August is often a wash out and 2023 is no exception. With ‘high’ hopes, I paid £30 for Blue (closest to the Ashton Court venue parking), for the Bristol Balloon Fiesta. The wind was 12knots when we left, for the two and half drive. (In the Solent sailing friends were dealing with 20 knots.) I […]
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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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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
Games in campsites The tent is up. The children are still full of energy and all you want to do is collapse. Below are a few ideas to entertain and exhaust them. First is a list of ‘Remembers’ without which some games will not happen. 1 Rope 2. Football 3. Tightrope equipment 4 Rounders bat
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Winning Combo? Or Whining Congo? How to make a holiday which works for every member of the family with everyone returning with warm memories, not screeching “You ruined it”. As with everything, the budget will dictate, everyone has their favourite of scores of cheap-travel apps from trains, plans and package holidays. Here are a
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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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ITV’s Top 100. You may have seen the Top 100 walks compiled by ITV with the Ordnance Survey. It’s a good resource. https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/itvs-britains-100-favourite-walks/ A good reference guide produced by the map mappers, ‘Ordnance Survey” which includes 100 best walks. I love the walk in Brockenhurst in the New Forest. And further up the ITV chart,
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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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