The Eden Project

Yesterday we spent the whole day at the Eden Project in Cornwall. This incredible visitor attraction was nothing more than a disused clay pit little over ten years ago. If you've never been I recommend it - it was well worth our 100 minute car journey - and this is the fourth time we've been. The four domes in the background make up the Rainforest Biome - the world's largest conservatory - allowing the visitor to trek through the rainforests of Malaysia, West Africa and South America - it's very hot and very humid. The three domes to the right are part of the Mediterranean Biome and includes plants from South Africa and California. The white tent to the left of the picture is a large indoor arena.

This is currently home to a whole variety of family activities. The first we tried was building a shelter. The girls set about collecting bits of material to tie our bamboo poles together.

With Auntie Carol's help our super structure began to take shape.

The girls put the finishing touches to the inside.

I'm fairly sure this would survive any major storm!

For those of you who are wondering what has happened to my Garden Updates - I'm sad to report that it doesn't look like this. This is the vegetable garden that surrounds the outside restaurant.

After lunch and a very hot walk through the Rainforest it was time to build and test our rafts.

If it's there to climb it will be climbed.

By 8pm we were all very tyred and ready to head home!