On Saturday we went to the airshow. Boy Wonder took his ear defenders and we explained that it would be very busy. We went on the bus as parking would have been horrific. They all really enjoyed this. Cat Girl announced that she had never been on a bus before. We realised that she was probably right!
We found a place on the pier that wasn't too crowded and near an older gentleman who Boy Wonder fired his numerous questions at. The man seemed to enjoy passing on his knowledge so it worked well. After the first set of flights we went into the climbing centre which was a very good find. The children spent an hour and a half on various climbing walls. It was calm and quiet in there and with the added bonus of proprioceptive activity, proved to reduce the building anxiety. Boy Wonder finished off by performing the 'Leap of Faith' with great ease ( due to having no fear!) which consisted of climbing to the top of a ladder, walking out on to a platform and jumping into mid air to grab a 'punch bag' type piece of equipment before dropping to the floor ( controlled by a harness and pulley.) We all congratulated him but he didn't seem to get why it was a big deal.
We left the climbing centre and headed outside to watch the Red Arrows. Superman had his camera ready and managed some good shots. All the children enjoyed the stunts which were very well timed to avoid collision! These guys are very talented. We headed off to get something to eat before attempting to catch the bus back. It was extremely busy so we thought that we had done well to find a quiet restaurant. However, once in and seated we noticed that it had a high ceiling and wooden floors which made for an echoey environment. This sent Boy Wonder straight up! He lost control quickly and started to shout, kick Cat Girl and generally thrash about. I gave him his ear defenders and sat next to him for a short while giving him a firm hug. He started to come down, looking through the air show programme and left the ear defenders on for the remainder of the meal through choice. The noise was obviously problematic.
After dinner we decided to stay for the night performances and sat on the sea front to watch them. It was less busy now as most of the crowd were queuing at the bus stop, hence why we had decided to hang back a bit. Eventually we headed for the bus only to be told that the bus we needed had stopped running. It was only 8pm! The bus driver directed us to a different bus company where we could catch a bus to the local supermarket near our site. It was either that or a taxi which wasn't really an option as it would be stuck in traffic for a good while with its meter running.
We waited at the bus stop for what seemed an age. The children were fed up and tired, the roads were chaos and the queues of people were a mixture of agitated queue pushers and silly drunks. Eventually the bus arrived and the bus manager ( obviously sent in to manage crowd control) helped us get the children on the bus first. He ended up doing this twice as the first time it was the wrong bus! Eventually we were on our way and with the help of a few kids on the bus in front, Boy Wonder and co. were kept entertained ( and overexcited ) for a good part of the journey back.
Once at the supermarket, Superman negotiated his way through the housing estate back to the site and we headed to the caravans. It was now about 10pm so we went straight to bed. Boy Wonder took quite a while to settle but in the early hours he fell asleep.
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