It's raining, it's pouring: why not turn the living room into a fort?

Fort from the outside

Fort from the inside

Last week we were in the pub and Lilliputian was having a conversation with GM. I was daydreaming so I am not sure what it was about, but one of them said 'let's build a fort', and someone else said 'yes lets', and someone else said 'right now' and everyone said 'yes now'.

And we hurried back along the 10 minute walk to a flat, went into the living room and started to pull the cushions off the sofa, turn the sofas upside down, and find some rope which we tied around the room so that we could create a canopy out of curtains and sheets. (I might see if Lilliputian can write a post about the construction, because I left a lot of that to the experts, and mostly enjoyed the crawling through the tunnel)

This is something your parents would never let you do - so there are advantages to being an adult!

We have been a little lucklustre about visiting places over the past few weeks - I blame this partly on the weather being awful and erratic leading to days when doing anything more energetic than curling up on the sofa seems like a terrible idea, so we need to think of more activities that can take place inside. Or we need to go to the pub until someone comes up with more ideas, and makes them happen then and there.

Impromptu Visit in Darkness

This evening myself, Lilliputian and our friend KT were sat inside on comfy sofas and armchairs enjoying the luxury of a well heated living room, when someone commented that Falcon Road Park was nearby, and suggested we visit. So we did. 

Falcon Road Park is tucked away beside a primary school in Morningside.  Lilliputian had fun going down the slides, which were slightly wider than many slides providing ample room for adult bottoms to fit. I, on the other hand, am a bit more of a wuss than Lilliputian and was put off by my bottom getting wet the one time I went down. I failed at the monkey bars (as I did when a child). There was a rope bridge which seems like it would be very easy for a child to fall off.

Lilliputian - " I find the plastic slides are often slipperier than the metal ones. Slipperier equals better"

Disembodied swinging experience.

Pretty playpark

Climbing

This seems dangerous.

She's the king of the castle and we're the dirty rascals...

Overall this is a great wee park with interesting quirks and features, and a good place to spend 15 minutes in during the evening. We give it a rating of 7/10.

 Thanks to KT for taking most of these photos.