Day One by Thomas

Hofield playground had some different play equipment to what we had seen before. This piece of play equipment is similar to a swing. It's made of chains attatched to a large rope to stand or sit on. There was also a trampoline set into the ground and a spinning pole with five different places to stand, sit or hang on. I would give this playground 8 or 9 out of 10. It was a good start to our playground quest. It was quite busy.

Thomas                                                                                                 

40 Playgrounds the Sequel has begun!

40 Playgrounds the Sequel has begun! We are raising money for Unicef again, this year our challenge is to visit 7 playgrounds we've never been to before, including one I recently spotted from a Hot Air Balloon trip over Bristol and one in Guernsey. Due to the variable weather we're aiming for 7 in 10 days this time. Finding 7 new playgrounds in 10 days is quite a challenge as 2 years ago Thomas and Anna played in 40 different playgrounds in 40 days. We really want to find 7 playgrounds that will please a 6 and 9 year old. Today was the updated playground on Horfield Common. Thomas will tell you about Horfield playground.

If you would like to sponsor our playground quest please visit:

http://fundraise.unicef.org.uk/MyPage/The-Holland-Playground-Quest2

The quest has ended but the playgrounds will go on!

The 40 playgrounds quest has ended but the fundraising continues till the end of September. If you would like to donate please use www.supportunicef.org.uk/40playgrounds. 100% of our online fundraising goes to the Unicef Emergency Fund, which helps in situations like the current crisis in Pakistan following the recent floods.

Although the 40 days quest has ended we will probably continue to update the blog when we visit a playground that hasn't yet been included in the blog. We know of lots of playgrounds we haven't visited in the 40 days.

Thanks for your interest.

Thomas, Anna, Anne-Marie and Simon

More Playground 40

Couldn't resist adding this photo of Anna and two friends, with moustaches made from foil left from the picnic. Moustaches Hercule Poirot would be proud of!

More Playground 40

We were really pleased quite a few friends came to join Thomas and Anna for their last playground. Some of them are in this photo. Thanks everyone for coming!

Playground 40 - The end of the Quest!

They've done it! Thomas and Anna have visited 40 playgrounds in 40 days, raising over £400 for Unicef so far. Playground 40 was Page Park, visited for 3 1/2 hours on Wednesday 1st September. Thomas and Anna are posing for an Evening Post photographer in this photo, hopefully an article on Thursday or Friday may raise some more money for Unicef.

Playground 39

Playground 39 was at Cattle Country, visited on Tuesday 31st August. The playground area included a fantastic "Childrens' Berkeley Castle" shown in this photo, also a tunnel slide that went under the ground and another outdoor slide, large balancing see-saw things, zipwire and more. As well as the outdoor play Thomas and Anna liked the 2 soft play barns, the large inflatable jumping pillow (I had to go on with Anna and believe me staying upright was hard work), the train ride to the animals and the lunch, which came with surprise cow figures in the kids' lunches.