Steve Backshall

Noodles!

We had an exciting day on Thursday.  We collected Tom (and Finn and Kate) straight from school and headed to Harrogate where we were to see Steve Backshall 'in real life'.  First stop though was Wagamamas for noodles.  Matt normally avoids Wagamamas, but given the choice of that or MacDonalds it is Wagamamas all the way!  The food was ok but not proper Japanese (we are snobs after all!)

Afterwards, we headed to the theatre to see Steve Backshall (Naturalist who has shows on Children's telly).  He was very good, he didn't talk down to the children at all, which meant that some of what he said was lost on our little boys, but there were plenty of pictures and videos of him with animals around the world to keep their attention, also the children had the opportunity to ask questions directly to him - ours didn't get chosen, but plenty did.  He came across very well - seemed like a real down to earth bloke, who really wants to pass his passion on to others.  Matt and I learnt lots, it was a good evening out.  Both boys zonked out on the way home, Finn fell asleep on Kate, then Tom fell asleep on Finn - looked very cosy!