My dad and I took the boys to a transport festival last weekend.  The main pull for the boys was that there was to be a fair there.  Due to the dreadful weather we've had the last two summers the travelling fair has cancelled their local visits for the last 3 years and the boys have been desperate to go on some rides.  It was rather disappointing as there was only one ride and LJ was even a bit big for it.  However they cheered up when we found a stall selling candy floss, as that was something else they had heard about but never tasted.  I know it's pure sugar with colouring but some things do have to be tasted at least once!!

Although we were quite local we decided to use the free park and ride so that we got to travel on a 'vintage' bus - read old and smelly!  Well, not that old actually, I remember buses being just like that! (No quips about my age thanks!!)  They were double deckers so the boys finally got a ride on the upstairs which they thought was amazing.  They were busily planning a 4-decker bus and then one so high you could reach the sky!

Whilst old vehicles are interesting-ish, I can't say they are really quite my thing... but we did have a look for a little while.

This tractor was quite something - must have been very punishing on the rear!

There was a VERY loud organ playing - PJ wouldn't take his hands off his ears even for a photo opportunity!

I know it was very loud because, unbelievably, my dad could hear it!  He is classified as profoundly deaf - you can't get any deafer, yet he knew there was music playing.  I'm not sure if he was picking up the vibrations through his feet or something, but he got the rhythm bang on.  I kept having to explain that he's deaf - people were actually very patient about it.

The boys were also able to paint and decorate a picture of a vintage vehicle.

They had drawn outlines onto pieces of wood which made them really solid, but a bit heavy to attach to the door I usually use for 'works of art'!  They are propped up on a window sill at the moment.