The village of Padfield just outside Glossop with its Plum Festival in full swing.
Climbing frame/swing
I visited a friend over in Glossop today and we walked her kids and the dogs over to a little bvillage called Padfield to go to the Padfield Plum Festival. Now Padfield is pretty tiny as you can see from the first picture and the festival was little more than a tiny fete but it was really nice and good fun.
The Festival was held in the village green right over the childrens' playground so all the kids were playing on the play equipment. It was so full and busy that it took me a while to work out what was under the mass of bodies. When I focussed, I could see how well the new equipment worked. it was compact but interesting; therewere loads of different age groups all using the equipment; they could work together or singly; and it just looked fun and imaginative. Most parts of the frame swung or twisted in more than one direction. In fact we were able to leave my friend's son for quite a while playing with his pal and neither seemed to be bored and he has a pretty short attention span!
I suppose I was interested because it wasn't a massive public park; just a tiny village playground. There were only 4 pieces of equipment - the blue multi-purpose climbing frame and slide; a see-saw; a 4-man spring table and some swings. But, despite that, they could accommodate dozens of kids and they all seemed to be having a laugh. There is no way Bamford's curent play area could achieve that.
I hope that's what we can get if (no, when!) we get our funding. Fingers crossed!
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