title Fred's Birthday and Mildenhall Camping, Suffolk - 25th September 2011 intro It's Fred's birthday, and by way of something not really connected we pitch up for a late-summer/early-autumn spot of camping. It takes a bit of manic last-minute arranging to find somewhere, but we end up in a nice little spot in-between Mildenhall and Lakenheath air bases. The weather turns out to be better than most of June, and on the second day we take our bikes over to High Lodge in Thetford Forest for a little bit of a cycle around - it's Fred's first ever cycle ride on his own balance bike, and he actually manages to quite a bit of it before resorting to being carried around by Kirsty, on account of Nosher and Isobel having left behind his bike seat in the awning of The Van. imgp5193 Clive points as Mark rides around imgp5195 Suzanne, Isobel and Kirsty imgp5197 Fred and his gang imgp5199 Hanging out by the caravan imgp5200 The children have their own picnic imgp5204 The owner Teleports a picnic bench over imgp5212 Fred picks up his balance bike imgp5214 Isobel sits on a bench, and ponders imgp5223 Fred on his balance bike scan2016-01-28-0024 Fred rides his bike around scan2016-01-28-0025 Fred pootles around imgp5227 Isobel roams around on her bike imgp5232 Mark and Clive get the barbeques going imgp5237 Hanging out near the picnic bench imgp5239 Mark wrangles sausages imgp5240 The barbeque is smoking imgp5242 Camping barbeque action imgp5248 Mark and Clive discuss the merits of local radio imgp5249 In the caravan imgp5251 The traditional camping breakfast imgp5254 The Van in the background imgp5258 Fred's got a ladybird imgp5263 Suzanne does washing up imgp5264 Fred's got a sticker book for his birthday imgp5271 Fred mills around on his bike imgp5278 Digging around in the grass imgp5281 By the van imgp5286 Amelia sneaks in to play with Fred's blocks imgp5292 Nosher sticks the bikes on the van imgp5293 Isobel at a Car Boot sale on the A11 imgp5294 We visit a car boot sale on the A11 imgp5296 Fred picks up a car-boot teddy bear imgp5298 There's a picnic in the woods at High Lodge imgp5300 Amelia and Clive imgp5304 The assembled bikes just before the off imgp5306 The children get ready to cycle off imgp5308 It's Amelia's first time on the back of a bike imgp5309 Isobel and Fred imgp5312 Fred and Isobel near the bogs at High Lodge imgp5315 Crossing the big field at High Lodge imgp5319 Cycling through the forest imgp5324 More bike action imgp5326 Fred and Isobel, deep in the pine forest imgp5327 We stop off in the woods imgp5328 Emmy and Fred bang away on a massive glockenspiel imgp5344 Isobel sits on a bench and ponders imgp5347 Fred walks across a "very very wobbly" bridge imgp5350 A giant hauser is tied to a tree imgp5357 Fred sticks his head out a squirrel-shaped hole imgp5359 Fred gets a ride on Kirsty's bike imgp5361 On the cycle path imgp5362 Cycling through the pine forest imgp5364 The final stop on the bike ride