We have just returned from a great day out at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. What a brilliant museum this is – and I didn’t know it existed. It reminded me of the old Victorian museums you see at the beginning of movie versions of boys own adventures, you know the ones where a bunch of Oxford Dons meet up sipping whisky and discussing some adventure to a Lost World. It’s stuffed full of complete dinosaur skeletons, including a full size cast of a particularly scary T-Rex, and was a dream come true for Billy. Annie took a fancy to cases of stuffed foxes – she was squealing with delight when she saw them.

In the same building is the Pitt Rivers Museum – named after Lt.-General Pitt Rivers who gave his unusual collection of archaeological and ethnographic items from around the World. We ran out of time by the time we got here – but managed to take a look at the giant Totem pole and a rather spooky looking Mummy.

We will definitely go back to finish our own exploration; and the best bit? It’s free to get in.