Camping

Walks Australia, Canada and US – Signposts

Biking, Camping, Travel, Uncategorized, Walking, Water, Where and how /

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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Breakfast

Camping, Indoors, Parents Anecdotes /

Our family breakfasts have changed over the years but here are few favourites: Bagels with bacon Bagels with peanut butter and jam (strawberry) One son prefers chunky peanut butter, the other smooth. Both prefer strawberry jam. Fish fingers with ketchup (sometimes in a sandwich) I think fish fingers grilled are best. However my boys prefer

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What to remember when an adventure seems daunting …

Biking, Camping, Parents Anecdotes, Sailing Yachts, Walking, Water, Where and how /

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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Picnics – Don’t be a picnic panic-er. Suggestions of what to make.

Biking, Camping, First Steps, Travel, Walking, Where and how /

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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Hold All – One for all, and All for One

Beach Walks, Biking, Camping, Canoe, Dens, Dinghy, Forest Walks, Travel, Walking, Walking essentials, Water, Where and how /

Grab Bag On our boat we have a grab bag from which nothing can be taken – not a sneaky chocolate bar or battery. If we have to abandon the boat, this bag is literally a life saver. Along this line of thinking comes the All-for-One (and One for All bag). All for One, and One

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Organising a group camping trip. How to start? What to take? Where to go.Games

Biking, Camping, Dens, Forest Walks, Travel, Walking, Where and how /

  Fifteen years ago a dinghy sailing and camping group started with three families who were members of the same yacht club.  It met every two years in the Lake District. It is now forty families. It was over a camp fire as the wine boxes and whisky did the rounds that the first glimmering

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