mischievous looking goat with extremely large curly horns. Be careful of your bag of goat food with this one – I was taken by surprise when he reached forward and took the entire bag out of my hand and ate the whole thing! How greedy!

The Bucks Goat Centre isn’t just limited to goats either! In the barn, we discovered some charming black pigs, an enormous guinea pig, and my sister’s favourite, a beautiful soft grey rabbit which looked just like a cuddly toy!

For me, the highlight was probably playing with Freya the ferret. Freya is a very friendly and energetic ferret who enjoyed wriggling around in my coat hood. She had sharp smooth claws, a little pink tongue and seemed to like playing with my hair! I’ve never been so close to a ferret before!

Next stop, the cafe. My family and I were ravenous after all our goat feeding, and the food at the cafe was simple but filling, and in my opinion, delicious. I had a lovely bacon sandwich whilst my Daddy enjoyed a full English. There looked like there were some pretty good cakes too! While my sisters and I were waiting for our food (which didn’t take long) we had fun in the playground. There were sandpits and a small climbing frame for the little children, but we liked going on the obstacle course and the see saw.

It was really fun to spend the morning with so many amazing animals at the Bucks Goat Centre and I’m looking forward to going again soon!

4.5 out of 5

Bletchley Park

Hi! I’m Lily and I’m 10 years old, I love going on days out with my little brother Ollie and my Mum and Dad. I also love sports and reading!

I was excited to visit Bletchley Park because I love reading about spies and codes and wanted to find out more. When we got there the staff were really friendly and we bought a Mission Pack for £1. I can’t tell you too much about the secret tasks inside but it was really fun to do!

The whole park was really big, there were different huts where you could do trails and play interactive games. There were also videos you could watch that explained things about the Second World War. Some of the videos were loud but they had ear defenders you could borrow which was good for my brother.

My favourite part was the Mansion which had a really cool library. Ollie liked seeing the dispatch motorbikes. I learnt loads of facts! We were there for four hours and I can’t wait to go back and see lots more!

4 out of 5

Imperial War Museum

By Lily

In half term we had a day out to London. We went on the train and tube from Aylesbury and visited the Imperial War Museum. It’s only a little walk from the station and is free to get in. Outside they have some giant guns and bombshells. Inside there was lots to do, you could buy a guidebook but they had free trails for children. You could earn a badge for completing the trail booklet. There were lots of cool planes and tanks to see, and fascinating displays. My favourite exhibit was about camouflage and a very interesting tree used for spying! There were different levels with different exhibits available. The Holocaust exhibit is strictly for over 14s but there is loads of information everywhere else! You could even try out an Anderson shelter and a Morrison shelter.

We had an amazing time and I would recommend it!

4 out of 5