As Easter bank holiday weekend dawned upon us, we had 2 days spare to fill with a micro-adventure. I went straight to pitchup.com and snapped up 2 nights at Bird…
Exotic Zoo – A Day Out
A local day out resulted in us visiting a small Exotic Zoo in Telford. Set behind Lakeside Plant Centre, a small treasure trove of curious animals opens it’s doors to…
Luds Church to the Roaches
If you’re after an offbeat, original place to take the kids this summer, I definitely recommend Luds Church to the Roaches. A fairly easy hike for all ages, the walk…
Carding Mill Valley
Sunday rolls around again, but this time we haven’t prepared anywhere to go. We missed our weekly outdoors fix last week and I am pining to go out somewhere. National…
10 Ways To Get Children Outside.
When screens are a top priority in most children’s lives, it can seem quite a hardship to tear them away and find something else to do. I have compiled a…
10 Things I Have Learned About Hiking With Kids
Hiking with children can be a special time. For bonding, for conversation and for freedom. Most of the time. Here are some observations I have made from our hiking experiences…
March Round Up
March has certainly been the most active month for us so far in 2019. We’ve been exploring new places and old favourites and had a few exciting experiences too. Sunday…
Wild Camping as a Family of 5.
We have wanted to go wild camping as a family for a while. But, the timing had not been right, the destination couldn’t be sourced and we wondered if we…
Adventure Checklist – A Free Printable
I have found that my kids respond well with stimulation and something to keep them involved. This goes for most areas of their life, but more so when we are…
How To Get Kids to Hike Long Distance.
Somebody asked me how I get the kids walking for the length of time that we do, and also how they walk so many miles. Initially, I thought, they just…