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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Running or walking around Roman Hillforts is an alternative ‘walk’. Five of scores of Hillforts to be found in the UK: (Sycamore Gap (Hadrian’s Wall) – of course!) Hembury, Blackdown Hills, Devon Old Sarum, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Richborough, Sandwich, Kent. Yarborough, Lincolnshire A good place to start is the Atlas of Hill forts Countryfile’s article
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Before we go. Where are we going. Ordanance Survey The Ordnance Survey maps cover the whole of the UK. (There is also Google.) A retired racing driver once told me, (when I was a teenager) that he and his navigator won a race because the navigator had literally mapped the whole route, turn by turn,
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Before we start, I shall quote from the Exmoor National Park Facebook page. Leave footprints – NOT litter. Make memories – NOT fires. Take pictures – NOT risks. Bring home smiles – NOT ticks. England, Wales and Scotland (so far). I have collected numerous suggestions for you to use as resources (rescue) if you
There are numerous books on walking and exploring e.g. ‘We’re going on a bear hunt’, by Michael Rosen and Helen Oxbury, which you could use as inspiration for a walk. Whilst research this website I h 9 Classic children’s Book Destinations. As you will see from the blog below: Winnie the Pooh. West Sussex.
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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Ramblers Top Tips for Fun Family Walking https://www.ramblers.org.uk/technical-pages/searchresults.aspx?keywords=family+walks provides numerous locations for family walks. Make it an adventure: Don’t suggest ‘going for a walk’, make it an outing or adventure to somewhere like a park, a playground, woods or a pond. You could treat them to a picnic or take something to eat and drink along
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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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