Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Contact club if interested - they fly every day, weather permitting.

Families are challenged to discover the WOW factor at Gloucester Cathedral during October half term.

Families are challenged to discover the WOW factor at Gloucester Cathedral during October half term.

The first Gloucester Day parade in many years will be celebrated on Saturday, September 5.

It will start at Constitution Walk, and make its way along Eastgate Street and into Westgate Street and the Cathedral grounds to Northgate Street then King's Square.

Speeches will be made at Kings Square, then the parade will move back to Northgate Street and Southgate Street before ending at the Brunswick Baptist Church.

Every year on the edge of the Forest of Dean they build something big and burn it. No myth, no tradition, just because everyone loves a big fire once in a while.

Free, and kids love it.

Taurus Crafts - http://www.tauruscrafts.co.uk/

This a Museum in Gloucester, but more than that, it's a fantastic historical resource and database for anyone interested in military history, or following up family links with the forces (they have 50,000 names in their 19th Century and WW1 databases).

One of the top art galleries in the world, specialising in "art inspired by nature".

The best of it's type in the whole UK. Everyone should go every few years. Great for kids.

Gloucester City and Art Gallery

Well worth a visit, lots of history, and dinosaurs (from around here!) My six year old even liked some of the art.

It is an absolute scandal that the birthplace of the Jet Engine doesn't have anything more than a small sculpture and a pub to mark one of the most historic inventions of the 20th Century.

Local history of real lives.

Near Worcester. Ideal as part of a day out in that direction.

In Bath, something a little different to do next time you go there.

A bit of a drive, but a very nice centre, in a beautiful part of the country - ideal as part a day out that also includes hay on Wye or a drive in the Black Mountains.

Amazing - we are in the middle of a UNESCO site of world importance, one of only 50 worldwide.

Cotswold Farm Park

This is great - I took my boys - 5 and 7 - and as far as they were concerned, it's a brill adventure playground, with animals.

Nice permanent collection, and good shows. Take a look, nice coffee shop too.

World famous bird collection at Burton on the Water.

You can actually catch your trout

Local castle, great day out.

Wonderful local wildlife park

Nice collection, includes Brum

Horrible History

Edward Jenner Museum

In these safety nazi times, here's a thought to scare all parents...

Smallpox, caught naturally, killed up to 30% of those it infected

So, in the 18th Century many parents would deliberately infect their children by rubbing them with scabs from infected people.

For scary horrible videos, just YouTube for smallpox.

Holst was born here.