Autumn half term as the weather can go either way so plans have to go either way. This half term was a wet one with the odd burst of sunshine. Here we are between torrential rain and torrential rain on a 4km hike in Hengistbury Head. Sunshine and sunny cloud, as we sat back […]
A few signposts for bigger adventures. Australia www.australia.com/thingstodo/walksandhikes which recommends “Great Walks of Australia’, amongst them Bay of Fires Lodge, East Coast Tasmania Classic Larapinta Trek in Comfort, Northern Territory Twelve Apostles Lodge Walk, Great Ocean Road, Victoria Margaret River Cape to Cape Walk, Western Australia The Arkaba Walk, Flinders Ranges, South Australia Spicers
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The hardest part of anything is taking the first step, and committing to a goal. After that things get much easier. Even rowing across the Atlantic and climbing Mt Everest! James Ketchell World Class Adventurer James Ketchell has rowed the Atlantic, climbed Mount Everest and flow around the world in a microlight Helen Skelton
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This site is about everyone contributing their ideas and pictures, to help the site grow and become a diverse and entertaining resource. For now I am asking readers to sent their ideas through the Contact page. I love Scotland and have many happy memories of holidays and working there. Edinburgh, Glasgow, Elgin, Bute, and Duns,
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When the children are small you can manoeuvre their bikes into the boot of an estate car. Throw in a tarpaulin so the muddy bikes don’t wreck the boot. Bike Racks Bicycle shops can advise on the best type of cycle rack for your bicycles and car either on the back or a roof mount.
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SCOTLAND Bikeability Let’s start with safety on the road with the national cycle training programme for children. https://www.cycling.scot/bikeability-scotland Scotland Forth and Clyde Canal linking Glasgow to Falkirk, “flat, traffic-free tow paths, ideal for cycling with wee ones”. www.visitscotland.com/active/cyclingroutesandpaths. The Speyside Way is number one on the six family friendly routes in the Visit Scotland
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Wales My father, Grandfather and Great Uncle were in the Royal Welch Fusiliers, as was. Some of my first memories were of the Regimental Goat. (The RWF museum is in Caernarfon.) When was younger we lived near Oswestry, Shropshire, just across the border. I remember trips to Wales to see friends, over the years. Picnicing
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Don’t be a picnic-panic-er. I was deeply intimidated by other picnic-era when I was preparing our picnic for sports day, planning it out and rising early to produce the proverbial, “feast“. I learnt from the veterans how simple and effective hot dogs are at keeping hungry children happy. (One Mum, ‘just-throw-money-at-it (JTMAI), brought take-away from
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Mountain Bike Trials and Events www.moredirt.com offers information from Plymouth to Ipswich to Birmingham, Manchester to Newcastle Upon Tyne about mountain bike and skate boarding venues. www.b1ke.com operates several parks in the SOUTH for example Tidworth and Longleat. For UK wide routes try: https://www.komoot.com/plan Sustrans enter “mountains” in search. https://www.sustrans.org.uk/search?searchTerm=mountains “Whether you are a seasoned
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You’ve agreed to look after young children. Godparent? Aunt? Cousin? Neighbour? Topping up student coffers? ‘Win-win’ you use the house in an idyllic location in exchange for child care? One way or another you find yourself with small people with small experience of said small people. Panic not, well maybe a little. House-Keeping Remember children
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