We quite accidentally ended up at this park yesterday, it was a great park with clean toilets, undercover seating and plenty of parking. When I started this project I wondered if there was such a thing as a park with no slide, it turns out there is. The climbing frame is also quite different, but that can be good, gives kids something new.
There is a set of swings, a climbing frame, a pretend cafe, covered seating (though it is a fair way away from the equipment) and a merry-go-round.
I took a photo (below) of the metal animal on the flying fox because honestly, my first thought was, who would put a bat on kids equipment? It wasn’t until I got home that I realised oh, it is a flying fox.
I was frustrating that the seat for the flying fox is literally as high as my head, below is a photo of me (six foot tall) standing next to the seat. I tried walking the seat to both ends and it doesn't get shorter. I don't know if this is intentional to stop older kids getting in, but it definitely required me lifting my child quite high (I am not sure a short parent could do it) and it requires the child having muscle strength and balance to sit upright in it while I try and manipulate the buckles, while it is trying to glide away from me. I know the gliding is always a problem, but when the seats are at a normal height I can use my body or leg to block it while I am buckling the child. This doesn’t seem like a seat that could be used by people with differing abilities.
Apart from that it was a great park, we will be back. This park is located at Church Street, it is in South Windsor.
