As I said before Irchester and Emberton Country Parks were the two default local days out when we were kids, not too far from our hometown of Northampton and so many a long summers Sunday afternoon spent there, whether we liked it or not. It's just something we did and never thought twice about. Where as Emberton is a park your car up by the water affair with plenty of space for ball games ad picnics, Irchester Country Park is a more physical affair with lots of walks and adventure playgrounds to wear the kids out as mum lets them off the leash with a picnic to enjoy as reward. As with Emberton it's a park created around some old mineral works although here ...  Read the complete review