PAINTBALL AT CENTER PARCS
We have been going to Center Parcs nearly every other year for quite a few years. The main reason is that it is a great place for families and friends who live far apart to come together for a week … Continued
THE DAILY PHOTO CHALLENGE MEETS ONE HOUR OUTSIDE
My campaign to get you all spending more time outside continues in June with the third iteration of my One Hour Outside challenge. With that in mind, I thought we’d do something slightly different for this month’s daily photo challenge… Instead of setting … Continued
ONE HOUR OUTSIDE | JUNE 2017
Back at the end of September, when I was sat at Ordnance Survey HQ being properly introduced to the geeky world of map making (read about my visit), I almost spat my tea out when I was told that a … Continued
INGLETON WATERFALLS TRAIL
The Yorkshire Dales are awash with rolling hills and beautiful walking routes, so many that you could live there for years and still not discover them all. But if you have time for just one walk when you are in … Continued
50 THINGS TO DO OUTSIDE THIS SUMMER
I love this time of year. It has so much potential for adventure at home and away – it’s warm (ish!), dry (ish), and just feels like there is more time in the day to spend at least some of … Continued
PAINSHILL PARK, COBHAM
We headed down to Surrey for a family wedding, and as I don’t like to leave an area without seeing at least something of where we were staying, I googled “things to do near Cobham”. Painshill Park, and more specifically … Continued
GRUFFALO HUNTING AT SHERWOOD PINES
After my blog post about the Peter Rabbit trail at Langdon in Essex, quite a number of you got in touch to say I really must try The Gruffalo Trail if I can find one near me. Well I did. … Continued
AXE THROWING AT TULLEY’S FARM
My bucket list grows every time I open twitter. I see what other people have been up to and am inevitably taken by whatever it is. Axe throwing is one of those things I spotted someone else I follow do, … Continued
TREE TOP ADVENTURE AT GO APE RIVINGTON
Spending time outdoors is my favourite thing to do at the weekend, but what I do when I’m outdoors involves all kinds of different activities. I recently spent the afternoon at Go Ape in Rivington, one of the popular tree … Continued
STAYING SAFE OUTDOORS | MOUNTAIN RESCUE ENGLAND & WALES
One of the highlights of our camping weekend with VARTA (read about the very wet weekend here) was a presentation by Julian from the Bowland Pennine branch of Mountain Rescue England and Wales about the work they do as well … Continued