I see my kids fortnightly for the weekend after a hellish drive to cambs and back. I posted a thread about that and the concensus is basically don't bother - which is fine, it was just an idea that popped into my head.
Ona side note, this weekend is 'heritage day' or something like that and lots of places are open that are normally shut to the public. I had planned to take my kids to a few cool places, but the psychotic harpy swapped weekends on me.
here's a link in case you wana take advantage (warning, the site is really slow):
http://www.heritageopendays.org.uk/d...lternatives=on