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A day-by-day plan for under-fives and their grown-ups, using rhyme times, playgroups, soft play, parks and one free museum wildcard. Each morning has a start time, rough cost, parking note and a wet-weather backup.
A takeaway for two clears £20 without trying. So can you actually fill an entire Saturday in Dacorum — travel, lunch and all — for £15? We ran the numbers on a route that starts on the canal at Boxmoor, takes in Hemel's Old Town and a free castle, and ends with a climb up to Ashridge. Here's the hour-by-hour plan, plus the rainy-day swap.
A curiosity-led crawl through Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted, Tring and the villages, picking out the tiny museums, community cafés and odd little corners that locals breeze past. Practical details included, because charm is no use if the door is locked.