Dinosaurs, wild animals and aliens - what it's like on the Totally Roarsome trail at Arley Hall

A major new dinosaur trail has opened just in time for the February half-term holidays - although it's packed with more than just Jurassic beasts.

Totally Roarsome North West has opened in the woodlands next to Arley Hall near Lymm in Cheshire, around half an hour from Manchester, with an accessible walk-through route featuring everything from dinos to cowboys, farm animals and even aliens.

The attraction is aimed at families with primary school aged children and below - so I headed along with my six-year-old and two-year-old boys to see what they made of it all.

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We struck lucky with the weather when we headed along at the weekend, although the first thing parents should note is that it is pretty muddy - so wet weather suits, wellies and a change of clothes in the car for afterwards I would highly recommend.

The trail is all spaced along a concreted path so you can take your pram along - although, again, be warned you are likely to get very muddy wheels.

At the start of the trail kids are given a trail map with questionnaire inside to get them answering a range of questions on the trail.

My dinosaur-mad six-year-old George really enjoyed this, and was excited to spot and name all the different dinos along the route.

Meanwhile two-year-old Freddie was just as excited to shout "dini-saw" at every available opportunity.

But there's lots more than just dinosaurs to keep the kids entertained, for we soon discovered that the trail had a series of different "sections", including ones dedicated to cowboys, the Arctic, farm animals and exotic animals.

The farm animals were a particular hit with two-year-old Fred - and lots of other kiddies of this age