With Easter being a bit later this year, there’s even more time to book a break to Wiltshire. There's plenty of family fun to be had, Easter egg hunts, delicious lunches and action-packed sporting events. Find out what you can get up to here.
Go on an egg trail
Wiltshire has egg trails galore! Cadbury Easter Egg hunts at Mompesson House and Lacock Abbey, Lydiard Park Easter Trail, and the East Egg-spress at Swindon & Cricklade Railway are all good ones to go to and take the pressure off having one at home!
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Enjoy a special lunch for all the family
Some eggstra special places for Easter lunch include, Restaurant Hywel Jones at Lucknam Park, Red Lion Free House East Chisenbury and Whatley Manor The Dining Room. However all of Wiltshire’s restaurants are fantastic and will have put together an Easter Sunday lunch menu. Keep an eye on our Easter offers to find out where you can grab yourself a bargain!
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Spectate at a sporting event
April is definitely the start of many major sporting events in England. The Grand National, Boat Race and London Marathon all mark the start of the season. In Wiltshire we have racetrack days at Castle Combe Circuit and the Devizes to Westminister Canoe Race which are both great events to get involved in over the Easter weekend.
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Get artistic
Keep the kids entertained and make some Easter crafts at the Pound Arts Centre. Or for adults create your own tote bag at Easter Tote Bag Printing with Melanie Evans and Easter Guests.
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See Wiltshire from above
Celebrate Easter with a wonderful, unique view of Wiltshire from a hot air balloon. April is the start of the season for Aerosaurus Balloons but you also have until October to book a flight so plenty of time! Definitely one for your bucket list.
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Go on a guided tour around Bowood House and Gardens
The Capability Gardens Grade 1 Park will be hosting private guided tours allowing you to gain an intimate insight into the history and beauty of the award winning gardens at Bowood House and Gardens.
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If you’re looking to make a break out of it head to our accommodation page here. Plus, make sure to share your social posts with us using #timeforwiltshire.
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Rules
Playing solitaire requires a standard 52-sheet deck. In total, the game involves three fields or playing areas. On the first field, seven stacks of cards are laid out face down (speckled) up, starting with one card in the stack from left to right. Each subsequent one adds one card. All the top ones turn over. This is the main playing field.
At the top left (or wherever convenient) place the remaining deck, also specks up. The top card or three (depending on the type of game) is revealed and placed next to the remaining deck. This additional playing field is a kind of reserve.
They also leave space above the deck for four stacks of cards. This is a place for directly playing solitaire - http://sdelayhod.ru/patiences/sol/
The rules are simple: you need to sequentially arrange the entire deck by suit, observing the accepted hierarchy of values. They start with aces and then from twos to kings.
You are allowed to move cards on the playing field. In this case, it is permissible to place the minor one on the already open senior one, taking into account the alternation of the “red-black” suit. If necessary, transfer the whole stack. But subject to compliance with the game hierarchy.
Each time the vacated top card is revealed. You can also take open cards from the additional playing field to lay out the sequence. But only the one that is open and top.
If the possible moves are exhausted, one (or three) cards are opened from the remaining reserve deck. When the cards run out, the deck is turned over and started again. They do this repeatedly. This way, if you want, you can scroll through the reserve stack and remember what you can use.
If a stack of cards is sorted out on the main playing field, then you can put a king in its place and start laying out a new sequence from there, alternating suits. The main thing is that the number of these piles does not exceed seven.
The game is considered over when all cards are laid out according to suit from Ace to King or the possible moves end.
Game strategy
There is an element of chance in Klondike solitaire. Approximately half of the possible combinations (in a completely random scenario) have no solution. On our website, inconsistent layouts are kept to a minimum, thanks to a special algorithm for generating layouts. However, the player’s task is to minimize the possibility of defeat and choose the algorithm of actions in the game that gives the greatest possible chance of winning. Let's start with some general points.
Try to bring the number of closed cards in the piles to a common denominator. That is, first of all, you need to try to sort out those piles with the largest number of hole cards.
Never try to play only one suit on aces. If such a need arises and you can’t evenly lay out cards on the aces, then try to do it in pairs. And again in contrast: black and red suits. In no case should you strive to play only two red or only two black suits.
Solitaire Klondike Turn 3
The three-card flip variation does not have the same freedom of access to the reserve deck as the simpler variation of the game - https://free-spider-solitaire.online/solitaire-turn-3/ That is, there is a high chance that the required card, even if it is already open, will remain blocked by the one lying on top. Or even two. The situation is unpleasant, although in some cases there is an antidote. You need to try to remove some card from earlier triplets. This will give a shift by the same number of cards as those removed. Accordingly, three cards (even from different underlying parties) should not be immediately removed from the reserve - the blocking will remain.
Once again for clarity. You need to flip through the reserve deck to the end, turn it over and start turning over three cards at a time. And immediately try (perhaps even by removing a few cards from the collected packs and placing them on the playing field) to determine one of the reserve cards in place in any sequence (in the playing field or on the aces). Scroll through the reserve deck again to the end, turn it over and start from the beginning, opening all the same three cards at once. And this is where the previous order of cards being opened is disrupted, since there has been a slight shift, a shift in their sequence.
In general, the game with three cards differs little from the simple version. You just need to be careful and try to remember the cards that have already caught your eye in this particular layout.
The headscarf is not at all difficult to understand. That’s why this solitaire game is often played when there is a need to get some rest and relaxation. This is not a game for logic. Rather, for a short and pleasant stay. Therefore, do not be too upset if the situation reaches a dead end. Next time everything will definitely work out.
Must-try games:
- https://2048games.cc (Perfect for puzzle lovers)
- https://clickspacebar.com (Quick and fun)
- https://catan.topicsdirect.com (Great with friends)
Hope you enjoy these as much as I do! 🎮