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A day out at Barton Marina

14 April 2014 by Eileen

Recently, I wrote a local guide for Lichfield for tots100 – if you have not seen it, click here.  Barton Marina is one of the places I mentioned.  It is a unique Trent & Mersey canal-side attraction with fantastic cafés and restaurants, shopping and fabulous walks around the beautiful lakes and woodlands.  We love to take our children there for a bike ride around the lakes and to eat ice cream.

Yesterday, we had our photo shoot to update our blog photo with our regular photographer – Susannah Conway Photography.  I am so excited that I can’t wait to update it soon!  After that, we drove down to Barton Marina for Thai food!  It had been a long time since we last ate Thai food!  They had a buffet menu and there was a good selection of foods.  It was very delicious and I would recommend going again.

Barton Marina Thai Food

Later, we walked along the canal to explore the shops.  Mr K rode his scooter around the lakes.  It was such a beautiful day and we all had a fantastic time on our walk!  If you happen to drive past, do drop by there – it is a lovely place!

Barton Marina Shop
Barton Marina Boat
Barton Marina Canal
Barton Marina bridge
Barton Marina walk
Barton Marina duck
Barton Marina Lake

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Comments

  1. Red Rose Mummy says

    26 August 2014 at 2:35 pm

    Ah, what a lovely afternooon you had. Although now I want Thai food! Thank for linking up to #WHWH

  2. Nortonmum says

    19 August 2014 at 9:17 pm

    Barton Marina looks fab, we have a Narrowboat but have never been that far.

  3. Kel says

    20 April 2014 at 9:51 pm

    Looks like a lovely day out, you had great weather for the photos too!

  4. Deborah Worrall says

    19 April 2014 at 9:10 am

    This look lovely – just up the road from me and I’ve never been. I think we may have a trip here over the Easter holidays. Thanks Eileen.

  5. mummyoftwo says

    15 April 2014 at 3:07 pm

    That looks like a lovely place for a wander and what gorgeous weather!

  6. Tina Mansfield says

    14 April 2014 at 7:38 pm

    looks lovely and reminds me of our canal boating holiday!

  7. TheBrickCastle says

    14 April 2014 at 12:10 pm

    What a gorgeous day you had – so nice to get out and about in the sunshine 🙂

  8. Anna says

    14 April 2014 at 11:06 am

    This looks like a lovely place to visit, I’ll have to check out your guide on tots

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