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From rip-roaringly funny plays to swashbuckling drama and toe-tapping family musicals, this year’s Live in the Cloisters series at Peterborough Cathedral promises a funpacked programme. These outdoor family shows from professional theatre companies take place in the beautiful Cathedral Cloisters: a sheltered grassy lawn surrounded by the ancient walls. The programme includes A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, Pygmalion and The Three Musketeers. So pack yourselves a picnic, take a deckchair or a blanket and settle down for some great entertainment. Tickets are available via www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/live-cloisters-22.aspx
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Do you know your Deinonychus from your Ankylosaurus?
These are just two of the many dinosaur models that will be at Peterborough Cathedral from 18 July to 3 September as part of the Natural History Museum’s touring exhibition, T.rex: The Killer Question. The question is, was T.rex a ferocious hunter or a mere scavenger? You’ll be able to compare the mighty T.rex with other dinosaurs. The Ankylosaurs was a plant-eating herbivore rather than a meat-eater and the shape of its body is adapted to this. The Deinonychus was both plant-eating and carnivorous, so it looks a bit more like a T.rex. Many of the models in the exhibition are animatronic, so will be roaring and moving as you look around. A full-size T.rex skeleton is also part of the display within the 900-year-old cathedral. Snap up your tickets! Entry to the exhibition is by timed ticket and the prices are £6 for children, £8 for adults or £25 for a family (2 adults and up to 3 children or 1 adult and up to 4 children). They are on sale via www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk/t.rex
Take your Family to Nene Park this Summer
There’s no shortage of events and activities to keep the whole family entertained over the summer months at Nene Park. From regular boat trips, a great choice of paddlesports and cycle hire (See page 12 for discout code) to activities such as pond dipping, bug hunting, climbing, archery or nature walks. It’s good to get the family enjoying some outdoor fun and Nene Park is the perfect place with plenty to keep everyone amused all day long. You could even camp on site for a mini staycation on the campsite or one of the new bell tents. The ever-popular Pay and Play watersports hire activities include swan pedalos and row boats, stand up paddle boards, kayaks and canoes, dinghies and windsurfing. Book online to avoid the queues on busy days. The electric boat trips are great fun and operate dally during the holidays but there are some specially themed ones with a Wildlife Eco Boat trip on 10 August and a History Boat Trip on Saturday 9 July. New summer holiday trails start on 25 July, 5 August and 19 August with a new trail every two weeks throughout the summer holidays. Just collect a trail sheet from the Visitor Centre and then hunt for questions as you walk around Ferry Meadows. Then head back to claim your prize to grow at home. How about learning something new like archery? Pay and Play Archery sessions will run throughout the day on 26 July, 11 August and 25 August from 11am-4pm. Just pop down and give it a try on Oak Meadow close to Nene Outdoors. For the more adventurous the climbing wall will be ready to be conquered on 4 August and 30 August from 11am-4pm. Are you brave enough to reach the top? To get them into the spirit of the great outdoors there are also various Bushcraft sessions during August to teach the kids everything from using tools to lighting fires and shelter building.
To see everything Nene Park has to offer this summer visit www.nenepark.org.uk
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