School Trips

Your know what? School trips are a pain in the backside!
The school trips of my day were something like a nice, uncomplicated visits to Chester zoo or the like. You might perhaps - buy a pottery torotise with a compass in its back - and maybe a packed lunch may be required. But the extent of parental participation ended with that.

But these days, school trips are so much more. Take for example, the impending school trip at my twin girls school. (Yes - you were expecting that).
Well, my girls have just received a letter to say that there going on a school trip to Croxteth Country Park - a nearby park complete with gorgeous grounds and a Stately home. Not that this isnt very nice - it is. But the problem lies in the parental obligations. Firstly - the trip cost £11 - 50p each - £23.00 for the two of them. This is a bit steep for the average mum. But no - thats not the end of it. Then each child has to wear a Victorian Costume! Where do you get them from?
Ebay perhaps. Another twenty pounds each. . So now we`re talking around £63.00 for this school trip. Not an easy thing for most families.
Its just a thought, but why doesnt Croxteth Park accumulate a store of costumes
that the children can wear for their visit and then leave there at the end of the day for the next lot of children ? I just dont know!