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day out to... Port Lympne Reserve

Recently I wrote about returning to Howletts for the first time in ages, at the moment they are offering discount entry to the sister park - so this Friday we went for a visit. Port Lympne Reserve is over 600 acres of land, and ticket includes free safari and access to the dinosaur forest. As part of the Aspinall Foundation, Port Lympne also focus on the breeding and rehabilitation of endangered animals back into the wild - with successful breeding programs with their giraffes, rhinos and gorillas. As a nice little bonus compared to Howletts you can also holiday within the park with lots of different glamping choices available - brings back happy memories of my staycation at Pinewood.

The safari journey takes about an hour and takes you past rhinos and spectated bear - then through the Asian experience where you will find different types of deer and water buffalo. On to the main African experience where you find the giraffe (which I may be a little obsessed with - especially the babies) but also zebra, antelope, ostrich and much more. There is amazing views from the top of the hill looking all over Kent. The bonus is you can go on the safari as many times as you like! and as the animals roam free you never know what you will see.

Before getting the chance to jump off the truck and explore carnivore territory to see cats great and small, check out the dinosaur forest where you can learn all about the Jurassic period and see the t-rex tower over you. With a lovely walk, you can then head to the Primate trail to see all the cute monkeys and the talented gorillas with their new baby arrival. There is cafes and even a restaurant on site, as well as plenty of seating for you to take a picnic with you to enjoy and 2 small play areas for young children at basecamp and carnivore territory. I would say it takes about 4-5 hours to explore everything at a slow pace and stop off for lunch as well.

General Information

Opening Times - Open everyday apart from Christmas
Winter 25 Oct to 28 Mar - 9.30am to 5pm (last admission 2.30pm)
Summer 25 Mar to 24 Oct - 9.30am to 6pm (last admission 3.30pm)

Location - Hythe, Kent CT21 4LR

Prices - (these are on the day prices, book online to save 20%)
Adult - £25.00
Child - £21.00
Family (2A + 2C) - £82.00
- Memberships also available.

To find out more visit - www.aspinallfoundation.org/port-lympne/
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Explore Your Creative Side

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We all have a creative side. It’s just that some of us hide it far better than others. While a few of us are happy to sing, dance, paint, and act, others prefer to keep that side of them locked away, not even necessarily aware of its existence. But it’s always there, simmering under the surface, waiting to be released. And why wouldn’t you release it? If it’s another string to your bow, why not go for it? Many people will say that they don’t have an imaginative or creative bone in their body, but the response to that is that everyone is born with creativity, but the school system is more geared towards intellectualism than creativity. Here’s how to get your creative juices flowing, even as an adult.

Explore

Imagination is freed through experience. The more we see and do, the more sights to witness, odours we smell, and people the meet, the more our imagination can reach out to new expanses. You don’t need to find your creativity in a formal way, if you don’t want to. Exploring the world, feeling the freedom of new experiences, and looking at the world through new eyes can breed the most incredible creativity. It’s all in the mindset.

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Take a class

When you’re used to being taught everything you know in a formal setting, the idea of cutting loose from your responsibilities for a while to go out there and experience new things can be daunting, to the extent that it feels impossible. But that isn’t the only way we can awaken our creative side. A far more structured way is through classes, such as piano lessons or a weekly life-drawing class. These give us a structured way to learn how to let our creativity flow in a more formal and constructive setting.

Dip your finger in many pies

Part of the fun of learning a new skill is finding the skill right for you. Make the most of taster sessions and free trials. After all, you don’t have to commit to anything you don’t enjoy. So visit dance schools, art classes, and music teachers and give everything a go before you decide what to go with. You never know, you might be a natural at something you never even considered before.

Take risks

Creativity, whether it’s a piece of art, a piece of music, or travelling the world, is all about taking a calculated risk. When you’re completing a piece of art, every time you add a new colour, a new shape, or a new dimension to the piece, you miss irrecoverably ruining it, but you take the risk anyway. When you’re learning a new instrument, you try to play harder and harder pieces, and you constantly risk making a mistake, but you do it for the sake of improving. Whatever you do, take risks - it’s the only way you’ll ever become the best you can be.

Everyone has a creative side; you just have to find a way to channel those creative juices, and discover what you’re amazing at.

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Why Every Home Should Have A Home Office

If you have a spare room, you may have been wondering what exactly you should be doing with it. You might be thinking about a guest room, but they’re not all that practical if you rarely have guests around. It can seem like a bit of a waste using a room solely as storage. If you’re looking for a solution, then how about creating a home office? Even if you don’t work from often, it can do plenty for you. Here’s why you should consider it.

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Most homes don’t have a space for serious business

You might not work from home, but how often do you take your home with you? How often do you have to sit down to fill in forms or to talk about serious matters on the phone? If you have kids, then how often do they need to do homework? If you don’t have a home office, then you know how distracting it can be to try and get that done in a more general living space. Especially for the kids, trying to do homework in the open or in their bedroom creates the opportunity for them to have their attention snagged elsewhere, risking their education. A home office gives you the space to focus when you need to without having to leave the home.

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It’s the perfect place to keep all the essential bits and bobs

That office can also easily double as a place to keep a ton of things important to home life. It might just be the only kind of room in the home where a filing cabinet actually suits its place. Bills, tax documents, service agreements, benefit receipts, school and medical records. They all need to find a place and one overstuffed file under the bed isn’t going to make it work. What about all the resources that tend to get lost around the house? Stationery, crafts materials, bits and bobs like nail clippers, scissors, glue, measuring tape. They all need a place if you don’t want to have to spend half-an-hour looking for them every time you need them. The home office provides the perfect organized space to suit those needs.

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More and more people are working from home

Hear us out, here. You might not be starting your own business or working from home just yet, but the chances are that someone in the family is going to at some point in the future. Last year, there were 1.5 million people working from home in the country. That number is set to grow as well as more people turn to freelancing and more businesses start to make remote working a core of their model. Creating an environment ready fit for that possibility is going to make acclimating to such an arrangement a lot easier.

A home office gives a real purpose to space you haven’t been using, and not just one purpose, either. It creates the environment that most homes are missing, an environment free from distraction to help everyone concentrate when work needs to be done.

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